Alaska is an extreme beauty land with a huge options for the travelers, especially during part of the summer while Alaska's weather is pleasant for those who are not like the cold too much !
So, let's take a look on just a few places to keep in mind while planing your first trip to this particulary attrative part of North America.
1. Matanuska Valley
These area is greatly of a mysterious treasure provide a great kind of outdoor actions: glacier trekking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, ice climbing, rock climbing, mountain biking, fishing, flight seeing and much much more. You can simply spend a few days in the valley and not do it every one.
There are a lot of places to stay, cities to meet up all of your wishes, lunch options and main other services. Every one inside a couple of hours of Anchroage. Wasilla is a fast growing city by main services and is kind of the business center of the region. Palmer is still a pretty quiet
farm town really founded as a colony in the 30's. Quite a small number of famous buildings and picturesque farms in the area.
Burn up the road north on the Glenn Highway beside the Matanuska River you'll pass through Sutton, Chickaloon and Hicks Creek as the scenery makes more and more remarkable. Each liitle "town" has an establishment with it's own local character.
The Matanuska Valley is the place to go for journey...propel the fast and cold river, walk on a glacier, climb rock and ice, go hiking and biking or do it all.
2. Denali National Park
About 400,000 intrepid tourists journey to Denali National Park and Preserve each year, mainly between late can and early September.
Most arrive in seek out of wildlife or glimpses of 20,320' tall Mt. McKinley, the roof of North America. Every one are confident to get single of the numerous bus rides beside the Park road, the single automobile access into the heart of the park.
Getting here by van you'll must to go single highway entrance into Denali only. The Denali Park entry is roughly 240 miles north of Anchorage, 120 miles south of Firbanks, and 12 miles south of Healy which is the rearest year-round the public.
Or you can go to the Park by train, as Alaska's state-owned railroad connects Anchorage to Fairbanks, and runs exactly throug the entry of Denali.
Air tour possible also to either Anchorage or Fairbanks which is the easiest enty to Alaska. After that you'll want to use a van, bus or train to reach Denali.
Famous round the globe for its amazing scenery, wildlife, Denali is an area of excitement, inspiration and exploration for the tourists. Open year-round, activities at all levels of complexity and exertion can be found. Visitors mainly arrive in summer, while access by bus into the park becomes achievable as winter ice and snow lose their grip on the place. The hardy few that arrive in winter can expect solace, tranquility, and the challenges of extreme weather.
Be on the lookout for our further articles around Alaska's places to go, and as always - please post your
questions and comments on the blog.
Have a great day !
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