13-night Off The Beaten Path Cruisetour #MB6

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.

Princess Rail service takes you from Anchorage deep into the wilderness. Enjoy the scenic transfer from Talkeetna to the Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, featuring incredible views of Denali. Sit and gaze at "The Great One" from the lodge's treehouse, hear stories about climbing Denali in the Hudson Theater or roast marshmallows at the fireside patio.

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. Or you may enjoy the spectacular main lodge, river view deck, and Princess Village with the popular Christmas cottage and sugar shack. Be sure to check out Fannie Q's Saloon, named after a famed local homesteader.

Start your morning with a quick stop at Fannie Q's saloon for a hearty buffet breakfast. Explore Denali National Park on a Natural History Tour, watching for glimpses of Denali as well as Denali's "Big Five"; moose, caribou, bears, wolves and Dall sheep. Later today, you may want to simply relax with a glass of wine on the deck overlooking the Nenana River.

Sightsee by motorcoach to the Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge with incredible views of Mt. Drum, Mt. Wrangell and Mt. Blackburn.

Enjoy a full day of leisure. Choose from many optional excursions that let you explore America's largest National Park - Wrangell-St. Elias.

Board a motorcoach for the drive to Whittier. Stop in Palmer for lunch on your own and Matanuska Glacier en-route.

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."