20 Day Tour
VANCOUVER - VANCOUVER
'Alaskan Highway, Canadian Arctic & Inside Passage
Cruise'
Yukon Ca; Northwest Territories Ca; Alaska USA
Departs late August 2011 - motel accommodation
Travel
along the historic Alaskan Highway, see where the famous Klondike gold rush
occurred in the Yukon Territory, enjoy one of the world's most scenic drives
through the Canadian Arctic wilderness and also cruise along the Inside
Passage.
Bruce and Lindy Bishop have travelled along this route themselves and have led 5 tours into most of this territory. This is their favourite tour of all the trips they have operated and following many requests have decided to look at scheduling it once more.
Please contact our office if you would like to register your interest or receive further information as it comes to hand (no obligation or deposit required at this stage).
PRICE: $4250.00
per person, twin share (ex Vancouver BC)
Direct flights to Vancouver are operated by Air Canada for approximately $2000
per person, return economy.
NB: We have planned this tour to enable travellers on all budgets to
experience some of Canada and Alaska that is
not generally covered by tour companies.
INCLUDES:
·
20 x nights accommodation (3 star or better)
·
Coach travel
·
Admissions to attractions
·
Some meals
·
Tour led by Bruce and Lindy Bishop
DAY
1:
VANCOUVER
DAY
2: VANCOUVER
- 100 MILE HOUSE
Via Sea to Sun Highway and Whistler
Ski Resort.
DAY
3:
100
MILE HOUSE - DAWSON CREEK
Via Williams Lake and Prince George.
DAY
4:
DAWSON
CREEK - FORT NELSON
Start of 1400 kilometre drive along the spectacular and historic Alaskan
Highway.
DAY
5:
FORT NELSON - WATSON LAKE
Signpost forest.
DAY
6:
WATSON
LAKE - WHITEHORSE
Yukon River.
DAY
7:
WHITEHORSE
Whitehorse rapids, sternwheeler tour, salmon fish ladder and Berringia Ice Age
display.
DAY
8:
WHITEHORSE - DAWSON CITY
Yukon Wildlife Reserve, Five Finger Rapids on Yukon River.
DAY
9:
DAWSON
CITY
See the site of the world's most famous gold rush on the junction of the
Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Tour of town and along Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks.
DAY
10: DAWSON
CITY - EAGLE PLAIN
Tombstone Park and spectacular mountain ranges along gravel roads following
old dog sled route. Aurora Borealis lights at night.
DAY
11: EAGLE
PLAIN - INUVIK
Cross Arctic Circle Peel and MacKenzie Rivers, Tundra Plains.
DAY
12:
INUVIK
Inuit culture and flights to Beaufort Sea community (optional - at own
expense).
DAY
13:
INUVIK - EAGLE PLAIN
Fort MacPherson.
DAY
14:
EAGLE PLAIN - KLONDIKE RIVER LODGE
Caribou migration route, wildlife spotting (grizzlies, moose, caribou
etc).
DAY
15:
KLONDIKE RIVER LODGE - SKAGWAY
White Pass gold stampede route to the Klondike. Historic port town on
the Lynne Canal.
DAY
16
& 17:
INSIDE PASSAGE FERRY
Alaskan Marine Highway ferry to Prince Rupert.
DAY
18:
PRINCE RUPERT - PRINCE GEORGE
DAY
19:
PRINCE GEORGE - VANCOUVER
DAY
20:
VANCOUVER
