Gray Line of Alaska is launching its Alaska season with new self-drive tours and Denali Summer Special packages. A leader in Alaska and Yukon tourism with more than 60 years of experience, Gray Line of Alaska specializes in offering a wide range of land tours from Denali to the Arctic and customizing individual itineraries. The tour season, including day trips in many destinations, runs through Sept. 22. The company also specializes in creating custom packages for both individuals and groups. Gray Line of Alaska is making star-attraction Denali National Park more accessible for visitors with its Denali Summer Special. The affordable, two-day packages are offered through Sept. 19 and include roundtrip luxury rail travel to Denali and one night at a park entrance hotel. Prices start at $289 per person, double occupancy, from Anchorage, or $199, per person, double occupancy, from Fairbanks. Train travel is aboard McKinley Explorer domed railcars. These trains, North America's largest passenger railcars, offer panoramic glass windows for viewing picturesque Alaska's dramatic scenery while traveling to and from Denali.
For independent travelers, Gray Line of Alaska is adding two new pre-planned, self-drive tours to its Alaska by Car program this year. Both include a rental car, itinerary, hotel reservations and select tours. Homer by Car is a seven-day tour, roundtrip from Anchorage, with stops in Seward, Alyeska and Homer. It includes Portage Glacier, Kenai Fjords and Gulf Island Kachemak Bay cruises, an Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center tour and Alyeska tram ride with mountaintop lunch. Valdez by Car is a nine-day tour, roundtrip from Anchorage, with stops in Valdez, Glennallen, Fairbanks and Denali. Travelers take a Columbia Glacier cruise, ride the luxurious McKinley Explorer train to Denali National Park and take a Denali Natural History tour. Gray Line's Alaska by Car tour is a seven-day self-drive tour, roundtrip from Anchorage. The Alaska by Car with McKinley Explorer tour adds one day to visit Denali by train. As with all Gray Line of Alaska tours, these self-drive itineraries can be customized.
Gray Line of Alaska offers both independent packages and escorted tours. The Denali and Interior independent packages range from three to seven days and highlight the Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound or Talkeetna. Each includes Denali National Park. Two, eight-day escorted tours offer the convenience of a tour guide to handle trip logistics. Escorted Great Land Explorer trips journey from Fairbanks to Anchorage, visiting Talkeetna, Denali and Seward. The Escorted Alaska Explorer trip is a roundtrip tour from Anchorage that visits Talkeetna, Denali, Alyeska and Seward. Independent highway tours combine the Anchorage-Denali-Fairbanks rail route with motor coach travel through the Yukon Territory. After Fairbanks, the All Alaska Tour visits Beaver Creek, Whitehorse, Skagway and Juneau while the Yukon Highlights trip explores Tok and Dawson City instead of Beaver Creek before continuing on to Whitehorse, Skagway and Juneau. Gray Line of Alaska specializes in creating commissionable custom land tours and day tours in Alaska and the Yukon for both individuals and groups. A division of Holland America Line, Inc., Gray Line of Alaska has been a major tour operator in Alaska for more than 60 years. The company offers multiple-day package tours and a la carte touring options for independent travelers, and sightseeing tours in Fairbanks, Juneau, Skagway, Anchorage, Denali, Dawson City and Whitehorse, capital of the Yukon. For more information, call 800-544-2206 or visit www.graylinealaska.com.
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