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The Ultimate Alaska & Canada Cruise & Tour Experience

Departs from Anchorage, 30 May 2015 | 27 Nights Anchorage, Alaska to Calgary, Alberta

Cruise the Alaska coast, Glacier Bay, and the Inside Passage aboard the Star Princess. Tour Anchorage, Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan... visit Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias national parks... take a flightseeing tour over glaciers, two scenic rail journeys, a jet boat cruise in the wild and a rafting trip in a bald eagle preserve.

Highlights include:

Cruise Prince William Sound by private boat. Meet an Iditarod champion musher and his Husky sled dogs; visit a homesteader at her wilderness farm; and enjoy a private Tlingit cultural presentation and a fun Denali dinner show!

Learn about the lifestyles, traditions, and crafts of Alaska’s indigenous tribes on a visit to the Anchorage Museum; hundreds of artifacts and two multimedia installations share the enduring cultures and histories of peoples from across the circumpolar North.

A highlight of any Alaska travel experience is a visit to Denali National Park, a six-million-acre UNESCO Biosphere Reserve highlighted by North America’s highest mountain – 20,320-foot Mt. McKinley. Look for grizzly bears, moose, caribou, Dall sheep and other Denali denizens on a Tundra Wilderness Tour in the park with a local guide.

Set off from Valdez by private boat across Prince William Sound – ringed by mountains and abundant with wildlife, where you may spot whales, seals and eagles. Explore historic Skagway, gateway to the Klondike gold fields, in antique vehicles before boarding a ferry cruise on the Lynn Canal – North America’s longest and deepest fjord – to Haines.

Go rafting through the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, home to large concentrations of bald eagles at certain times of the year. Ride back in time on the exciting White Pass & Yukon Route narrow-gauge railway, built in 1898 during the gold rush. This vintage rail excursion heads up steep grades, around cliff- hanging turns, and over high bridges.

Enjoy spectacular views of the fabled Inside Passage from your cruiseship stateroom, or a variety of decks and lounges, on a full day of cruising past the densely forested islands and coastal communities of this renowned waterway. You can also swim in one of the ship’s pools, hear a nature presentation, play a board game in the library, work out in the fitness center, get a relaxing spa treatment, or check out the golf simulator.

Discover more than a bit of British influence in Victoria's double-decker buses, horsedrawn carriages and formal gardens, all surrounded by the rustic beauty of the Pacific coast. You’ll find floral beauty in exceptional form at The Butchart Gardens, begun over a century ago.

Board the sleek, newly restored rail cars of VIA Rail’s The Canadian, and celebrate the start of your overnight journey to the Canadian Rockies with a champagne toast. Sleep on board the train – you will be nothing less than stunned by the spectacular alpine scenery that dawn reveals!

Drive the Icefields Parkway, featuring jaw-dropping views of mountains, waterfalls, glaciers, and snowfields around every turn. Watch for bears, elk, bighorn sheep, and mountain goats. View Athabasca Glacier flowing from the Columbia Icefield, and take a memorable climb across the glacier’s surface on an Ice Explorer vehicle.

Why Travel Masters

With over 20 Years' Experience, Travel Masters boasts an award-winning team of highly qualified international consultants trained to assist you in all your travel needs.

Having travelled most continents of the world and experienced a number of the most diverse cultural backgrounds known to mankind, they offer clients a personalised approach to booking holidays, with extensive personal knowledge and understanding.

Managing directors Beth and Bob Malcolm are champions of the travel industry, with collectively more than 30 years' experience between them. Beth is well recognised in the travel and tourism sector as the past National Vice-President of the Australian Institute of Travel and Tourism, and as the two-time winner of the Australian Travel Management Award.

Bob and Beth personally escort small groups to unique and culturally diverse destinations throughout the world, ensuring that each person on the tour has the experience of a lifetime. Whether it's travelling to tourism meccas or exotic islands, you will be guaranteed a well organised, well paced and memorable holiday.

Awards

• Best Regional Travel Agency in Australia
• Australian Travel Centre of the Year
• State and National Awards for Excellence