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                                                              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).

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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:  
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20 x nights accommodation (3 star or better)
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Coach travel 
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Admissions to attractions
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Some meals
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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. 

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DAY 6:        WATSON LAKE - WHITEHORSE                                                                        
Yukon River.

DAY 7:        WHITEHORSE                                                                          
Whitehorse rapids, sternwheeler tour, salmon fish ladder and Berringia Ice Age display.     

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 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.
     

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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. 

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DAY 18:        PRINCE RUPERT - PRINCE GEORGE   
                     
                                                               

DAY 19:        PRINCE GEORGE - VANCOUVER                                 

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DAY 20:        VANCOUVER  

           
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