• ألاسكا Marine Highway has to be one of our favorite adventures and one we have done several times. It connects into the ألاسكا State highway system, and railways giving you plenty of الان all along the way. The distance, territories, and place one can see will boggle the mind. This article is meant to be a guide, and a motivational piece to get you the reader out of your house or apartment and on an الان لا يجب أن يكون مرتفعا كلف إلا إذا كنت تريد ذلك.
First, you must look into the Washington state ferry تحفظات from Bellingham Washington using the ألاسكا Marine Highway حجز نظام هنا. The website will give some general idea on times, dates of sailings, and costs of doing so. Now keep in mind that the state of ألاسكا will raise the prices during the most active time of the year, and July – August will be the most expensive time.
Now the route you choose to take will depend on the ferry you choose to sail with. In this photo, you get a general idea as to how these ferries work and where each of them go depending on what you choose.
From Bellingham Washington, you always stop in كيتشيكانألاسكا, and you must be ready to see الحياة البرية all along the way. The beauty of the داخل الممر will blow you away and should be considered one of the world’s wonders.
As you look around coming into كيتشيكان you must keep a close eye open for whales, eagles, and other الحياة البرية. The deck around your ferry will provide you with 360 degrees of viewing pleasure, but you must سير around to see everything.
Ketchikan, Southeastern Alaska the USA
We have come into كيتشيكان in the early sailing season and within the summer. Each time period will provide you with a different view, and animals to see all along the way.
بطرسبورغألاسكا will sneak up on you, and you should make sure to keep your times for viewing ready. Each time the ferry stops they will give you time to be able to look around. Always keep a close eye open for the Eagles because they like to sit on the electric poles just outside of your ship.
Keep in mind that seafood is a way of life in ألاسكا, and some at a restaurant close to your port will be a great culinary الان. Some of these ports have food very close by, and others you will need to سير a little way, but the food will be great.
Now coming into بطرسبورغ can be a great photo opportunity, and you must be ready to capture those amazing shots. Here in this photo, you have a general idea of what you will see, and find as you move along your ألاسكا Marine Highway مغامرة.
Now each time you stop make sure you are clear, and fully فهم what time you will need to be back. Sometimes it’s a shortstop of about an hour, and other times you will have several hours. So make sure you know exactly when you should return.
Now as your trip moves along you will have to allot more to see, and you have allotted more to see. Wrangell ألاسكا is now up and coming, and you will want to keep a lookout for those snow-capped mountains.
Coming into Wrangell will be a site to see, and you are still within ألاسكا‘s fisherman village country. The mountains and the local الناس will be very welcoming. Make sure if you do change ferries, and have a vehicle to be in your staging area on time. Here is a video to help you فهم the process, and how the loading goes.
Now, this video is over an hour long so you will want to fast forward and get an idea of the automobile loading process. With your vehicle loaded and off to the next destination of جونوألاسكا، هذا ألاسكا Marine Highway مغامرة بدأت للتو.
جونو does have to allot to see and you will need time to see the downtown area. The port is not far enough to سير too. and you will need to arrange transportation. Allot of الناس get off here, and stay until the next ferry comes along so they have the time to visit, and explore some of the parks here.
From here a lot of الناس will board, and begin their journey out towards the سكاجواى and Haines direction of the trip. These two ports you can سير off directly, and have a very enjoyable time.
سكاجواىألاسكا is a historic landmark and still kept up as it was when it was first built. It is a western town, and with great food mixed in with plenty of shopping. If you do have time head over to the airport for a plane ride, and photo tour in the sky. I promise you will not be disappointed.
These flights will give you a view of the mountains, and glaciers you can only get from a flight.
Sometimes only nature can provide the kind of photography love possible such as the sun here in the shape of a heart.
Now that you have left the سكاجواى and Haines area you are heading towards the remote area of Yakutat ألاسكا. This small town is a short سير and you can just سير off and explore the small town. We always get a small cup of coffee at the store just inside of the town.
The workers here are always keeping the docks ready to go, and your سير will be slightly uphill so just a bit of exercise. Once you get back on the ferry you will be heading out to ويتيرألاسكا.
ويتير is where a lot of الناس get off for two main reasons. First, those who will drive to Anchorage need to get off here. Second, this is also where you catch the train to explore the interior parts of ألاسكا.
فقط خارج ويتير Tunnel this is what you will see, and Portage Glacier is now awaiting you. This national موقف لديها مسارات ويمكنك سير right up to the glacier.
Depending on how you are taking transportation you still have a lot more to see. You can see these mountains from your train ride or if driving you will be out in the wild admiring the great في الهواء الطلق.
Where ever you go from here will depend on what you want to do. We want to to consider taking the train all the way to Fairbanks ألاسكا, and from there renting a car where you can explore far and wide the ألاسكا تجربة.
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