12-night Connoisseur Escorted Cruisetour #RB5

Arrive in Anchorage and get settled in the Hotel Captain Cook for an overnight stay. You might enjoy getting out to see the shops, restaurants and cultural attractions of this metropolitan city.

Enjoy a scenic motorcoach drive from Anchorage to the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, featuring incredible views of Denali. Sit and gaze at the majesty of "The Great One" from the lodge's treehouse designed and built by Pete Nelson of Animal Planet's Treehouse Masters. Dinner tonight is at the North Fork Restaurant. (B, D)

A full day at the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge means you'll have ample time to both relax and explore. Hear stories about climbing Denali in the Hudson Theater or roast a marshmallow at the fireside patio. Our Princess staff can help you choose from a generous offering of outdoor activities. (B, D)

Enjoy a scenic motorcoach journey to Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge, just steps from Denali National Park. Check in with the Guest Service Desk for help in planning your own Denali adventure. There's a variety of excursions like a husky homestead tour, river rafting, hiking, glacier flightseeing and an off-road ATV adventure. Or you may enjoy the spectacular main lodge, river view deck, and Princess Village with the popular Christmas cottage and sugar shack. Tonight you'll enjoy dinner at Fannie Q's saloon, named after a famed local homesteader. (B, D)

Start your morning with a quick stop at Fannie Q's saloon for a hearty buffet breakfast. Explore Denali National Park on a Tundra Wilderness Tour watching for glimpses of Denali and Denali's "Big Five"; moose, bears, caribou, Dall sheep and wolves. Later today, you may want to simply relax with a glass of wine on the deck overlooking the Nenana River. Dinner tonight is at the King Salmon Restaurant. (B, L, D)

Enjoy a scenic rail journey through some of the best wilderness on our exclusive Direct-to-the-Wilderness rail service toward Whittier, where your cruise ship awaits. (B, L)

Seventy-five miles long and covering over 1,350 square miles in area, the Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier in North America. It is also one of the most impressive, a 300-foot wall of ice rising sheer and jagged from the ocean. You may hear the rumble and see the monumental splash as the glacier breaks off in great ice chunks, known as "calves."