Whittier to Anchorage ALL DAY Tour

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Whittier to Anchorage ALL DAY Tour

Posted by on March 11, 2011 in Shuttle Transfer Options

ALL DAY 7 HOUR TOUR – $115 per person, groups 4 or more get 10% discount

FAMOUS ALYESKA MOUNTAIN TRAM TICKETS, LUNCH AND MUCH MORE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE!

Includes all popular attractions and lunch to keep you entertained for the day.

  • Whittier to Anchorage (All day Tour)
  • Departs Whittier 8:30-9:00AM arrives Anchorage 4:30PM

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DESCRIPTION:

During this wonderful day tour you will see all of the following:

  • Fully narrated transfer allows you to learn the history and scenery that surrounds you while traveling on one of the most scenic highways in Alaska with a knowledgeable Alaskan guide,
  • Smaller groups;
  • North America’s largest tunnel;
  • Portage Glacier, Begich Boggs Visitor Center, and a serene lake with icebergs;
  • Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center – Bear, Moose, Caribou, Bison. See www.alaskawildlife.org
  • Majestic Alyeska Mountain Tram with a view of seven Glaciers www.alyeskaresort.com
  • Basic lunch included;
  • Turnagain Arm with stops for pictures of our most beautiful scenery;
  • Beluga Point with an opportunity for beluga whale watching;
  • Windy Point with an opportunity for Dall sheep watching;
  • Tour of Anchorage – Wildberry Products park, Lake Hood, Ship Creek, downtown;
  • All entrance fees to above sites included;
  • Mild activity level;
  • Each tour stop allows plenty of time at each location.

Pick up directly at the cruise ship terminal. Go through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. Portage Glacier Visitor Center with amazing glaciers surrounding a beautiful lake. Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center visit to see Bears, Moose, Caribou, Bison, Musk-Oxen. Turnagain Arm stops for pictures.

Majestic Mt. Alyeska with its seven glaciers. Viewing of wild salmon, sheep, birds, and beluga whales. Tour of Alaska’s metropolis in the middle of wilderness – Anchorage with a visit to Alaska Wildberry Products park, Lake Hood, Ship Creek, and drop off at any location in town.

We will pick you up directly at the ship, inside the terminal where you pick up your luggage. We will drop you off anywhere in Anchorage (hotels, car rentals or airport).

SCHEDULE:

This service is available only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Any other days only private transfers, call directly for rates.

Our tour/transfer is directly coordinated with the cruise line schedule and place. We will meet you when you are able to get off the ship, will take care of your luggage, and drop off at most locations in Anchorage.

WHITTIER TO ANCHORAGE:

Pick up at the cruise ship terminal:

  • 8:30AM-9:00AM – pick up time
  • Arrival to Anchorage at approximately 4:30PM
  • All ships arrive to Whittier at 12:30AM the night prior and start disembarkation at 7:00AM the next morning

Whittier to Anchorage All Day tour detailed itinerary

Disembark your cruise ship and board the bus about 9:00AM. Start your adventure with a short glance at World War II relic which is what Whittier looks like with abandoned war buildings. Then pass through the 2.5-mile-long Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to leave Whittier, which is the largest highway tunnel in North America.

Continue on the Whittier/Portage Glacier Access Road that connects Seward Highway with Whittier. Glaciers from an earlier period carved the steep mountain slopes in this magnificent valley. Explorer Glacier can be seen high on the mountain. A stop will be made at the Begich Boggs Visitor Center to see the glaciology exhibits and enjoy a 20-minute film, “Voices of the Ice”. You will also have the opportunity to take pictures of glacial ice that has calved into Portage Lake.

Next visit the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, where you can view bison, elk, eagles, moose, caribou, and musk oxen in a natural setting. Continue on the highway, view the remains of Portage, a small town ravaged in the 1964 earthquake. Next stop is at Girdwood at Alyeska Ski Resort. Take a tram up the Alyeska Mountain 2,300 feet to enjoy the spectacular views of seven glaciers, majestic mountains and Turnagain Arm (if weather permits).

Continuing North on the Seward, Turnagain Arm stretches on the left side of the road. Stop at the waysides, where often you can see Dall sheep at Windy point or beluga whales at Beluga point. Check out the progress of salmon fisherman below the bridges along the highway. Just south of Anchorage, the road borders Potter Marsh, a portion of the Anchorage Coastal Waterfowl Refuge.

Arrive to Anchorage – largest city in Alaska. Most visitors that come to Alaska to experience the “true wilderness” tend to overlook Anchorage, but it’s well worth spending some time here experiencing the only big-city taste that the state has to offer. First visit Alaska Wildberry Products where you can get some Alaskan chocolate, smoked salmon and other gifts. Take a glance of the original tent city that started in the Ship Creek area and now also occupied by Alaska Railroad Depot. Take a quick look at the salmon waters and watch the fish running up the stream. Watch the locals trying to catch the salmon. Next see the Earthquake Park, which now stands on the land liquefied – swallowing the coast line when the “Good Friday” earthquake rocked Anchorage in March of 1964. The park carries monuments and reader boards with information on the great quake. Continue on to the stop at Point Woronzof, is a great opportunity to see Cook Inlet and the whole city from the distance.

Next you will get to see Lake Hood, which is the largest and busiest floatplane base in the world. Lake Hood is a great place to relax and watch the many landings and takeoffs of floatplanes. Then back to downtown where you get to see a whole downtown area. While enjoying the ride make sure to notice Anchorage’s famous flowers and great shopping areas! We will drop off anywhere in Anchorage after the tour ends.

This transfer is a shared transfer service in our most comfortable coaches with tinted windows, easy step up (unlike full-size vans that other transfer companies use, you don’t have to bend over or hit your head climbing in and out), air conditioner/heater, large picture-view windows, full size individual bus seats (unlike vans that other transfer companies use, you will have a private seat for yourself and will not be holding somebody else’s bag), DVD player, full narration.

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