Travel to Alaska

Antonio Correia

Ian, please feel free to move this thread to where it is most convenient if necessary. Thank you.
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My wife and myself we want to go to Alaska in August.

We will buy the flight from Lisbon to Seattle or Anchorage in the first days of April.

We intend to travel by ourselves and take a train or a boat for a tour.

Can we/I have some advice please ?

Thank you.:D:thumb

Elaine

Congrats on planning a great trip! How long do you expect to stay in Alaska?

Antonio Correia

Elaine wrote:

Congrats on planning a great trip! How long do you expect to stay in Alaska?

Some 10 to 15 days

We are searching in the net but I thought that here with my friends photographers we can get some nice and good tips.:D
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heatherfeather

I love Alaska. (Perhaps that is why I live here after trying out other places)

August is nice, but it does get chilly. Most of the Mosquitoes are gone by then though. We did a boat tour last August and saw some nice Orcas and sea lions and all kinds of other creatures.
Yes do a boat tour! There are lots available that go from Seattle and pretty much any port in Alaska.

What you want to do would make a difference on where you go. Want to go white water rafting at the base of Denali - go to Healy. (That is one of my favorite things I have ever done here in AK. Hire a guide for my peace of mind, though.) Oh and while you are there hire a flight seeing tour of Denali- it will take you to several glaciers and all over. You can take the train right from your boat and that is pretty cool!

You are going to love it in Alaska.

tonichelle

Antonio Correia wrote:

Some 10 to 15 days

We are searching in the net but I thought that here with my friends photographers we can get some nice and good tips.:D
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not sure where you will want to go... but I would say definitely hit the Kenai Peninsula. It's south of Anchorage and easy to navigate on your own. You should plan a few days as the drive is INCREDIBLE for photo taking...

You should definitely hit Seward (and take the Seavey Dog Sled tour - http://www.ididaride.com - as it is FANTASTIC!) in Seward you can get tickets to a boat tour of the Kenai Fjords - whale sightings AND glaciers!

You also want to go down and see the Kenai River from Cooper Landing (Where the river starts out of Kenai Lake) and then head down and see the Mouth of the river in Kenai (where I grew up)

Homer is another DO NOT MISS. I would even take a boat tour of Halibut Cove if you can swing it money wise!


Are you into hiking? There are great trails on the Kenai Peninsula.

You can tour the peninsula and then head back to Anchorage catch the Wild Ride Sled Dog Show (ok this is a commerical plug of sorts, because that's where I work) if you're here while we're still running... and then catch the train and head up to Denali (where you may or may not actually see the MT. but the wildlife alone is worth it!)


if you have more questions feel free to pm me or even email me - tonichelle@uaa.alaska.edu - I'm a life long South Central Alaskan and even if I don't have the answer I know where to go to get the answer!

Antonio Correia

heatherfeather wrote:

I love Alaska. (Perhaps that is why I live here after trying out other places)

August is nice, but it does get chilly. Most of the Mosquitoes are gone by then though. We did a boat tour last August and saw some nice Orcas and sea lions and all kinds of other creatures.
Yes do a boat tour! There are lots available that go from Seattle and pretty much any port in Alaska.

What you want to do would make a difference on where you go. Want to go white water rafting at the base of Denali - go to Healy. (That is one of my favorite things I have ever done here in AK. Hire a guide for my peace of mind, though.) Oh and while you are there hire a flight seeing tour of Denali- it will take you to several glaciers and all over. You can take the train right from your boat and that is pretty cool!

You are going to love it in Alaska.

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We have just been looking and I think we are going to book the flight with American Airlines and take a guided tour from Archorage.

We saw some pictures of Denali with a red plain. Yeh ! Fine. We are going to love that. :D

tonichelle

Antonio Correia wrote:

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We have just been looking and I think we are going to book the flight with American Airlines and take a guided tour from Archorage.

We saw some pictures of Denali with a red plain. Yeh ! Fine. We are going to love that. :D

I will also say that I would try to avoid a cruise and just fly into Anchorage and rent a car... I may be biased, but I don't like how cruises are in charge of your schedule. I honestly don't think you see ALASKA on a cruise. You see the made for TV version that way. It's not half as exciting...

but that's just me

Antonio Correia

tonichelle wrote:

I will also say that I would try to avoid a cruise and just fly into Anchorage and rent a car... I may be biased, but I don't like how cruises are in charge of your schedule. I honestly don't think you see ALASKA on a cruise. You see the made for TV version that way. It's not half as exciting...

but that's just me

Thank you young man !

We saw this tour which we thought to be interesting.

Prezwoodz

Antonio Correia wrote:

Thank you young man !

We saw this tour which we thought to be interesting.

I agree on the flight and the rental car. If you want to go hiking or climbing while here give me a call. I'll send you my phone number and email in PM. Also once you get in you can ask any questions you need. Might even know of a place you can stay in Anchorage if your looking for that by then.

ian408

Hi Antonio,

I think it's a great place to visit and you will surely enjoy yourselves.

I would suggest ordering a Milepost (www.milepost.com) as a way to find
things within the state. It's a great resource.

Antonio Correia

Prezwoodz wrote:

I agree on the flight and the rental car. If you want to go hiking or climbing while here give me a call. I'll send you my phone number and email in PM. Also once you get in you can ask any questions you need. Might even know of a place you can stay in Anchorage if your looking for that by then.

Thank you.
Kind of you.:D

As I said, we will take an American Airline flight ( more than 26 hours Lisbon to Anchorage = a bore, a big one and we must come back ! ) and then a guided tour.

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Antonio Correia

ian408 wrote:

Hi Antonio,

I think it's a great place to visit and you will surely enjoy yourselves.

I would suggest ordering a Milepost (www.milepost.com) as a way to find
things within the state. It's a great resource.

Thank you Ian.

I hope to be able to post some of the picture I will take in Alaska, when time comes.

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Prezwoodz

Antonio Correia wrote:

Thank you.
Kind of you.:D

As I said, we will take an American Airline flight ( more than 26 hours Lisbon to Anchorage = a bore, a big one and we must come back ! ) and then a guided tour.

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Know what you mean. Last summer I came back from Prague and I was either on an airplane or in the airport for 3 straight days. Never left. Went Prague to London, London to Houston, Houston to Seattle, Seattle to Anchorage. Its hard getting her.

tonichelle

Prezwoodz wrote:

Know what you mean. Last summer I came back from Prague and I was either on an airplane or in the airport for 3 straight days. Never left. Went Prague to London, London to Houston, Houston to Seattle, Seattle to Anchorage. Its hard getting her.

yeah, gotta love air travel to and from Alaska. Even travelling to the rest of the US is a chore! BLAH!

Antonio - I know you'll enjoy your stay here!

Antonio Correia

Fly hours and hours is great bore.

I have been looking about the seats and beds with American Airlines and I found to be very good.

However we do know that travel in business is more expensive. Far more.

Tele-trasnportation that's what we need, these days ...

I am sure we will enjoy our stay in Alaska !