2013/09/23
Alaska Itinerary
原计划
D0: Seattle to Anchorage
夜宿Anchorage
D1: Katmai Bear Biewing Day Tour
夜宿Anchorage
D2: Anchorage to Seward, Kenai Fjords National Park Tour (12:30pm)
夜宿Seward
D3: Exit Glacier, Seward to Talkeetna
夜宿Talkeetna
D4: Mt MicKingley Flightseeing Tour with glacier landing, Talkeetna to Denali
夜宿Denali
D5: Tundra Wilderness Bus Tour
夜宿Denali
D6: Denali to Fairbanks, Chena Hot Spring
夜宿Chena Hot Spring Resort
D7: Chena Hot Spring to Fairbanks
夜宿Fairbanks
D8: Fairbanks to Glennallen
夜宿Glennallen
D9: Glennallen to Valdez, Keystone Canyon Trail
夜宿Valdez
D10: Valdez to Whittier (through Prince William Sound ferry) to Anchorage
晚间回程飞机
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D0: Seattle to Anchorage
夜宿Anchorage
D1: Katmai Bear Biewing Day Tour
夜宿Anchorage
D2: Anchorage to Seward
夜宿Seward
D3: Kenai Fjords National Park Tour (8:30am), Exit Glacier
夜宿Seward
D4: Seward to Talkeetna, Mt MicKingley Flightseeing Tour with glacier landing
夜宿Talkeetna
D4: Talkeetna to Denali, Denali National Park drive-in
夜宿Denali
D5: Denali to Fairbanks, Chena Hot Spring
夜宿Chena Hot Spring Resort (60 miles from Fairbanks)
D6: Chena Hot Spring to Fairbanks
夜宿Fairbanks
D7: Fairbanks to Anchorage
夜宿Anchorage
D9: 26 Glacier Cruise Day Tour of Prince William Sound
夜宿Anchorage
D10: Anchorage休息
晚间回程飞机
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我们的原计划把看熊放在第一天是因为Katmai必须用飞的,放在头尾省一天租车,而且Katmai National Park 9月17日关门,等我们转完一圈再去就来不及了。先去Seward是为了凑Fairbanks的酒店日期,正常行程的话放在抵达Whittier之后更好,少走重复路(虽然Turnagain Arm那段沿海公路非常美,多走一次也无妨)。所以推荐的行车路线是:Anchorage-Talkeetna-Denali-Fairbanks-Glennallen-Valdez-Whittier-Seward-Anchorage。时间更多玩得更野的可以在东线加入Tok和Wrangell-St. Elias National Park。
主要是两个事件导致的行程变化。一是第一天的看熊之旅回程航班取消,第二天凌晨才回到Anchorage,导致之后的行程均顺延半天。二是原计划Fairbanks南下走东线,从Valdez乘渡轮穿过Prince William Sound回到Whittier/Anchorage,但查询后9月已无渡轮,所以选择一天内驾车原路返回,第二天乘坐Whittier出发的cruise游览PWS。
阿拉斯加的活动大多看天气的眼色,因此安排行程的时候最好多准备几个候选计划,如果非旺季的话住宿tour等也不必定得太死。旺季就必须提前预定,尤其是要用各种coupon的话,但也就要做好活动随时可能取消的心理准备了。