Day
4:
Denali National Park to Chena Hot Springs;
187 miles / 4 hrs driving time not including stops
The Tanana Valley opens up before you as you
continue north through Fairbanks and onto Chena Hot
Springs. Overnight Chena.
Day 5:
Chena Hot Springs to Coldfoot; 308 miles / 8
hours driving time not including stops.
Drive Alaska's Dalton Highway, also know as the
"haul road". Cross the Yukon River and
the Arctic Circle. Overnight Coldfoot.
Day 6:
Coldfoot; Full day exploring Alaska's Arctic and
the Brooks Range. Overnight Coldfoot.
Day
7: Coldfoot to Fairbanks;
246 miles / 7 hrs
driving time not including stops
Return to Fairbanks, Alaska's second largest city
and rich in it's gold mining history. Overnight
Fairbanks.
Day
8: Fairbanks to Tok; 206
miles / 4 hrs driving time not including stops
Today you drive the Alaska Highway accompanied by
beautiful and far reaching country side. There are
several little roadhouses along the road.
Overnight Tok.
Day
9:
Tok to Dawson
City;
187
miles / 5 hrs driving time not including stops
Drive the Alaska
Highway
further
east to the
Taylor Highway and
continue on the Taylor
and
Top of the World
Highway
to
Canada/Yukon. Weather permitting incredible
views of far reaching countryside from the Top of the
World
Highway.
Before you reach Dawson
City, you
cross the Yukon
River
by
state ferry (free of charge).
Overnight
Dawson
City
. Dawson
City Excursions
Day 10:
Dawson City; Day to explore the Klondike Gold
Fields. Overnight Dawson City.
Day
11:
Dawson
City
to
Eagle Plains
254 miles / 5 hrs driving time not including
stops
Today drive the Klondike
and the
Dempster Highway north
towards
Eagle Plains/Inuvik. After traveling a few miles
north on the Dempster
Highway
you
will be surrounded by typical Tundra landscape. Overnight
Eagle Plains.
Day
12:
Eagle Plains to Inuvik; 227 miles / 5
hrs driving time not including stops
Continue driving the
Dempster
Highway north
towards
.
On your way you will cross the Peel and the Mackenzie
rivers by state ferries (free of charge). Overnight
Inuvik.
Day
13:
Inuvik
to
Eagle Plains; 227
miles / 5 hrs driving time not including stops
Today you drive the Dempster Highway south
to
Eagle Plains. Again you cross the Mackenzie and
Peel rivers by state ferries (free of charge).
Overnight Eagle Plains.
Day
14: Eagle Plains to Mayo;
350 miles
/ 8 hrs driving time not including stops
Drive the
Klondike Highway east
towards
Whitehorse
accompanied
by scenic mountain landscape. At the
intersection with the
Silver
Trail Highway
continue
towards Mayo. The area around the
Silver Trail Highway
was
once the richest silver mining area of
Canada. At
the end of the Silver
Trail Highway
is
located the small community Keno, still reminding you
of the silver mining time. Overnight Mayo.
Day
15:
Mayo to Whitehorse;
253 miles / 5 hrs
driving time not including stops
Travel the Silver Trail Highway to the end to Keno
and explore the old little mining community with its
lovely museum. Then drive the
Silver
Trail Highway
back
to the Klondike
Highway
and
continue towards ,
Yukon'
s
capital city. Possible side trip to the
abandoned community Fort
Selkirk. Overnight
Whitehorse.
Whitehorse
Excursions
Day
16:
Whitehorse
to
Atlin;
113 miles / 2 hrs driving time not including
stops
Scenic drive from Whitehorse
to
Atlin on the
and .
Atlin
was founded in 1898.
The Atlin
Lake
area
was one of the richest gold strikes made during the
great rush to the Klondike
in
1897-98. Today it is a popular recreation area for
people from
Whitehorse
and
British
Columbia. Overnight Atlin.
Day
17:
Atlin; Day free to explore Atlin and area. The area
around Atlin is very beautiful and offers
great hiking. Overnight Atlin.
Day
18: Atlin to Haines Junction;
151 miles
/ 3 hrs driving time not including stops
Drive via Atlin and
Tagish Road to
the Klondike
Highway.
Possible stop in Carcross (on certain days possibility
for ride on new Carcross Steam Train). Take the
Klondike Highway north
towards
Whitehorse
and
pass the Carcross desert and The Emerald Lake.
Continue on the Alaska
Highway west
towards
Haines Junction. Overnight Haines Junction.
Day
19: Kluane National Park; day to explore the
Kluane National Park area. Overnight Haines
Junction.
Day
20: Haines Junction to Tok;
253 miles
/ 6 hrs driving time not including stops
Drive the
Alaska
Highway
along
the Kluane
Lake
back
to Alaska/USA. Overnight Tok.
Day
21: Tok to Anchorage;
328 miles / 6.5
hrs driving time not including stops
Drive the Tok Cutoff and the Richardson
Highway
turning
onto
the
Glenn
Highway
towards
Anchorage.
You
drive by the Matanuska Glacier and Matanuska
River
fabulous
for river rafting. In Palmer possible visit of
the Musk Ox Farm or side trip to
Hatcher
Pass
and
the
Independence
gold
mine. Overnight Anchorage.
Anchorage
Excursions
Day
22: Anchorage
departure;
Return
car to Anchorage
car
rental station. Depart or start additional program.
21
days 4x4 SUV rental with unlimited mileage (no LDW
insurance). 21 nights
of hotel accommodation with prepaid vouchers, local
tax. Denali Tundra Wilderness Tour with snack, detailed
travel itinerary and information kit.
*This
tour includes driving on maintained but unpaved
roads, vehicle insurance coverage is the renters
responsibility. NOTE: This itinerary can
also originate in Whitehorse, Yukon. Canadian
residents cannot rent a U.S. registered car and drive
into Canada from Alaska.
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