Hi,
instead of following up to the "Alaska in July" thread with the
detailed
comments I'm opening up a new one...
I'm thinking about visiting Alaska this year, around 3 weeks starting
May 25 or so. Checking the German travel agencies it seems like they
have reduced their offers to the bare minimum in the last years: I
remember wonderful catalogues about 10 years ago, but now there are 3
organized bus tours and 4 cruises per catalogue, and maybe one RV
rental
company out of Anchorage :(
Looking straight over the pole it seems Whitehorse is just as good a
place to start out from, and there are charter flights and a hand full
of RV rentals that I can book from here. I'm considering a 4x4
Pickup-Camper.
This is not our first trip to the US, but it'd be the first to Alaska.
We have done about 10000 miles of NP and sightseeing tours in the
lower
48. Priorities: Watching in awe, photography, short hikes. No
whitewater-rafting or serious backpacking.
My questions, in arbitrary order:
1) Which photo opportunities do I have this early in the season? No
bears waiting for salmons, I guess. Late spring flowers? Still
snow far up north? Landscapes for b/w pictures are probably
available :)
2) Any whale watching?
3) Is Whitehorse a good place to start from? It seems good to start
a
long tour there and be back a few days before departure which
can
be used to go towards Skagway until time runs out. Are
food/propane etc. prices reasonable there?
4) How many spare tires do I have to carry? :-)
I'm still planning which places to visit, any suggestions are welcome.
Denali and Kenai are fixed, but I'd love (if only for geographic
reasons) to go up to Deadhorse. Is any of the fly-in destinations near
Russia doable in such a short time?
Thanks in advance
Utz
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