Alaska Vacations
Alaska Vacations #1:Whale Watching Tour is a great idea for the whole family. You can typically also see many other types of marine birds, porpoise, humpback whales and the occasional Orca. Whale watching tours can be found in Glacier Bay/Gustavus, Homer, Juneau, Kodiak, Pelican, Petersburg, Prince William Sound, Seward, Chichagof Island, and Valdez. Vacations in Alaska #2:Take a trip to the Arctic Circle land of the midnight sun where the summer sun never sets. Solstice Point at the foot hills of the Brooks Range is a favorite with locals for Mid-night Sun Weddings! Enjoy the majestic scenery of the tiaga and the tundra. Vacations in Alaska #3:Have you ever seen a Bald Eagle? Try the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska. Thousands of these beautiful birds migrate here in the fall months because it's a natural feeding grounds that gets them ready for the cold winter. October through January is when they can best be seen. Along the Haines Highway leading out of Haines you can numerous walking trails and spots to stop and watch the eagles. These are great photo opportunities. To see this unique gathering is to witness a true wildlife phenomenon of international scale. Alaska Vacations #4:Tour the Columbia Glacier, located just 30 miles from Valdez. At 435 square miles, it's Alaska's largest tidewater glacier. Alaskan tour companies offer trips to see up-close these wonderfully huge chunks of ancient ice. The Columbia Glacier is actually receding. The process is causing huge blocks of ice to create an impassible moraine. Floating ice fills the bay in an ever changing frozen landscape. In fact this floating ice works its way out into open waters to interfere with shipping. This was a factor in the infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill. Vacations in Alaska #5:How about an Iditarod Sled Dog Tour. The world famous Iditarod is a 1,100 mile dog sled race between Anchorage and Nome. Take a ride on a dog sled cart. Learn about the Iditarod race and the dog mushing drivers. Visit the dogs that pull the sleds, even hold and cuddle adorable husky puppies. Vacations in Alaska #6:Admiralty Island, Alaska is the place to go for the best bear watching. This is home to the Pack Creek Brown Bear Viewing Areawhich is world famous as one of the top bear sanctuaries. You can watch the bears from the safety of the observatory deck at the Traitor's Cove Bear Watching Observatory. This is a wonderful vantage point to observe and photograph the bears as they feast on the salmon that are fighting their way up stream to spawn. These tours and more are available at Dolly Varden Alaska. Vacation Ideas in Alaska #7:The Alaskan towns of Skagway and Dyea were the jumping-off points for the for the 600-mile trek to the goldfields along the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory. Klondike Goldrush National Historic Park offers exhibits and displays, restored buildings, ranger presentations and films about the world famous Alaskan Gold Rush of the late 1800s.
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