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Apr 6, 2015, 4:42 pm

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IRep312

Join Date: Oct 2014

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Originally Posted by warreng24

All,

I need help planning an Alaska Trip for late July. The group will be with older senior citizens, so we won't be doing any hiking or any extraneous movement.

Here's somethings we absolutely want to see:
Wildlife - Hopefully see some wildlife via the bus tour of Denali?
The Philips Cruise via the Alaska Railroad described by Seat 2A (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24026860-post13.html)
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Here's a proposed itinerary
Day 1 - Fly Boston to Anchorage
Day 2 - See Alaska Native Heritage Center and relax/adjust to time change, pick up snacks/food for Day 3
Day 3 - Day Trip! Take Alaska Railroad to Whittier and a Philips Cruise. Return to Anchorage via Alaska Railroad
Day 4 - Drive to Denali, stay at hotel near park entrance.
Day 5 - Bus tour of Denali, return to hotel near park entrance
Day 6 - Drive back to Anchorage, see the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center and potentially fly back to the lower-48 on the redeye.

Thoughts? My girlfriend's parents are coming to the states for a visit (from Thailand) and they wish to visit Alaska and see some "ice and animals."

This sounds like a decent itinerary. My only caution would be that the AWCC is about an hour drive south of Anchorage. After being on a bus all day on the prior day, are you going to want to spend that much time in a vehicle again? I would move your activities from day 2 to day 6. You can do Girdwood/Alyeska Resort/AWCC and Portage Glacier on day 2.

That's my recommendation. Let me know if you have any other questions.

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