Grand Alaska aboard Princess

Day 1: Your Alaska travel begins
A transfer is included from Anchorage International Airport to The Hotel Captain Cook, overlooking Cook Inlet, downtown Anchorage, and the Chugach Mountains. Join us for a welcome reception and dinner tonight.
Overnight: The Hotel Captain Cook, Anchorage
Meals Included: Dinner

Day 2: Alaskan traditions and a flight to the wilderness
Learn about the lifestyles, traditions, and crafts of Alaska's indigenous tribes at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, then take a scenic flight to Talkeetna, followed by a drive to your wilderness lodge in Trapper Creek for a two-night stay.
Overnight: Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, Trapper Creek
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 3: A wilderness homestead and a jet boat adventure
Begin the day with a visit to the private Alaska homestead of Joanne Porterfield; her gardens and farm have flourished here in the shadow of Mount McKinley for more than four decades. Set off on a wilderness jet boat adventure this afternoon.
Overnight: Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, Trapper Creek
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4: Rail trip to Denali and the sled dogs of Husky Homestead
A journey by rail to Denali National Park precedes a visit to Husky Homestead to meet former Iditarod champion musher Jeff King and his family... and of course their indomitable Husky sled dogs who live and train there. Dinner tonight is at your choice of restaurants at Denali Princess Lodge.
Overnight: Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5: Exploring Denali National Park
A highlight of any Alaska travel experience is a visit to Denali National Park, a six-million-acre UNESCO Biosphere Reserve highlighted by North America’s highest mountain, 20,320-foot Mt. McKinley. Look for grizzly bears, moose, caribou, Dall sheep and other Denali denizens on a Tundra Wildlife Search in the park with a National Park Service Guide. Then spend some time exploring on your own before enjoying a Music of Denali dinner show this evening.
Overnight: Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, Denali
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 6: Across the wilderness to mountain majesty
Traverse the Alaskan wilderness today from Denali along the Alaska Range to your lodge situated on the Copper River near Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, known as "North America's Mountain Kingdom."
Overnight: Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge, Copper Center
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 7: A day among the mountains of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Discover Wrangell-St. Elias National Park – home to more glaciers and mountains above 16,000 feet than any spot in North America – on a private tour of the park's visitor center with a park ranger. Return to your wilderness lodge to spend the remainder of the day exactly as you please.
Overnight: Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge, Copper Center
Meals Included: Breakfast, dinner

Day 8: • Take a catamaran ride and embark your Princess cruise
Make a stop at Worthington Glacier en route to Valdez, where you'll set off by catamaran across Prince William Sound to Whittier. Board your Princess ship in Whittier to launch the 7-night cruise portion of your Alaska travel adventure.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 9: • Cruise Prince William Sound
Cruise through College Fjord, rimmed with 16 glaciers named for Ivy League colleges. Spot wildlife including sea lions and sea otters in Prince William Sound, harboring Alaska’s greatest concentration of tidewater glaciers. By night, take in a Broadway-style show, try your luck in the casino, check out the nightclub, or read in the library; join us for the Captain's welcome reception aboard ship this evening.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 10: • Glorious Glacier Bay
Prepare to be awestruck by Glacier Bay National Park, an Alaska travel highlight. View blue-tinged ice cliffs towering over the sea, and hear the roar when they calve and crash into the water. Look for humpback whales, orcas, seals, and seabirds. Tonight, attend Tauck's exclusive cocktail party featuring hors-d'oeuvres and an open bar as your ship sails to Skagway.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 11: • Bald eagles & vintage rail trip
Explore historic Skagway, gateway to the Klondike gold fields, in antique cars before boarding a ferry cruise on Lynn Canal to Haines. Go rafting through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, hosting the world's largest concentration of bald eagles. Ride the exciting White Pass & Yukon Route narrow-gauge railway built in 1898 during the gold rush. This vintage rail excursion heads up steep grades, around cliff-hanging turns, and over high bridges. Reboard the ship in Skagway.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 12: • Tramway views of Juneau and Tlingit culture
Arrive in Alaska's capital city of Juneau, set on a narrow strip of land between the Coast Mountains and the Gastineau Channel. Enjoy a private Tlingit presentation before a journey aboard a tramcar decorated by Tlingit artwork takes you to the top of Mount Roberts for panoramic views of the city as well as Admiralty Island, Glacier Bay, and the Chilkat Mountains.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 13: • Totem poles & native culture
Today you'll dock in Ketchikan, the ancestral home of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian tribes, for an inside look at the role that Tlingit heritage plays in the local culture. See some of the city’s numerous totem poles, and watch local totem carvers at work at Saxman Native Village; catch a performance of traditional Tlingit and Haida dances.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 14: • Inside Passage cruising
Enjoy spectacular views of the Inside Passage from your stateroom, or a variety of decks and lounges, on a full day of cruising past the densely forested islands and coastal communities of this renowned waterway. You can also swim in four pools, hear a nature presentation, play a board game in the library, work out in the fitness center, get a relaxing spa treatment, or check out the golf simulator. Join us tonight for a farewell cocktail party followed by dinner.
Overnight: Cruising aboard Princess
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 15: Bid Alaska farewell
Your Alaska travel experience ends in Vancouver. Disembark your Princess ship in Vancouver, British Columbia. Fly home any time; a transfer is included from the dock to Vancouver International Airport. Allow a minimum of two hours prior to departure flight check-in.
Overnight:
Meals Included: Breakfast

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7-Night Princess Cruise ~ Anchorage ~ Kenai Fjords ~ Denali National Park

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