By Regina Sass
Alaska is America's last wilderness. Alaska sightseeing tour operators can take you to all parts of Alaska and show you places and things that you would not be able to see by yourself. You can go by train, boat or coach, for a day or a week. You can explore the cities and towns or go out in the wilderness and see sights such as a grizzly bear fishing for his lunch. Because of the long winters in Alaska, not all tours are available year-round.
Gray Line of Alaska
Gray Line of Alaska has several choices for day trips and longer sightseeing tours. Gray Line has tours to virtually every part of Alaska. The day trips last anywhere from 2 hours up to the whole day and include some interesting experiences, such as a 3-hour covered wagon ride complete with dinner. An example of a longer tours is an 8-day, 7-night tour of Fairbanks, Denali, Talkeetna, Seward and Anchorage. There are dozens of options.
Gray Line of Alaska
Operated by Holland America Line, Inc.
745 West 4th.
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: (206) 281-3535
Toll-free: (888) 452-1737
Allen Marine Tours
Allen Marine Tours specializes in boat tours of Southeast Alaska. You can take whale-watching tours, glacier and fjord tours, misty fjord tours and wildlife tours, as well as tours of the different cities. Tours last from 2 to 3 hours up to 7 to 8 hours.
Allen Marine Tours Juneau
Phone: (907) 789-0081
Toll-free: (888) 289-0081
Fax: (907) 789-1743
Allen Marine Tours Ketchikan
Phone: (907) 225-8100
Toll-free: (877) 686-8100
Fax: (907) 225-8101
Allen Marine Tours Sitka
Phone: (907) 747-8100
Toll-free: (888) 747-8101
Fax: (907) 747-4819
Travel Alaska
Travel Alaska offers basic 7-day tours that you can customize by adding on extras. One example is the Alaska by road tour, which takes you through Fairbanks, Far North, Chena Hot Springs, Delta Junction, Copper Valley, Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Valdez and Anchorage and includes a coastal cruise through the Inside Passage and across the gulf to Prince William Sound.
Travel Alaska
Alaska Travel Industry Association
2600 Cordova Street, Ste. 201
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
McKinley Flight Tours
McKinley Flight Tours specializes in air tours of Mt. McKinley and Denali National Park. Options include the McKinley summit tour, the circle Denali tour, the south side glacier tour, the Ruth Glacier tour and day trips to Denali Park.
McKinley Flight Tours
Talkeetna Aero Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 433
Talkeetna, Alaska 99676
Toll-free: (888) 733-2899
About the Author:
Regina Sass is based in the Adirondack Region of New York State. She has been a writer for 10 years writing for publications in the real estate and retail industries. Online experience includes writing,advertising and editing for an educational web site. Sass is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
