TOP PLACES TO VISIT IN ALASKA THIS SUMMER

WHEN THE TRAVEL BUG BITES THIS SUMMER, CONSIDER VISITING THE TOP LOCALES IN ALASKA

LISTED BY TODAYS WORLD TRAVEL.

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE 

• GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE THAT PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN ALASKA. 

GETTING A FRESH SEAFOOD DINNER IS EASY IN THIS SCENIC LITTLE TOWN KNOWN AS THE

“SALMON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.”  SEE THE LARGEST

COLLECTION OF TOTEM POLES FOUND ON THE PLANET AND TAKE A TOUR OF THE MISTY

FJORDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.

ANAN BEAR AND WILDLIFE OBSERVATORY

• LOCATED SOME 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRANGELL, THIS GEM IS ONLY

ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT OR FLOATPLANE.  ALTHOUGH NOT ON THE BEATEN PATH, THIS HIDDEN TREASURE IS HOME TO ONE OF THE LARGEST PINK SALMON

RUNS IN THE REGION. TODAYS WORLD TRAVEL ADDS THAT VISITORS MAY SEE NATIVE WILDLIFE LIKE BLACK BEARS, HARBOR SEALS, BROWN BEARS AND

BALD EAGLES.

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVE

• THIS PARK HOUSES THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH

AMERICA, MT. DENALI; IT FEATURES SIX MILLION ACRES

OF LAND IN SOME OF THE MOST SCENIC SETTINGS IMAGINABLE. 

HIKE, CAMP, BIKE, BACKPACK AND TAKE PHOTOS OF THE INCREDIBLE LANDSCAPE. 

DON’T FORGET TO VISIT THE ONSITE SLED DOG KENNEL.

THE HALIBUT FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD

• CALLED “THE HALIBUT FISHING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD,” THIS TOWN SITUATED ON THE KENAI PENINSULA IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD. TODAYS WORLD TRAVEL EXPLAINS, SUMMER

MONTHS ARE IDEAL FOR TAKING BOAT TOURS THROUGH THE

MAJESTIC KENAI FJORDS NATIONAL PARK AND EXPERIENCING ALL THIS

AREA OFFERS.

GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK

•  THIS PICTURESQUE PARK IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF ALASKA

NEAR JUNEAU.  A LONGTIME FAVORITE STOP AMONG CRUISE SHIPS, GLACIER BAY IS A DELIGHT FOR THOSE WHO

APPRECIATE THE OUTDOORS, WILDLIFE AND NATURE IN GENERAL.  GO RAFTING, MOUNTAINEERING, HIKING AND FISHING

AND PREPARE TO SEE WOLVERINES, MOUNTAIN GOATS, BROWN BEARS, WOLVERINES, WOLVES AND MORE.