Go West Tours

45 Territory . Dinner and overnight in Beaver Creek . Day 6 : Beaver Creek - Haines (330 km - 7hrs 10min) / Today the road runs along the Kluane National Park and Reserve boundary. On the road, you will see Mount Logan (5956 m) in the Saint Elias Range , the highest mountain in Canada towering over a large ice field. Lunch on the way. Return to the U.S. and stop at Haines, home of the largest concentration of bald eagles in the world, to visit the center devoted to this American emblem. Dinner and overnight. Day 7 : Haines - Skagway (by boat) / Tour of scenic Haines and Fort William H. Seward , the last of 11 military posts founded in Alaska during the gold rush era to preserve law and order among gold seekers. Then stop at the old Totem Pole Village at Port Chilkoot before crossing Lynn Canal , the deepest fjord in North America, by ferry. Lunch on the way. After arriving in Skagway, city tour including the historical district with false front buildings and museum. Dinner and overnight. Day 8 : Skagway - Whitehorse (110 miles - 3hrs 10min) / The day begins with a scenic railway excursion of the region. Lunch. Then leave via the Klondike road , a vestige of the gold rush era. Cross White Pass, a mountain pass near the U.S.-Canada border, on one of the main roads used by gold rush prospectors on their way to Dawson City . Arrival in Whitehorse , Canada, the capital of the Yukon Territory. City tour before embarking on a dinner cruise in the turquoise waters of historic Miles Canyon . Overnight in Whitehorse. Day 9 : Whitehorse - Dawson City (330 miles - 7hrs 50min) / Morning drive through the Klondike region. Stop for a walk along the dike overlooking the Yukon River . Lunch on the way. Arrival and tour of Dawson City, originally a First Nations camp that radically changed with the rush for gold. The tour includes historic sites like famous Diamond Tooth Gertie’s Saloon gambling hall. Dinner and overnight. Day 10 : Dawson City / Continue discovering the city with stops at the museum devoted to the Klondike Gold Rush , as well as the Jack London Museum with a replica of his cabin and other memorabilia. Lunch, then stroll through town. The day ends with a 1900s vaudeville show at the Palace Grand Theater , another reminder of the past. Dinner and overnight. Day 11 : Dawson City - Tok (185 miles - 6hrs 30min) / You will begin the day by a stop at the site at Bonanza Creek where gold was discovered. Later, cross the border back into the U.S. Lunch in the town of Chicken , once a mining hub and now a U.S. ghost town site. Continue to Tok and stop at the visitors’ center. Dinner and overnight. Day 12 : Tok - Valdez (255 miles - 4hrs 40min) / Morning drive to Glennallen , on the edge of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park . Lunch on the way. Optional walk in Alaska’s boreal forest, a product of extreme climatic factors and complex mosaic of forest types intermingled with meadows, marshes, lakes, and rivers with a diversity of animals. Continue to Valdez , the state of Alaska’s premier commercial and sport fishing destination. Dinner and overnight. Day 13 : Valdez - Whittier (boat) - Anchorage (62 miles - 1hrs 30min) / Cross Prince William Sound by boat excursion to observe marine life and glaciers. You will be able to admire the rugged coastline, with numerous small islands and fjords. Arrival in Whittier, a small coastal town on the edge of colossal glaciers. Lunch. Continue by coach to 6-mile long Portage Glacier , the largest one in the valley. Then you will take a lift up Mount Alyeska (“The Great Land” in Aleut), the biggest ski mountain in the state. Continue on the scenic route to Anchorage. Goodbye dinner and overnight in Anchorage . Day 14 : Anchorage - departure / Transfer to the airport. Lunch on your own. USA-CANADA