RSHA01 Alaska Panoramas Road & Rail Vacation from Haines

Take 9 days to explore the most popular highlights of Alaska and the Yukon. This rail and drive itinerary covers the premier locations at a pace you will enjoy and it is the ideal extension to your ferry trip through Alaska’s Inside Passage and Tongass National Forest. Beginning your vacation in Haines, a city with a rich history and culture as well as breathtaking scenery, you then travel across the Yukon Territory and along the Alaska Highway towards the interior. The driving part of your vacation ends in Fairbanks, dating back to the gold rush and is now considered the gateway to Alaska's Arctic. Board in Fairbanks the last full-service railroad in North America and choose between the “Adventure Class” seating in the one-storey railway car or the “Deluxe Dome Railcar” on board the Alaska Railroad or with one of the privately operated trains. All train cars feature large panorama windows ensuring unobstructed views around every bend of the majestic beauty of the glaciers, mountains and Alaskan wildlife. Spend two days at Denali National Park which is the natural habitat for many types of wildlife including caribou, moose, wolves, Dall sheep, bald eagles, and the mighty grizzly bears. The name ''Denali'' means ''The Great One'' in the native Athabascan language. At 20,310 feet above sea level Denali is the highest peak in North America and is surrounded by one of the world's most spectacular wildlife sanctuaries. The leisure train ride to Anchorage provides many spectacular vistas of the Alaska Range. The finale to this tour is Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city and brimming with activities for the outdoorsy and adventurous. Please read our itinerary to have more detailed day-to-day experience. On  request, this trip can be customized and can be organized in reverse order.