Alaska Getaways 2008

Glacier Bay Highlights 10 DA Y S/9 N IGHT S O R 9 D A Y S / 8 N I G HT S , FA I R BA NK S T O JU NEA U , IN CL U DING D E N A L I N A T I O N A L P A RK A ND PR ES ER VE — OR — 5 D A Y S / 4 N I G H T S o r 4 D A Y S / 3 NIGHTS, CR U I S E O N L Y RO U N D T RI P F ROM JU NEA U 8-Night Cruise/Land Tour (4 Day/3 Night Cruise + Land Tour) DAY 1 ARRIVE IN FAIRBANKS Transfer from the airport to your hotel. Meet your exploration Leader and fellow travelers for a casual wine and cheese reception. Anchorage Hotel. Dinner will be enjoyed at the sheraton or at your choice of other fine restaurants. BD DAY 5 FLY ANCHORAGE TO JUNEAU in the morning enjoy sightseeing and a visit to the Anchorage Museum of History and Art before you transfer to the airport for your included flight to Juneau. in Alaska’s capital city, overnight at the Goldbelt Hotel near the downtown Juneau waterfront. B DAY 2 FAIRBANKS SIGHTSEEING, TO DENALI NATIONAL PARK enjoy a full day of sightseeing in the city of Fairbanks, 125 miles south of the Arctic Circle, including a visit to the Trans-Alaska pipeline, the university of Alaska Museum of the north, and a Chena river cruise on an authentic sternwheeler. Travel by motorcoach to Denali national park for an exclusive naturalist presentation and a comfortable overnight at a Denali park entrance hotel. BLD Your Adventure Continues with the Cruise Portion of our Cruise/Land Tour … OR if You’re Doing the Cruise Only … DAY 6 JUNEAU Before sailing from Juneau, DAY 3 DENALI NATIONAL PARK EXPLORATION An expert guide takes you on your chosen bus tour* into Denali national park to look for wildlife and experience summer in the subalpine tundra. Following your park tour, you have time to enjoy the park on your own or venture out on any of the optional rafting, flightseeing or other adventure excursions we can arrange for you. B * Your Denali tour must be chosen when you book your cruise/land tour. exciting optional activities may be available for your day in town. ride the mountaintop tram, flightsee the Juneau icefield or go hiking. Board the Spirit of Glacier Bay to start your cruise. D DAYS 7 & 8 GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE Designated a World Heritage site and Biosphere reserve, you’ll enter this 3.3-million-acre nature wonderland where a national park service ranger and a native Cultural interpreter will come onboard to offer information on the history, flora and fauna of this impressive region. over 200 species of fish and 220 species of birds have been recorded in the park. The ranger will help you look for mountain goats, brown and black bears, moose, harbor seals, steller’s sea lions and puffins. BLD ALASKA GETAWAYS DAY 4 DENALI NATIONAL PARK TO ANCHORAGE VIA RAIL AND MOTORCOACH Board a deluxe domed railcar to Talkeetna where a motorcoach will wind you through the Matanuska-susitna Valley to Anchorage. overnight at the sheraton ALASKA www.cruisewest.com 11 http://www.cruisewest.com

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Alaska Getaways 2008 Contents Alaska Getaways Why Cruise West? Exploration Leaders Denali National Park and Preserve Denali Wilderness Lodge Glacier Bay Highlights Glaciers of Prince William Sound Meet the Fleet Other Cruise West Destinations

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