Fairbanks: Full-Day Denali Winter Adventure Tour

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ID: GYG838208-1327822
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Country: United States

Duration: 10:00 hours


Description

Enjoy a full-day tour from Fairbanks to Denali National Park. Visit the Denali National Park Visitor's Center, take a Fat Truck/Sherp tour, and stop at the Coghills Store/Trading Post.
Embark on a full-day adventure to Denali National Park from Fairbanks. Enjoy a visiting the National Park, take a Fat Truck/Sherp tour, and visit a historic trading post.

Start your day with a pickup from your hotel in Fairbanks. Drive south to the Alaska Range with views of Denali. Arrive at Denali National Park and head to the visitor's center. Get your National Park Passport book stamped, take your photo in front of the sign, and meet the park rangers.

Stop for lunch in Healy, then embark on an off-road fat truck tour. Climb aboard a heated and enclosed search and rescue SHERP vehicle and travel up an old mining trail to the upper lookout. Take in the vista views and learn about the geology and history of the area.

Proceed to Dry Creek and the Frozen Palisades where rock cliffs seem to defy gravity. End your tour at Otto Lake where in the shoulder seasons you will experience the amphibious capabilities of the fat truck floating in the lake. In the winter, you will experience traveling over the ice-covered lake.

Drive north to Nenana and visit Coghills Store, an over 100-year-old trading post. Return to Fairbanks and be dropped off at your hotel, the airport, or a restaurant of your choice.

Highlights

  • Take a scenic drive from Fairbanks to Denali National Park and back
  • Visit the Denali National Park Visitor's Center and meet the Park Rangers
  • Enjoy a fat truck tour through the wilderness near Denali National Park
  • See the Frozen Palisades and the amphibious capabilities of the Fat Truck
  • Stop at the Coghills Store/Trading Post, a 100-year-old Trading Post in Nenana

Guiding languages

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Weather dependent views of Denali
Room for luggage if transferring hotels or flying out after the tour
INCLUDED
NOT INCLUDED

When should I book?

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.


Cancellations

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.