Anchorage Itineraries
Sample itineraries written by our Anchorage experts
Our Anchorage travel specialists have written the following itineraries to help plan your trip. Not sure where to begin? Contact us now and we'll connect you with a specialist tour operator for expert Anchorage advice.
9 days
Prince William Sound, Chugach & Denali
Hiking, kayaking, backpacking & ice climbing
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Turquoise Lake
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Chugach National Forest
Extending for roughly 495,000 acres north, south and east of Anchorage and connected to the Southcentral Alaska road network, Chugach State Park is one of the state’s more accessible adventure spots... -
Noatak National Preserve
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Kongakut River
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Kobuk Valley National Park
Located entirely above the Arctic Circle in the western Brooks Range, Kobuk Valley National Park is a broad valley encircled by the Baird and Waring mountain ranges, with the Kobuk River snaking through its middle for 61 miles... -
Aleutian Islands
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Katmai National Park
Broad river flats, looming mountains, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes; the stunning, desolate remains of the 20th century's largest volcanic eruption... -
Denali National Park
Denali National Park and Preserve is a sprawling, 6-million-acre land of snow-clad peaks, tundra-carpeted hills and rushing glacier-fed creeks... -
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
If you live in or near Anchorage and want a quick day of bear viewing, you head for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, which is just a short hour's flight away... -
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
If you think of sprawling coastal plains and seemingly endless streams of caribou, you're probably thinking of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR to locals)... -
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Although it's one of the most visited parks in the Arctic, Gates of the Arctic is still populated by far more caribou and birds than human visitors... -
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park And Preserve
Wrangell-St... -
Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords National Park
Prince William Sound (PWS) sits in a calm, well-sheltered inlet on the Gulf of Alaska... -
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
The six-mile-wide caldera in the heart of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve showcases what's left when a mountain literally blows its top... -
Fairbanks
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Great Kobuk Sand Dunes
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Matanuska Glacier
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Bering Land Bridge National Monument
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Cape Krusenstern National Monument
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Kenai Fjords National Park
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Talkeetna Mountains
Nestled between the Alaska Range and the Chugach Mountains, Talkeetna offers rugged trails and remote areas dense with glaciers... -
Seward
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