标题: Alaska Trip [打印本页] 作者: snowrider 时间: 2013-9-14 15:37 标题: Alaska Trip Since this trip was a big one, I started planning this trip since a year ago. After the travel plan was initiated, I asked around friends to join, and in the end we got 6 in our travel group. Goals:
1. See glaciers and step on glaciers
2. See wildlife
3. See sceneries and attractions
4. See aurora (northern light)
The original plan was to take cruise ship in the mid of the trip. Celebrity cancelled the cruise at the last minitue (a week before the sailing date), so we modified our plan by adding Canadian Rockies and Alaska glacier tours. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tr ... ed-repairs/2680185/
The following was our original itinerary:
====== Alaska Pre-Cruise Tour (2 Nights) ======
08/28/2013 - Vancouver Arrival (Sea food dinner @ Kirin)
08/29/2013 - Victoria + Butchart Gardens Tour
08/30/2013 - Dim Sum lunch @ Sun Sui Wah
====== Alaska Cruise Tour (7 Nights Vancouver - Seward) ======
08/30/2013 - Cruise ship departure @ 4:30 PM
08/31/2013 - Cruise Inside Passage (see glacier galloping and calving)
09/01/2013 - Ketchikan (Historic Ketchikan Trolley Tour, Alaska Bear Adventure)
09/02/2013 - Icy Strait Point (Whale & Marine Mammals Cruise, Forest & Nature Tram)
09/03/2013 - Juneau (Mendenhall Glacier & Salmon Hatchery, Dog Sledding on the Mendenhall Glacier by Helicopter)
09/04/2013 - Skagway (Ocean Raft Wildlife Adventure, To The Summit)
09/05/2013 - Hubbard Glacier (see glacier galloping and calving)
09/06/2013 - Seward arrival
====== Alaska Post-Cruise Tour (5 Nights) ======
09/06/2013 - Seward-Anchorage Narrated Wildlife Tour, Anchorage City Tour
09/07/2013 - Anchorage to Denali by Rail (McKinley Explorer Dome Rail Car)
09/08/2013 - Denali National Park Tundra Wilderness Tour
09/09/2013 - Denali Horseshoe Lake Hike (morning), Denali to Fairbanks by Rail (afternoon)
09/10/2013 - Fairbanks Driving Tour (day), Chena Hot Springs (evening)
09/11/2013 - Chena River on the Riverboat Discovery (afternoon), Fairbanks Departure (midnight)
====== Aurora Viewing ======
Aurora viewing starts in Anchorage (and Denali NP and Fairbanks) every evening watching north sky to see if there is any green light comes out.作者: snowrider 时间: 2013-9-14 15:38 本帖最后由 snowrider 于 2013-9-15 16:34 编辑
The following was our actual itinerary (after Celebrity's cancellation):
====== Canada Trip (7 Nights) ======
08/28/2013 - Vancouver Arrival
08/29/2013 - Victoria 2-Day Tour (Victoria + Butchart Gardens)
08/30/2013 - Victoria 2-Day Tour (Vancouver Island)
08/31/2013 - Canadian Rockies 4-Day Tour (Hope + Kamloops + Revelstoke)
09/01/2013 - Canadian Rockies 4-Day Tour (Yoho + Banff + Lake Louise)
09/02/2013 - Canadian Rockies 4-Day Tour (Lake Louise + Columbia Icefield)
09/03/2013 - Canadian Rockies 4-Day Tour (Lake Okanagan)
====== Anchorage Trip (3 Nights) ======
09/04/2013 - Anchorage Arrival (afternoon Seward Highway)
09/05/2013 - Kenai Fjords National Park Tour (Wildlife & Glacier Cruise)
09/06/2013 - Whittier Prince William Sound Cruise (26-Glacier Cruise)
====== Denali Trip (2 Nights) ======
09/07/2013 - Anchorage to Denali by Rail (McKinley Explorer Dome Rail Car)
09/08/2013 - Denali National Park Tundra Wilderness Tour
====== Fairbanks Trip (2 Nights) ======
09/09/2013 - Denali Horseshoe Lake Hike (morning), Denali to Fairbanks by Rail (afternoon)
09/10/2013 - Fairbanks City Driving Tour (day), Chena Hot Springs (evening)
09/11/2013 - Chena River on the Riverboat Discovery (afternoon), Fairbanks Departure (midnight)
====== Aurora Viewing ======
Aurora Viewing - We did notice that there was a little bit aurora in Denali (too much cloud). We saw some aurora in Fairbanks the first night there. The second night in Fairbanks was a blast! The aurora was strong! It danced and covered about half of the sky.作者: snowrider 时间: 2013-9-14 15:38 本帖最后由 snowrider 于 2013-9-15 19:07 编辑