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| The ideal itinerary for the independent traveler. Customize your own Iditarod experience and choose from various fly-out opportunities to the checkpoints, sightseeing programs and your preferred length of stay. All optional tours are fully guided and are providing the necessary insight view and first hand race information. |
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Itinerary |
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Anchorage / Arrival Day
Individual Arrival in Anchorage. Transfer to your hotel in downtown location. Spend the remaining day to explore the different sights Anchorage has to offer. TIP: Visit the Alaska Native Heritage Center with it's interactive displays, shows, and five separate culture galleries about the different native groups that used to live in Alaska. Don't miss a seafood dinner at Anchorage's famous restaurant "Crow's Nest Restaurant". |
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| 02 |
Anchorage
Morning: Extensive 4 hour guided City Sightseeing Tour. Evening: Musher’s Banquet and Dinner |
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| 03 |
Anchorage
Day on your own. Optional: Day Tour to Ski at Alyeska Resort. |
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| 04 |
Anchorage
The Iditarod race starts at 10:00 am on 4th. Avenue in Alaska's largest city. Observe the start preparations, take close up pictures from and with the mushers and the dog teams and enjoy the bustling atmosphere. More than 60 mushers and 800 dogs are leaving from the start line for the "1050 mile race to Nome". Evening: Welcome dinner at 7:00 pm at one of Anchorage’s reknown Seafood Restaurants. |
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| 05 |
Anchorage - Wasilla - Anchorage
Transfer to the Railroad Station. Scenic train tour along Cook Inlet to Wasilla for the Iditarod Restart. In the late afternoon you return to Anchorage. Optional: Fly-out to Yentna Station Checkpoint, the first checkpoint in Alaska’s Wilderness. Optional: Fly-out for 2 days to a Wilderness Lodge near the Yentna River including daily fly outs to different checkpoints to observe the ongoing activity, the mushers and their sled dog team. |
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| 06 |
Anchorage
Day on your own.
Optional: Morning scenic flight to Finger Lakes Checkpoint on the eastern fringe of the Alaska Range. Lunch included. Observe various mushing activities and watch the mushers gearing up for the difficult trip across famous Rainy Pass. You are in the heart of the snow country and it is not uncommon to have 10 ft. of snow on the ground. Late afternoon, return flight to Anchorage. |
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| 07 |
Anchorage
Day on your own.
Optional: Morning ski-plane flight to famous Rainy Pass/Rohn within the Alaska Range. The gateway to the interior offers the most spectacular scenery of the entire Iditarod race. Many mushers take their mandatory 24 h. layover here before venturing via the treacherous Farewell Burn area into the flatlands of the interior. We spend the whole day in the wilderness along the trail and observe the mushing activities. Snow barbeque or lunch packs included. Return flight to Anchorage in the early evening. |
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| 08 |
Anchorage / Departure Day
Check-out of your hotel. Transfer to the Airport. Tour extensions on request. |
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| * Itinerary may change depends on race schedule. Please request detailed tour program. |
| Departures & Rates per Person in US$ |
Single |
Double |
Triple |
Quad |
| Feb 27 - March 05, 2008 |
$1080.00 |
$840.00 |
$720.00 |
$680.00 |
| March 04 - March 11, 2009 |
$1110.00 |
$870.00 |
$750.00 |
$710.00 |
| March 03 - March 10, 2010 |
$1140.00 |
$900.00 |
$780.00 |
$740.00 |
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| Optional Tours from / to Anchorage: |
Per Person |
| Day 3 - Day tour to Ski at Alyeska Resort |
$180.00 |
| Day 6 - Fly-out to Finger Lakes Checkpoint (lunch included) |
$290.00 |
| Day 7 - Fly-out to Rainy Pass or Rohn Checkpoint (lunch included) |
$290.00 |
Day 5-7 Wilderness Lodge & Checkpoints
Including Yentna Station, Finger Lakes, Rainy Pass Checkpoint Fly-outs,
all Meals, Accommodation and Professional Guide Service |
$750.00 |
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| Iditarod Race - Custom Program includes: |
• Airport Transfers Arrival & Departure Day
• 7 Nights *** Downtown Hotel Accommodation in Anchorage
• 7 x Continental Breakfast
• All Rooms with private bath
• Hotel Tax
• Musher Banquet Ticket including Dinner
• Welcome Dinner in Anchorage
• Railroad Transportation Anchorage – Wasilla - Anchorage
• Gratuities
• Official Iditarod Press Kit
• Multi Lingual Tour Documentation
• Toll free help line access
• Tips
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