Anchorage to Whittier All Day tour detailed itinerary

We will pick up anywhere in Anchorage to start your tour. Begin your adventure with the tour of the 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 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. Next visit Alaska Wildberry Products where you can get some Alaskan chocolate, smoked salmon and other gifts. While enjoying the ride make sure to notice Anchorage’s famous flowers! Continuing South on the Seward highway, Turnagain Arm stretches on the right 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. We will make plenty of stops for pictures. 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). 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. 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. Then pass through the 2.5-mile-long Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to enter Whittier, which is the largest highway tunnel in North America. End your adventure with a short glance at World War II relic which is what Whittier looks like with abandoned war buildings. We will drop off directly at the cruise ship after the tour.

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.

CHOOSE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:

DIRECT SHUTTLE OPTIONS
Whittier to Anchorage narrated direct shuttle transfer .

SIGHTSEEING TOUR/TRANSFER OPTIONS
Whittier to Anchorage narrated tour/transfer with Wildlife stop.
Anchorage to Whittier narrated Wildlife tour/transfer 3-hrs .

ALL DAY SIGHTSEEING TOUR OPTIONS
Whittier to Anchorage ALL DAY tour - $119pp
Anchorage to Whittier ALL DAY tour - $119pp

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