Alaska Vacations

If you're looking for 65 degrees as an average summer temperature, then you're looking for a summer vacation in Alaska.

The state of Alaska (from and Eskimo word meaning "great lands") offers a wide array of summer vacation ideas and travel destinations. The Alaska air is fresh and cool while the expansive terrain and wildlife eases your eyes.

Your summer trip to Alaska can be the adventure tour you've always dreamed of with glacier sightseeing, hiking, downhill mountain biking, whale watching, wildlife photography, and salmon fly fishing or your Alaska vacation could involve a relaxing spa, hotel, cruise, or bed and breakfast. Either way, your trip to Alaska will take you above the heat to the natural beauty of snow-capped mountains, limitless coastline, millions of lakes, winding waterways, and over 1,800 islands.

Need two more reasons to visit Alaska this summer? There is no sales tax in Alaska and the summer days are longer in Alaska meaning you get more out of each vacation day you spend there.

Cruise and Coastline Ferry Vacations in Alaska - Several commercial cruise lines offer 4 to 7-day excursions departing from Seattle or Vancouver, Canada. You also should consider price checking Alaska yacht charters. A combined land-sea excursion often includes a visit to Denali National Park and other interior attractions. Otherwise, the regional "bus" system exists on the water in the form of the ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway. The ferries allow you to explore the coastal towns, glaciers, and narrow waterways that the larger cruise lines will never find.

Denali National Park and Mt. McKinley - With nine thousand miles of mountains and wilderness, this park is a hiking and adventure travel paradise. Wildlife such as grizzly bear, moose, caribou, dall sheep and wolves roam through a wide diversity of wildflowers. Mt. McKinley is a natural wonder as the tallest base to summit mountain in the world. The park is located on Hwy 3 between Anchorage Alaska to the South and Fairbanks Alaska to the North.

Fairbanks Alaska and Northern Tundra Region - Fairbanks is North America's northernmost hub for travelers. If you want an adventure vacation filled with rugged terrain, abundant wildlife, fish filled lakes, and the ability to say you've been to the Arctic Circle, then Fairbanks is the hub you want to fly to before setting out on your tundra quest. You have the option of going North in a small "bush pilot" plane or you can travel south of Fairbanks to the Denali National Park area.

Anchorage Alaska - Anchorage is the starting point for many of the travelers who visit Alaska each summer. Copper Valley, Mat-Su Valley, the Kenai Peninsula and Chena River State Recreation Area are all located near Anchorage Alaska, and are readily accessible by car or ferryboat. Many excursion cruises and charter boats depart from Anchorage, Seward or the nearby port of Homer to visit the beautiful Kenai fjords, Kodiak Island (large population of wildlife), and Prince William Sound. Anchorage itself is a great city, but most travelers use the city as a travel hub to reach the Alaskan coastline and wilderness.