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Tour | Itinerary Highlights |
Duration |
Price |
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TAD036 - Arctic Flightseeing Adventure to Barrow | 1 Day Tour
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For those that want a more in depth Arctic
experience our expedition trip is for you.
Depart Fairbanks and flightsee over the
Arctic Plain to Barrow.
Our schedule is flightseeing and so if the
pilot sees caribou, musk ox or other animals
a detour is made. Your tour of Barrow is
an intimate tour which includes the Inupiat
Museum and the Blanket Toss. You return to
Fairbanks, flightseeing over the Arctic Plain. |
| Daily |
$749 + $20 tax |
May 16 - September 18
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TAD037 - Arctic Adventure | Barrow Day Tour
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Depart Fairbanks in the morning, enroute you will cross the Arctic Circle. You may likely see snowy owls, eider ducks and many of the 230 bird species which summer here. Walk on tundra and permafrost, stand in a whale bone arch and inside the skeletal jaws of a bowhead whale on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Learn about the original village site mounds, which have been dated to 1200 A.D. Travel to the northern-most point in North America accessible by road, then back to Barrow for lunch on your own. Take part in traditional Inupiat dancing including a blanket toss. Time to shop for local arts and crafts will follow at the new Inupiat Heritage Center and Museum. Evening departure back to Fairbanks. |
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ANC
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$699pp
+ $50 tax
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FAI |
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From FAI to ANC (or reverse) |
$649pp
+ $45 tax |
May 13 - September 15
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TAD038 - Arctic Adventure | Overnight at the "Top of the World"
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Depart Fairbanks in the morning, enroute, you'll cross the Arctic Circle. You may see snowy owls, eider ducks and others of the 230 bird species which summer here. Walk on tundra and permafrost, stand in a whale bone arch and inside the skeletal jaws of a bowhead whale on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Learn about the original village site mounds, which have been dated to 1200 A.D. Travel to the northern-most point in North America accessible by road, then back to Barrow for lunch on your own. Take part in traditional Inupiat dancing including a blanket toss. Time to shop for local arts and crafts will follow at the new Inupiat Heritage Center and Museum. Dinner is on your own. Dine at Pepe's North of the Border, serving the finest Mexican food in the Arctic, or Arctic Pizza. Overnight at the Top of the World Hotel. On day two you'll say goodbye to Barrow and its Midnight Sun as you board your morning flight back to Fairbanks.
Note: Passengers departing for Barrow on the afternoon from FAI flight will receive a brief orientation tour upon arrival and take the sightseeing tour on day 2. Return to Fairbanks will be an evening flight. |
| FAI |
Double Occupancy:
$729 pp
+ $45 tax
Single Occupancy:
$999 pp
+ $45 tax |
ANC |
Double Occupancy:
$829 pp
+ $45 tax
Single Occupancy:
$1,099 pp
+ $45 tax
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May 13 - September 15
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TAD039 - Arctic Adventure | Day Tour to Nome
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Nome, situated on the Seward Peninsula by the Bering Sea, is rich in colorful Gold Rush history, and is home to the world's longest dog sled race. The Iditarod commemorates the heroic attempts of dog sled teams to deliver serum to Nome during the diphtheria epidemic of 1924. Have your camera ready as you pull into a dog musher's camp, where you'll experience first-hand the difficulty of dog racing. During your visit to Little Creek Mine, you'll be greeted by a gold miner's family and learn about the gold strike of the 1890's. See modern day prospectors looking for the big strike and try your own luck at panning for gold-what you find, you keep. Shoppers and collectors will find exquisite jade, hand-carved ivory and skin sewings here. |
ANC |
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May 22 - September 8
Add TAD039 to any Tour or Visit!
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TAD040 - Arctic Adventure | Overnight Tour to Nome
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Nome, situated on the Seward Peninsula by the Bering Sea, is rich in colorful Gold Rush history, and is home to the world's longest dog sled race. The Iditarod commemorates the heroic attempts of dog sled teams to deliver serum to Nome during the diphtheria epidemic of 1924. Have your camera ready as you pull into a dog musher's camp, where you'll experience first-hand the difficulty of dog racing. During your visit to Little Creek Mine, you'll be greeted by a gold miner's family and learn about the gold strike of the 1890's. See modern day prospectors looking for the big strike and try your own luck at panning for gold-what you find, you keep. Shoppers and collectors will find exquisite jade, hand-carved ivory and skin sewings here. The Nugget Inn offers comfortable rooms and a friendly restaurant lounge. |
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FAI |
$925 pp
+ $50 tax |
ANC |
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May 22 - September 8
Add TAD040 to any Tour or Visit!
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TAD041 - Arctic Adventure | Arctic Circle Fly/Drive
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Enjoy the spectacular views of a morning flight from Fairbanks over the Arctic Circle and landing in the remote hamlet of Prospect Creek. The return is narrated by your driver/guide in a private van over the famed Dalton Highway. A stop is made at the Yukon River and a visit to the Arctic Circle Trading Post, located in Joy, AK. Arrive back in Fairbanks under the light of the midnight sun. |
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1 day |
$349 pp
+ $20 tax
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June 1 - September 1
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TAD044 - Gold Mine Tour | El Dorado Gold Mine
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The tour begins as you board a narrow gauge train and travel to a working gold mine where local miners demonstrate modern mining techniques. Along the way, you will see actual demonstrations and experience the gold mining history of Interior Alaska. The tour includes a stop in a permafrost tunnel to learn about historic drift mining in the area. This tour is a 'hands on" experience whereby you get to pan for gold. |
2 hours
2 tours daily
9:45am / 3:00pm
(Sat. 3pm only)
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$34.95 pp
tax inclusive
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May 17 - September 16
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TAD045 - Gold Dredge Tour | Gold Dredge # 8 Tour
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Located 10 miles north of Fairbanks, this dredge pulled gold by the bucket load from the bedrock of Engineers Creek and Goldstream Creek. This historic dredge was fully operational up to 1959. Your fully guided tour includes a narrated walk thru the dredge, the miners quarters, machine shop, a hearty miners stew for lunch and an opportunity to pan for gold. You are guaranteed to find gold, and you keep what you find! |
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2 hours |
$28 pp
$12.50 / child
tax inclusive
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May 18 - September 21
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TAD046 - Flightseeing | Arctic Circle Air Adventure
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With a bird's eye view, see remnants of the gold mining that continues nearly 100 years after gold was discovered. View the remarkable Trans Alaska Pipeline, symbolizing the immense changes brought to Alaska's Arctic by the discovery of oil over 35 years ago. Fly over the expansive Yukon River Valley, home of traditional peoples that sustain their lifestyle and culture as they have for thousands of years. Experience the rugged and magnificent Brooks Mountain Range as the flight route passes just south of the Gates of the Arctic National Park. Land north of the Arctic Circle, on the Middle Fork Koyukuk River for a ground tour of a Brooks Range wilderness community, receive an official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate. Enjoy an orientation and learn the fascinating story of the surrounding Brooks Range wilderness. Transfers provided for/to local area hotels/compgrounds. |
5.5 hours
Departs daily
at 1:00pm
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$349 |
May 15 - September 10
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TAD047 - Flightseeing | "Bush Mail Flight" to Fort Yukon
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A narrated journey to the bush country of Alaska where the Yukon River crosses above the Arctic Circle. Village guides show you native life in the remote village of Ft. Yukon. Enjoy the spectacular scenery of the White Mountains and the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge from the window seat of your twin-engine aircraft. |
3-4 hours
two daily departures
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$299 + $10 tax |
mid May - mid September
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TAD048 - Riverboat Rides
| Riverboat Discovery III
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Your paddlewheeler cruise will take you into the heart of Alaska. You will witness an Alaskan bush plane taking off from a ""bush"" style runway (very, very short!), witness the ""wedding of the rivers,"" where the Chena and Tanana converge and gain insight into the ancient Athabascan Indian culture. Alaskan Native guides who have worked and lived in Alaska will take you on a personalized tour of the Chena Indian Village.
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3.5 hours
two daily departures;
8:45 am and 2:00pm
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$46.95 pp
tax inclusive
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May 17 - September 16
Add TAD048 to any
Fairbanks tour or cruise package!
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| All rates are per person in US Dollars
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