Virtuoso Insights - February/March 2009 - (Page 11) Peak experience: Mt. McKinley presides over the Alaska Range. 3 WayS TO GET THERE LINDbLaD exPeDITIONS How can you enhance a Southeast Alaska adventure cruise with Lindblad expeditions? By adding an optional, seven-day pre- or post-cruise extension to Denali National Park. Staying at the exclusive North Face Lodge at the foot of Mount McKinley, you’ll have access to the park’s deeper regions for exceptional wildlife viewing. Go canoeing, fishing, hiking, and biking; your naturalist guides lead daily wildlife walks as well as nightly programs. Eight-day cruise between Juneau and Sitka available through August 30, 2009. From $5,390; for Denali trip extension, add $4,610. eNTrée aLaSKa Travel deep into the heart of Denali National Park with entrée alaska. Specializing in customized experiences to the Great Land, they’ve created an outstanding eight-day Wildlife and Wildlands vacation that includes three nights at Denali’s North Face Lodge, where you’ll experience the spectacular parkland with individually designed, naturalist-led day trips. you’ll also spend two nights in a Junior Suite at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, while a night at Redoubt Bay Lodge in the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve offers phenomenal bear viewing opportunities. Contact your Virtuoso travel advisor for details and up-to-the-minute pricing. hOLLaND aMerIca LINe Ride the McKinley Explorer from Anchorage to Denali National Park during your Great Land Wilderness cruisetour with holland america Line. Watch the spectacular scenery roll past as you relax in the domed railcar and enjoy two full nights in the park, including a Tundra Wilderness Tour and plenty of free time to explore on your own. Take a sternwheeler cruise in Fairbanks, enjoy the famed yukon Rendezvous dinner show in Beaver Creek, cruise Glacier Bay National Park — you’ll even have a chance to visit remote Kluane National Park, a uNESCO World Heritage Site. Contact your Virtuoso travel advisor for details and up-to-the-minute pricing on 10and 13-day cruisetours between Anchorage and Vancouver. Virtuoso insights 11 ©Getty images/Panoramic images
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