Cheap Alaska Holidays
Alaska holidays can offer adventure, breath-taking scenery, wildlife, cool clear glaciers and an abundance of winter sports. Alaska located in North America is simply the most beautiful place on earth, where you will find an array of activities to choose from such as fishing, bird watching and wildlife spotting, whale watching, and glacier tours to historical towns and gold mines, camping. Backpacking or cycling through Alaska's magnificent scenery, there are many parks to visit while on your Alaska holiday such as the ever-popular Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve which is located in Southeast Alaska and Denali National park, both are excellent for Bear and whale viewing. Temperatures reach a comfortable 20oC in the winter, so enjoying the many winter sports like snowboarding, hockey, skating, ice fishing, winter carnivals, snow machines and festivals will be a pleasurable experience. For a truly different sightseeing experience while on your Alaska Holiday try a Flight seeing excursion over Mount McKinley. Shopping in Alaska is a real treat with Native Alaskan Handcrafted products and Gold Nugget jewellery and various hand carved items for sale. Alaska’s seafood restaurants are some of the best in the world with their freshly caught cold water salmon and king Crab. Alaska’s eco-tourism is prime destination with visitors who are looking for that more personal connection with nature, culture and wilderness. Denali National Park home to Mount McKinley and 6 million acres of land is located on the northern and southern flanks of the Alaska Range. The park offers a range of activities including hiking, mountain biking, white water rafting, backpacking through the beautiful wilderness while on your Alaska Holiday.
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier Bay National Park is known throughout the world for it’s icy wilderness, lush forests, gushing fjords and not forgetting icebergs of all shapes and sizes. There is also a variety of wildlife such as Brown and Black bears, wolves, moose and over 150 species of birds. You may even spot a whale or two, sea otters and seals on your while on your Alaska holidays.
Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city is a wealth of history and culture, from museums to Alaska’s Native Heritage centre which displays music and native dance. There are also a few good parks in Anchorage such as Earthquake Park and the Chugach State Park. You will also find great cycle paths in Anchorage with magnificent costal views while on your Alaska Holidays.
Kenai Peninsula
Kenai Peninsula is one of the most popular Alaska Holidays destinations. It's an area of interesting towns and little villages such as Hope, an old gold rush town, the towns and villages of Kenai Peninsula are surrounded by mountains, glaciers and gushing fjords. There is also Kenai Fjords National Park, which boasts some marine wildlife and glaciers.
Portage Glacier
Portage Glacier is a major attraction while on your Alaska Holiday. This beautiful glacier is a magnificent sight. The glacier extends down more than 100 feet into Portage Lake. Portage Glacier also has a visitor centre where there are a number of exhibits and films on glaciers to watch.
