INCLUDED QUALITY DINING
Enjoy a Welcome Reception with light buffet (WR)2 Highlight Dinners with wine in Anchorage and Denali National Park (HD)Enjoy a Celebration Dinner with wine at Mount Alyeska (CD)6 Full Breakfasts (FB) and 2 lunches (L)*7 Full Breakasts (FB), 6 Lunches (L) and 7 Dinners (D) on the ms Statendam or ms Zaandam* (*Exclusive to 14-day Land Tour and Cruise)

INCLUDED FIRST CLASS SERVICES
Escorted by a professional Tour DirectorHeadsets for all guided visits and walking toursLuxury air-conditioned 40-guest coaches with extra leg room and onboard restroomInsight Hotels include all service charges, taxes and porterageInsight Traveller Welcome packAirport arrival and departure transfers on Day 1 and Day 7 for the land tour; and Day 14 for those taking the cruise portion.All facilities aboard the Holland America Line ms Statendam or ms Zaandam

Day 1: ARRIVE ANCHORAGE
Welcome to Anchorage! Upon arrival at Anchorage International Airport, your airport transfer service takes you to your hotel. At 6 p.m., gather at the hotel with your Tour Director and fellow travellers for a Welcome Reception and light buffet.(Welcome Reception)

Day 2: ANCHORAGE SIGHTSEEING
Get acquainted with downtown Anchorage, the “City of Lights and Flowers” and the largest state’s largest city, on this morning’s orientation tour. Visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center and learn about the rich heritage and traditions of Alaska’s first people during this private presentation. Then, drive around Lake Hood to visit the largest float plane base in the world. Meet an Alaska Bush Pilot, who shares fascinating stories about the joys and hazards of flying in rural Alaska. Spend the rest of the afternoon on your own, browsing Anchorage’s shops and native art galleries. Join your group for a Highlight Dinner at a popular downtown restaurant.(Full Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)

Day 3: ANCHORAGE - DENALI NATIONAL PARK
Ride the world-famous Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Denali and view the spectacular scenery from your window seat and through the transparent roof-top vista domes of its shared cars. Travel to the heart of Alaska’s rugged interior to the six million acre Denali National Park and Preserve, home to majestic Mt. McKinley, North America’s highest mountain. The park is a sub-arctic ecosystem and an internationally designated biosphere preserve with moose, caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly bears and wolves. Tonight, get a taste of frontier Alaska at a rollicking Highlight Dinner theatre featuring old-time sourdough song-and-dance and hearty Alaska fare.(Full Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)

Day 4: DENALI NATIONAL PARK
Begin your day with an easy one-hour guided hike to learn about the tundra and wildlife in the park. The remainder of the day is open for optional activities including an exciting rafting trip down the Nenana River, helicopter flightseeing for a close-up look at Mt.McKinley or stop at the Denali Visitor Center and join the various park tours on your own.(Full Breakfast)

Day 5: DENALI - MOUNT ALYESKA
Board a deluxe motorcoach for your journey south on the George Parks Highway. Stop in Big Lake along the way for an exclusive visit and lunch at the home of champion dog musher and four-time Iditarod winner Martin Buser. Martin welcomes you to his home to meet his dogs and share the challenges of competing in the 1,049 mile dogsled race. Continue on the Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm with its dramatic views. Arrive in the town of Girdwood, home of Alyeska Resort and ski area. Ride the aerial gondola for panoramic views of the mountains and sea at your leisure. In the evening, join your Tour Director and newfound friends for a celebration dinner.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Celebration Dinner with wine)

Day 6: PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND CRUISE
Spend the day on the 26 Glacier Cruise through Prince William Sound and into the College Fjord. Not only will you get up close enough to hear the thundering calving of glaciers, but you’ll have the chance to spot sea otters, porpoises, sea lions, bald eagles, kittiwakes and whales among the prolific wildlife.(Full Breakfast / Lunch)

Day 7: MOUNT ALYESKA - ANCHORAGE
Travel to Seward for an exclusive presentation at the Alaska SeaLife Center. Learn about the center’s research, observe its aquarium and wildlife rescue center. Have lunch and explore downtown on your own. Continuing on the Holland America Line Alaska cruise, bid farewell to your Tour Director and travelling companions. You'll be taken to the Port of Seward to board the ms Statendam or ms Zaandam. This evening, set sail on the 7-Day southbound Glacier Discovery cruise from Seward to Vancouver, Canada.(Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 8: SCENIC CRUISING - COLLEGE FJORD
Sipping hot chocolate from your deck-side lounge chair or the luxurious prime viewing lounges aboard your ship, cruise to Prince William Sound and College Fjord to watch for wildlife and take in the grandeur of the largest collection of tidewater glaciers in the world.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 9: SCENIC CRUISING - GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK
Behold spectacular Glacier Bay National Park, its Sitka-spruce forests alive with grizzlies and wolves. You’ll be struck by the thunderous boom of building-size icebergs calving into the sea from vast rivers of ice.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 10: HAINES
Explore the picturesque town of Haines, located on America’s longest fjord and boasting the largest annual gathering of American bald eagles. Or opt for taking a high-speed catamaran to visit Skagway, gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 11: JUNEAU
You’ll love browsing Juneau with its rustic shops selling native Alaskan crafts and jewelry and sampling the brew at its Gold Rush-era saloons. For more adventure, you can opt to board the Mount Roberts Tramway to walk on the Mendenhall Glacier and the immense Juneau Ice Fields.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 12: KETCHIKAN
You don’t have to tell the bald eagles perched on the waterside pilings that you’ve arrived in Ketchikan - the salmon capital of the world. Learn the stories behind the outstanding collection of native Alaskan totem poles. Consider taking an optional guided tour through town, a harbour cruise or a float plane flightseeing trip.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 13: SCENIC CRUISING - INSIDE PASSAGE
Come face-to-face with the grandeur of the Ice Age as you glide past a maze of bays, glacier carved fjords and waterways protected from the open sea by islands and other land masses. Observe the ever changing panorama of unspoiled virgin forests and vast wilderness that stretches all the way from Alaska to British Columbia.(Full Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)

Day 14: DEPART VANCOUVER
Sail into Vancouver Harbour early this morning. After disembarking, take your departure transfer to Vancouver International Airport or the tour hotel in Vancouver for passengers extending their stay.(Full Breakfast)

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INCLUDED HIGHLIGHTS
Anchorage: Explore the Alaska Native Heritage Center and visit the world’s largest float base at Lake Hood. Enjoy a private presentation at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Listen to tales of flying in rural Alaska with an Alaskan Bush Pilot. Enjoy a guided orientation tour of the downtown area.Denali National Park: Enjoy a ride on the world famous Alaska Railroad from Anchorage to Denali. Learn about the wildlife on a guided one hour hike with your Tour Director.Mount Alyeska: Visit the home of Iditarod Dog Musher Martin Buser. Ride a gondola to the top of the ski area for panoramic views of the mountains and Cook Inlet.Prince William Sound: Board the 26 Glacier Cruise and spot wildlife and count glaciers.Seward: Visit the aquarium and learn about the wildlife rescue efforts with a representative of the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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