Alaska & the Yukon - 20 or 21 Days

Day 1 Arrive Calgary

Arrive in Calgary and transfer to your downtown hotel. After checking, the remainder of the day at leisure. Overnight at the International Hotel.

Day 2 Calgary to Grande Prairie, Alberta

Meet fellow passengers and your guide this morning at a welcome breakfast. Travel north and pass through Edmonton see the beauty unfold through Northern Alberta and see grandiose lakes, mighty rivers, abundant wildlife and untapped wilderness. Overnight at the Service Plus Inn And Suites. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 3 Grande Prairie to Fort Nelson. BC

Travel through the great northern prairie region of Alberta en route to Dawson Creek and stop at Mile "0" of the Alaska Highway. Overnight at the Lakeview Hotel. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 4 Fort Nelson to Watson Lake, BC.

Journey through valleys and alpine meadows and arrive for a brief stop at Liard Hot Pools; Canada's most spectacular natural hot springs. Next see the world famous "Sign Post Forest" that gives you a down to earth view of global navigation. This evening tour the Northern Lights Centre and experience the folklore and the science of the Northern Lights. Overnight at the Belvedere Motor Inn. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 5 Watson Lake to Whitehorse, Yukon

The Nisutlin Bay Bridge will enable your crossing into Teslin, Yukon. This is the longest bridge on the Alaska Highway. On arrival in Whitehorse enjoy a city tour including Miles Canyon, the Fish Ladder and the SS Klondike National Historic Site. Tonight whoop it up at the famous Whitehorse Frantic Follies. Overnight at the Gold Rush Inn. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 6 Whitehorse to Dawson City, Yukon

Continue north on the Klondike Highway. Stop to view the Carmacks Interpretive River Front Boardwalk and the beautiful Five Finger Rapids. Arrive in Dawson City the heart of the worldfamous Klondike Gold Rush. Tonight visit Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall, Canada's oldest and most unique casino featuring live can-can girls led by Diamond Tooth Gertie herself. Overnight at the Downtown Hotel. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 7 Dawson City 

This morning visit an actual Gold Mining Dredge, one of the largest wood hulled, bucket line dredges in North America and pan for your own fortune. This afternoon relax and enjoy a leisurely afternoon as you relive gold rush crazed Dawson City and explore the boardwalk shops of this town from the past. Overnight at the Downtown Hotel. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 8 Dawson City to Tok, Alaska

North to Alaska! Today you travel over the "Top of the World Highway" and stop at the unique town of "Chicken" named after the state bird - the Ptarmigan that resembles a chicken. Then it's on to the Village of Tok, where the Eagle Trail crosses the Tanana River and sternwheelers once plied the river. Overnight at Young's Motel. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 9 Tok to Fairbanks, Alaska

Mail your postcards this morning at North Pole, Alaska as you stop by Santa Claus House. Continue on to Fairbanks and this afternoon enjoy a cruise of the Chena and Tanana Rivers aboard a sternwheeler known as Discovery. Gain an insight into ancient Athabascan Indian culture on a personalized tour of the Chena Indian Village. Tonight step back in time and visit Alaskaland for a delicious baked salmon dinner, followed by a musical review at the Palace Theatre and Saloon. Overnight at the Bridgewater Hotel. Meals included: Dinner.

Day 10 Fairbanks to Denali National Park

Incredible vistas provide a feast for the eyes today on your journey through to Denali National Park. The panoramic views of the famed Alaska Range continue to take your breath away as you see Mt McKinley - North America's highest peak. Arrive at your overnight destination, the small Alaskan town of Wasilla, the home of the annual world renowned Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Overnight at the Grandview Inn.

Day 11 Denali to Anchorage, Alaska

Enjoy some fantastic photo opportunities as you get an intimate and personal visit at an Alaskan Husky dog kennel. View the Iditarod video, take a kennel tour and go on a nature  puppy walk with ten to twenty pups playing and running on the wilderness trail. Afterwards continue to Anchorage this evening enjoy dinner served inside a Goldmine at the Sourdough Mining Company with storyteller Dusty Sourdough! Overnight at the Westmark Hotel. Meals included: Breakfast & Dinner.

Day 12 Prince William Sound Cruise

Cruise the calm and protected waters of Prince William Sound accompanied by a National Forest Interpreter. The vessel hugs the coastline and icebergs glide silently by. Pulling into a bay the vessel floats right up to a 1700-foot high active tidewater glacier! This is wild and dramatic Alaska up close. Overnight at the Westmark Hotel. Meals included: Lunch.

After today, you can choose how to return to Canada. Full Circle Tour - continues your journey by Coach, travelling through the Yukon, British Columbia & Alberta. Land & Sea Tour - returns to Vancouver on a Holland America Cruise.

Choose from the following options to complete your journey:

Full Circle Tour - Continue your journey by coach travelling through the Yukon, British Columbia & Alberta

Land & Sea Tour - Return to Vancouver on a Holland America cruise.

Full Circle Tour Itinerary

Day 13 Anchorage to Beaver Creek, Yukon

See stunning vistas as you climb to Mentasta Summit before descending into Tok, where you rejoin the Alaska Highway. Then it is on to Beaver Creek, passing through beautiful scenic forests. A highlight is the entertaining Rendezvous Dinner Show. Overnight at the Westmark Hotel. Meals included: Dinner.

Day 14 Beaver Creek to Whitehorse, Yukon

Today depart Beaver Creek for historic Burwash Landing and travel alongside the magnificent St. Elias Range and Kluane Lake. Overnight in Whitehorse at the Goldrush Inn. Meals included: Breakfast.

Day 15 Skagway, Yukon 

Travel west over the White Pass Summit and see some of the most panoramic views of the terrain en route to Skagway. At the end of a day wind your way back to Whitehorse for a "Farewell to the Yukon" dinner at the hotel. Overnight at the Goldrush Inn. Meals included: Breakfast & Dinner.

Day 16 Whitehorse to Dease Lake, BC

Say goodbye to the Yukon and head back into the Province of British Columbia. Returning over the Nisutlin Bay Bridge the coach heads south to travel the famous "Stewart-Cassiar Highway". You'll never forget your stop at Jade City for a tour of a jade mine. Overnight at the Northway Motor Inn

Day 17 Dease Lake to Stewart, BC

Your continuing journey on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway has you passing through Mount Edziza Park. Stewart is well known not only by its surrounding spectacular glaciers. Overnight at the King Edward Hotel. Meals included: lunch.

Day 18 Stewart to Prince George, BC

One of the most scenic drives in North America is still waiting today as you motor through coastal mountains, icefields and glaciers. Follow the beautiful rivers and valleys on your way to Prince George. Overnight at the at the Sandman Hotel.

Day 19 Prince George to Jasper, Alberta

Today head over the great Canadian Rocky Mountains. Upon arrival in Jasper visit Maligne Canyon and Pyramid Lake. Overnight at the Sawridge Hotel.

Day 20 Jasper to Banff, Alberta

Travel along the spectacular Icefields Parkway with an Ice Explorer ride to the base of the glacier. Next stop at beautiful Peyto Lake & Lake Louise, before and overnight in Banff at the Ptarmigan Inn. Meals included: Lunch.

Day 21 Calgary - End of Tour

This morning enjoy a sightseeing tour of Banff including Bow Falls, Cascade Gardens and much more. Ride the Banff Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain for a panoramic view of the Banff Townsite below. After your touer a transfer to a Calgary hotel or the Calgary International Airport is included.

Land & Sea Tour Itinerary

Day 13 Transfer to Cruise Pier

Transfer from your Anchorage hotel to Seward to board your Holland America Cruise Ship (either the ms Zaandam or ms Statendam). Settle into your stateroom and begin your cruise through the Inside Passage.

Day 14 College Fjord Cruising

Only one place in Alaska surrounds you on three sides with flowing rivers of ice. Imagine cruising past one dramatic tidewater glacier after another - an awesome assemblage of Ice Age wonders named after the nation's leading Ivy League colleges. Linger here for an in-depth lesson in nature's power.

Day 15 Glacier Bay Cruising

Glacier Bay has more actively calving tidewater glaciers than anyplace else in the world. Here you can listen as monumental chunks of ice splits off a glacier and crashes into the sea

Day 16 Haines, Alaska 

Nestled on the shores of America's longest fjord, Haines is in a spectacular setting for today's port of call.

Day 17 Juneau, Alaksa

Located at the foot of grand mountain peaks on the Gastineau Channel, the town of Juneau has the massive Mendenhall Glacier and the immense Juneau Icefields at its back door.

Day 18 Ketchikan, Alaska 

Built out over the water and climbing weathered stairways, Ketchikan clings to the shores of Tongass Narrows and drapes the mountains with a cheerful air

Day 19 Inside Passage - At Sea

The fabled Inside Passage is one of the most scenic sea-lanes in the world, and one of the few where deep-draft vessels can sail close to steep mountain walls. The scenery is unbelievable, with forests in a hundred shades of green, tumbling turquoise glaciers, and evocative towns loaded with history, culture and adventure.

Day 20 Arrive Vancouver - End of tour 

Your tour end on arrival in Vancouver and disembarkation from your cruise ship.

Full Circle or Land & Sea Tour

Departure Dates

May 22

June 19

July 17

August 14, 28

PRICE INCLUDES

• Accommodation in moderate grade hotels

• Sightseeing & attractions as stated

• Meals

- Full Circle Tour - 11 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 4 dinners

- Land & Sea Tour - 15 breakfasts, 7 lunches & 9 dinners

• Airport transfers

• Tour guide & driver

• Coach transportation aboard the SuperCoach (as described below)

Not Included :

• Flights to/from Canada

• Meals other than those indicated above

• Gratuities for driver/guide/cruise staff 

Your Coach

You will travel abord the SuperCoach, a unique 45-foot deluxe motor coach, fitted with 40 all-leather seats (standard coaches seat 56). The reduced seat numbers gives extra legroom and added comfort. At the rear of the coach, a galley has been installed allowing for food & drinks to be served. The SuperCoach also features state-of-the-art technology, including satellite TV, radio and Wi-Fi internet on board.

Hotels

Calgary – International Hotel

Grande Prairie – Service Plus Inn & Suites

Fort Nelson – Lakeview Hotel

Watson Lake – Belvedere Motor Inn

Whitehorse – Gold Rush Inn

Dawson City – Downtown Hotel

Tok – Young’s Motel

Cost Per Person

PAYMENT & CANCELLATION TERMS

Please note that payment and cancellation terms for this tour differ from our standard terms.

Payment

Full circle Tour - Deposit £400 per person

Land & Sea Tour - Deposit of 20% of tour cost

Balance due 100 days prior to departure

Cancellation fees

Full circle Tour - as shown in our booking conditions

Land & Sea Tour - as below

100 - 60 days prior to departure - Loss of deposit

59 - 45 days prior to departure - 30% charges

44 - 15 days prior to departure - 50% charges

14 - 0 days prior to departure - 100% charges