IF YOU LIKE SPECTACULAR TRAIN JOURNEYS, BREATHTAKING SCENERY, FALL COLORS, WILDLIFE, REMOTE VILLAGES, CRUISES AND RELAXED SIGHTSEEING , THIS TOUR IS FOR YOU. WE HAVE INCLUDED THE BEST OF THE INSIDE PASSAGE, GLACIERS, SIGHTSEEING AND SPECTACULAR SOUTHERN ALASKA, YUKON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA LINKED BY SIX WONDERFUL TRAIN RIDES THROUGH SOME OF MOST REMOTE AND AWESOME COUNTRYSIDE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF NORTH AMERICA. OUR TOUR WILL VISIT THE TOWNS OF JUEAU, SKAGWAY, WHITEHORSE, WATSON LAKE, FORT NELSON, FORT ST. JOHN, MACKENZIE, FORT ST. JAMES, WILLIAMS LAKE AND VANCOUVER.
Your Itinerary
Day 1:
SEPTEMBER 7: INDEPENDENT ARRIVALS AT SEATTLE. THE TOUR BEGINS AT THE SEA/TAC AIRPORT AS WE DEPART AT 2:42PM FOR JUNEAU, ALASKA. AFTER HOTEL CHECK IN AT JUNEAU ENJOY THE DOWNTOWN AREA HISTORIC DOWNTOWN HAS A DRAMATIC BACKDROP OF TOWERING MOUNTAINS, THE GASTINEAU CHANNEL AND RUSTIC OLD BUILDINGS.
Day 2:
SEPTEMBER 8: FULL DAY EXCURSION FROM JUNEAU TO GLACIER BAY. WE WILL CRUISE THE GLACIER BAY ONBOARD THE 'SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE' BOAT. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THESE MASSIVE GLACIERS CLOSE UP. OUR TOUR WILL EXPLORE THE ENTIRE WEST ARM OF GLACIER BAY ALL THE WAY T6O THE MASSIVE GRAND PACIFIC GLACIER. SEE GIANT TOWERS OF ICE BREAK AWAY FROM THE FACEOF THE GLACIERS AND TUMBLE INTO THE WATER. WATCH FOR WHALES, SEALS, BEAR, MOOSE, MOUNTAIN GOATS, BALD EAGLES, AND SEA LIONS. LATE AFTERNOON WE RETURN TO JUNEAU.
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Day 3:
SEPTEMBER 9: TODAY WE HAVE A 7 HOUR CRUISE UP THE LYNN CANAL OF THE INSIDE PASSAGE ONBOARD THE ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY'S MALAPINA FERRY/SHIP. THIS IS IN THE AREA OF ALASKA'S PANHANDLE AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY PRISTINE WATERS AND SPECTACULAR MOUNTAIN VIEWS. THE MALAPINA HAS A CAFETERIA WHERE YOU CAN HAVE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT YOUR OWN LEISURE AS THE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY GLIDES BY. ARRIVAL IN SKAGWAY IS MID AFTERNOON. AFTER HOTEL CHECK-IN THE REST OF THE DAY TO RELAX OR ENJOY COLORFUL SKAGWAY, A GREAT PLACE TO SIT, SHOP, LOOK, AND LINGER. BROWSING AND SHOPPING HERE IN THIS GOLD RUSH VILLAGE IS CONSIDERED THE BEST IN ALL OF ALASKA.
Day 4:
SEPTEMBER 10: MORNING HOURS TO RELAX. AFTERNOON WE TAKE A RIDE ON THE WHITE PASS & YUKON RAILROAD FROM SKAGWAY TO WHITE PASS SUMMIT AND RETURN. THERE IS NO RAILROAD QUITE LIKE THIS ONE. AGAINST ALL ODDS THIS LINE WAS BUILT DURING THE 1898 KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH AND THROUGH SOME OF THE NORTH'S MOST RUGGEDLY BEAUTIFUL TERRAIN. IT'S A TRIP THROUGH HISTORY YOU WILL NEVER FORGET.
Day 5:
SEPTEMBER 11: CHARTER BUS SKAGWAY, ALASKA TO WHITEHORSE, YUKON THROUGH SOME OF THE SPECTACULAR KLONDIKE COUNTRY WITH MANY LAKES AND ALL OF THE TREES IN FULL FALL COLORS. UPON ARRIVAL IN WHITEHORSE THE REST OF THE DAY IS YOURS TO EXPLORE THE CAPITAL OF THE YUKON, ALONG THE FAMOUS YUKON RIVER, SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS AND CLEAR LAKES.
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Day 6:
SEPTEMBER 12: MORNING HOURS TO RELAX OR SLEEP IN. EARLY AFTERNOON WE VISIT THE S.S. KLONDIKE STERNWHEELER, NOW A FLOATING MUSEUM ON THE YUKON RIVER. THEN WE START OUR SOUTHBOUND JOURNEY ON THE ALASKAN HIGHWAY TO WATSON LAKE.
Day 7:
SEPTEMBER 13: WE CONTINUE SOUTHBOUND INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA ON THE ALASKAN HIGHWAY TO FORT NELSON.
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Day 8:
SEPTEMBER 14: MORNING TOUR OF FORT NELSON AND THE FAMOUS TRAPPER'S CABIN BEFORE BOARDING OUR PRIVATE CHARTER RAILCARS ON THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROAD. OUR CHARTER WILL TAKE US THROUGH SOME VERY REMOTE AREAS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WHERE THERE ARE NO HIGHWAYS. FORT NELSON IS 985 MILES NORTH OF VANCOUVER. TODAY WE RUN TO FORT ST. JOHN THEN TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL.
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Day 9:
SEPTEMBER 15: WE BOARD OUR CHARTER RAILCARS AGAIN AND CONTINUE SOUTH INTO THE SPECTACULAR PEACE RIVER VALLEY. WE THEN CROSS THE MASSIVE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT PINE PASS AND DOWN THE OTHER SIDE WHERE WE SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE SMALL TOWN OF MACKENZIE.
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Day 10:
SEPTEMBER 16: AGAIN WE BOARD OUR CHARTER RAILCARS ON THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RAILROAD FOR SOME MORE BACK COUNTRY TRAVEL , FIRST RUNNING TO TUMBLER RIDGE DEEP IN THE ROCKIES, THEN OUT TO THE VILLAGE OF FORT ST. JAMES. WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED AT DINNER TONIGHT PRESENTED BY THE LOCAL INDIANS.
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Day 11:
SEPTEMBER 17: TODAY YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF RIDING OUR CHARTER RAILCARS TO PRINCE GEORGE OR STAYING IN FORT ST. JAMES FOR A LOCAL TOUR OF THE RESTORED HUDSON BAY COMPANY TRADING POST AND THE FORT, ALL FOUNDED IN 1806. THEN A CHARTER BUS WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO PRINCE GEORGE WHERE YOU WILL REBOARD OUR CHARTER TRAIN FOR THE RUN TO WILLIAMS LAKE IN CARIBOO COUNTRY.
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Day 12:
SEPTEMBER 18: MORNING DEPARTURE ON OUR CHARTER TRAIN CROSSING THE CARIBOO PLATEAU AND INTO THE RUGGED FRASER RIVER CANYON WHERE OUR CHARTER COMES OUT OF A TUNNEL AND WE SEE THE RIVER OVER 2000 FEET BELOW US. AT THIS POINT WE ARE ON A NARROW LEDGE FAR ABOVE THE RIVER. WE CONTINUE DOWN THE CANYON AND INTO THE COAST RANGE, PEMBERTON VALLEY AND THE FAMOUS WHISTLER SKI RESORT BEFORE GOING INTO THE RUGGED CHEAKAMUS CANYON AND THEN RUNNING FOR SOME 40 MILES ALONG THE HOWE SOUND BEFORE WE ARRIVE IN NORTH VANCOUVER. OVERNIGHT LODGING IN NORTH VANCOUVER.
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Day 13:
SEPTEMBER 19: OUR TOUR WILL END THIS MORNING IN VANCOUVER.
Notes:
Airfare is included in the tour price.
TOUR PRICE WILL INCREASE AFTER JANUARY 31, 2001 IF BOOKING AND DEPOSIT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED.
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