Alaska Hike, Bike & Kayak holiday
Description of Alaska Hike, Bike & Kayak holiday
Alaska is home to some of the largest and most dramatic wilderness areas on the planet. Pristine landscapes such as the forests, tundra, and mountains of Denali National Park where bears and caribou roam, and Kenai Fjords National Park, where whales swim among staggeringly huge glaciers.
Join a small group (maximum participants 11) and a local tour leader for an Alaska kayaking holiday that also gets you out and about on foot, and on bikes. You will need to be reasonably fit, and comfortable riding a bike on paved, flat paths, but the distances are all very achievable and the pace relaxed throughout. After all – you want plenty of time to take in the views, you’re in Alaska!
Meeting your group and tour leader in the state capital, Anchorage, you’ll enjoy a superb bike ride along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, around 32km, as it follows the Cook Inlet through marshland and wooded hills.
The following day you’ll arrive in Denali National Park, which must surely rank among one of the most spectacular hiking destinations in North America. Routes will be chosen depending on weather and the group’s preference, but you’re likely to tackle the famous Triple Lakes Trail, which at 14km one-way is the longest in the park, and an absolute stunner, scenery-wise. If you don’t fancy the walk, you’re perfectly free to take the Tundra Wilderness Bus Tour instead.
From Denali you’ll head south to picturesque Seward, gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park. A change of scenery, and a change of transport, as you slip into kayaks for a paddle around Resurrection Bay. These calm waters are home to a variety of marine wildlife including otters, porpoises, and seals, and it’s not unknown to have a salmon leap over your kayak.
Before returning to Anchorage and bidding farewell to the group, there’s time for one final hike, to the Exit Glacier. When you’re up close you can actually hear the ice creaking and groaning as it prepares to calve an iceberg. Awesome experiences like this really bring home the fragility of these wilderness areas. Low on impact as you’re getting around on foot, bike, and kayak, your tour also helps to protect Denali and Kenai Fjords through paying national park entrance fees that go towards maintenance and conservation. And for good measure your tour leader will ensure groups always stick to marked trails, so as not to accidentally damage any habitats.
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With an active focus, the activities you’ll experience on this Alaskan adventure are centred around hiking, cycling and kayaking. These included experiences have minimal impact on the environment, allowing you to get up close and personal with the landscape without doing any damage. Also, by visiting Denali National Park and Kenai Fjords National Park, you can rest assured that your included entrance fees go back into preserving the places you explore.People
By including locally owned accommodation and recommending locally owned restaurants, the income generated by your visit will be fed back to the people of Alaska. Your local tour leader will show you what makes Alaska so great while working to foster positive relationships between travellers and the communities we visit by recommending optional activities that bolster and support the local economy.Popular similar holidays
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