Welcome to Anchorage, Alaska! Your tour guide will pick you up at the airport and take you to your hotel. Here you will meet the rest of your group and have a short orientation.

After breakfast, we'll begin our journey in Alaska's largest city. Visit Lakes Hood and Spenard, where up to 800 seaplanes take off and land daily, or the nearby Aviation Museum, a great place to appreciate an important part of Alaskan life. Downtown Anchorage offers the Museum of History and Art, and of course, the major American shopping malls. Later, we'll head towards Seward, the beautiful coastal town.

This morning, we'll be hiking in the immediate vicinity of Seward. There are so many great options here, as this coastal area is incredibly beautiful! Perhaps we'll even choose another hike for the afternoon, or you can experience one of the main attractions of Kenai Fjords National Park: an optional six-hour boat trip through the fjords for marine wildlife viewing. The area teems with seals, sea lions, sea otters, as well as orcas and humpback whales. With a bit of luck, you might also spot moose and black bears roaming along the coastline. Another highlight is watching the calving ice from Bear Glacier plunge into the ocean, creating massive waves.

Now we bid farewell to Seward and drive up the Seward Highway along the picturesque Turnagain Arm. Here, the tides, some of the highest in the world, attract beluga whales. We continue past beautiful waterfalls, snow-capped mountains, and through Portage before heading to the George Parks Highway and Denali National Park. Weather permitting, we have the opportunity this afternoon to take a one-hour scenic flight over Denali, the highest peak in North America at 6,193 meters. This is an incredible experience and highly recommended.

Today we have the opportunity to travel by bus provided by the national park to one of the most scenic corners of North America, or to explore it on foot. In good weather, the road into the park offers spectacular views of Denali and the chance to see wolves, Dall sheep, moose, caribou, and grizzly bears, as well as the many foxes, coyotes, and eagles. Here you will see classic Alaska: the vast land at its most beautiful. Denali is world-famous for very good reason. Today you will understand why.

Although we are saying goodbye to Denali National Park today, the mighty mountain will continue to dominate the landscape as we drive up the Denali Highway. This extraordinary road is built on glacial land along the border of Denali National Park and is one of the most remote regions in the state. Along the way, we will have plenty of opportunities for short hikes.

Today we follow the famous Top of the World Highway, crossing a high plateau with a fascinating tundra landscape, all the way to Canada and thus to the highest border crossing, Little Gold Creek, between Canada and the USA. This is another enchanting drive, so don't forget your cameras! The quirky and charming northern towns like Chicken and Action Wade Camp, which we'll pass through, are also worth seeing. In Canada, we'll cross the Yukon River to Dawson City, the Gold Rush town. Walking through the streets of this unique, historic town feels like stepping back in time.

Dawson City is a vibrant, fun-filled little town steeped in history, so we'll spend a full day here. A highlight will be the drive to the Bonanza and Eldorado streams, where you'll have the chance to visit an active gold mine. Later, we'll drive up Midnight Dome, the mountain overlooking Dawson and the surrounding wilderness. You'll also have time to simply wander around this unique Gold Rush town. After all, it was once the largest town west of Winnipeg and north of Seattle. Many of the original decoy facades, historic sites, and exhibits are still preserved and easily accessible on foot.

An early start this morning will get us to the Dempster Highway in just two hours, nestled in the heart of the rugged Tombstone Mountains. The highway itself is 730 kilometers long and is Canada's only road connection to the Arctic coast. Tombstone Territorial Park lies at the edge of the vast Arctic tundra and is dominated by the dramatic syenite peaks that give the park its name. This is an ideal landscape for hiking, offering wonderful views of the expansive tundra where large herds of caribou migrate hundreds of miles each year.

In the morning, we'll leave our camp and enjoy the stunning views one last time before heading onto the Klondike Highway towards Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon. Our drive will be punctuated by interesting stops, such as the Five Finger Rapids (the legendary rapids of the Yukon River), and old roadside rest stops along the way. We'll set up camp again near Whitehorse and enjoy a peaceful night around the campfire.

After a good breakfast, we'll make a short stop in Whitehorse and then drive towards Haines Junction. Afterwards, we'll hike one of the many trails in Kluane National Park. You'll be amazed by the beauty of this region; it's truly spectacular! Therefore, we'll set up camp here for two nights and enjoy a good meal before tomorrow's hike.

Haines Junction is the gateway to Kluane National Park, which stretches across 220,000 square kilometers of the northern Coast Range. A full-day hike on one of the many trails leading to Sheep Mountain offers magnificent views of the 80-kilometer-long Kluane Lake and a wonderful glimpse into the vast landscape hidden behind the Front Mountains. If time and weather permit, we also have the option of taking a scenic flight over the park's interior to witness the incredible scale of Canada's highest mountain and the world's largest non-polar icefields.

It's time to say goodbye to Kluane Park and continue south to the beautiful coastal town of Haines, Alaska. Our route was once one of the few overland routes to the Klondike and an ancient trade route for the Tlingit coastal peoples. At Dalton Cache, we'll cross the international border once again. This drive promises to be another incredibly scenic experience! After a short stay in Haines, we'll take the ferry to Skagway. This will take us through Lynn Canal, where, with a bit of luck, we might spot seals, whales, and bald eagles. Skagway became known as the gateway to the Klondike during the famous Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, and its historic character has been carefully preserved ever since. It's good that there's still some time to explore the town or take a short hike before we set up camp for the last time.

This small town still retains its historical charm, and fortunately, before we begin our drive north to Whitehorse, we have some time to explore the area on foot. Our journey then takes us up into the adjacent coastal mountains, over the White Pass, and into a magnificent landscape. Along the way, we'll stop in Carcross for a coffee break and to enjoy the mountain views. Afterwards, we'll take a short hike in the world's smallest desert and finally experience the extraordinary colors of the emerald-green Emerald Lake.

Our tour ends in Whitehorse. Ruby Range offers a transfer to the airport or to your onward travel arrangements. (End of tour services) (Due to the nature of this tour, last-minute changes to the itinerary are possible and at the discretion of the tour leader).