Arrive in Haines, AK via Alaska Marine Highway ferry from Juneau. Driving in from the ferry we’ll show you around the town and get you settled into your your B&B. We'll have an opportunity to view the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve with a float trip on the Chilkat River.  (For more information about this trip, please go to www.alaskafloattrips.com)  You will definitely want to have your cameras out for this trip!   We'll enjoy a "get acquainted" dinner and later we'll give you an opportunity to view bears (if they're out!) and possibilities of other wildlife and gorgeous scenery at Chilkoot Lake.

Stopping along the way to view historical sights, we travel on the Klondike Highway to Dawson City, the famous Gold Rush town.  Our accommodations are a B&B all to ourselves complete with hot tub, fabulous full breakfast and laundry facilities. You're on your own tonight to relax, explore, or go to Diamond Tooth Gerties etc. We'll have an early start in the morning.

After our scrumptious breakfast, we'll be off early to the Dempster Highway.  The highway is a "a modern frontier road". It has a gravel surface and can be a less than smooth ride, but the journey and scenery is well worth it.  Today we'll see the spectacular Tombstone Mountains, go through the highest elevation North Fork Pass (4229 ft.) and follow the Blackstone River. At mile 150 we'll cross the continental divide for our first time and arrive at Eagle Plains (mile 226 the only rest/ service stop) the halfway point where we'll stay overnight.  On the way we will  take a picnic lunch, snacks, drinks.  

For these next 3 days, you are on your own as far as events and activities.  Once we have received the information about the schedule of events for the Great Northern Arts Festival (at this date it is not yet published) we can set more of a schedule for dinners.  You'll be on your own for breakfasts and lunches,  and we will plan at least one dinner together on our last evening in town.  This is the only dinner included in Inuvik.

This is where we need to see what extra activities the group wants to do together or separately.  Please read carefully through the section on SIDE TRIPS in order to determine which of these events are ones you would like to experience.  There are several which require advance reservations.  Once you have signed up I will share information about current pricing and scheduling. Last year a group  visited Herschel Island and it was absolutely thrilling - I would certainly encourage you to look into this trip as a group. Some of the adventures here are once in a lifetime opportunities. Several wanted to go to Banks Island to see the herds of muskox, and this is certainly something that we can arrange if there is enough interest. This would likely be an overnight trip.