Family Adventures in Alaska

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Alaska Wildland Adventures - 907-783-2928

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Great Alaska Adventure Lodge - (800)-544-2261
ROW Adventures - 800-451-6034
THE WORLD OUTDOORS - 800-488-8483

Thomson Family Adventures - 1-800-262-6255

Alaska offers many opportunities for family adventures. Hiking, rafting, wildlife viewing, canoeing, kayaking, small vessel tours, and glacier hiking are just a few of the many adventures available for families. Alaska has many national parks for adventures such as Denali, Chugach, Tongass, Glacier Bay, and Wrangell-St. Elias. Whitewater rafting is available on the Nizina River, Copper River, and the Yukon River. Sea kayaking can happen in Resurrection Bay while glacier hiking is offered on Matanusha Glacier. Cook Inlet, the Kenai Fjords, and Alaska's Inside Passage also offer many opportunities for family adventures.

Alaska

By Lanette Higham

There is adventure in Alaska. The Kenai river is a fisherman's paradise. The fish are abundant the wild life is unsurpassed in the lower 48 states. I call it the United States wild kingdom.

If you are driving to Alaska you will enjoy the Denali Highway, not a highway but a gravel road with a recommended speed of 30 mph. Starting at Paxon this road takes you on a 134 mile adventure along the Central Alaska Range. The fishing is descent and you will see the wild life moose, grizzly bear, and caribou are fairly common.<<more>>

AK Discovery - 907-780-6505
Alaska Nature Tours - 907-766-2876
Alaska Passages Adventure Cruises - 907-772-3967
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Alaskan Bicycle Adventures - 907-243-2329
Backroads - 510-527-1555
Clippership Motorhomes - 907-562-7051
Denali Backcountry Lodge - 907-644-9980
Denali Raft Adventures - 907-683-2234
DESTINATION WILDERNESS - 800-423-8868
Explorations In Travel - 802-257-0152
Explorer Yacht Charters - 360-714-8970
Fish nÕ Chips Charters - 907-487-2267
International Expeditions - 205-443-5866
Kodiak Kayak Tours - 907-486-2722
Llama Buddies Expeditions Of Alaska - 907-376-8472
Mountain Travel Sobek - 510-594-6000
Off The Beaten Path - (406) 586-1311
PetersonÕs Adventures - 907-286-2252
Sea Otter Charters - 907-486-3682
See Alaska Tours - 907-349-3092
Sheep Mountain Lodge -
SIEMER & HAND TRAVEL - ( 800) 451-4321
Sierra Club Outings - 415.977.5522
Suntrek Tours - 707-523-1800
Top Of The World Tours - 907-852-3900
Valdez Heli-Camps - 907-835-5898
Within The Wild - 907-274-2710
Wolf River Canoes and Kayaks - 228-452-7666

Articles

Alaska Vacation - An Extraordinary Family Adventure

By Earl Calvert

Adventure awaits in America's last great frontier. Every one of Alaska's 586,000 square miles invites you to its own extraordinary adventure. Rich in wildlife, this great frontier is home to more animals than people. Its magnificent scenery inspires awe in the beholder. So an Alaska vacation is your passport to a thrilling adventure.<<more>>

Llama Tales
from Alaskan Trails

by Pam Barnes Murphy

Llamas as back packing buddies? Absolutely!

These personable animals are wonderful walking backpacks. They make a backpacking journey easier, and the campsite more comfortable, while having very little impact in fragile backcountry areas because of their soft, padded feet, and the way they lightly browse and graze on local vegetation. But llamas also just make great trail companions. It’s not the amenities of hiking that folks recount after their hiking adventure; it’s their experience with llamas. Usually, it’s the animals themselves (and what happens because of them) that are recalled most fondly from a llama packing adventure. Llamas are unique and curious animals and they enhance most backcountry experiences. Between the llamas, wildlife, scenery, and camaraderie, your time on the trail with llamas will shape memories that will last a lifetime!<<more>>