Denali Highway Jeep Tour
Disclaimer: Be aware this is a drive yourself trip. The vehicles are 4 passenger Jeep Wranglers.
This tour takes you part way eastward on the Denali highway, the only way to get to Denali Park until the Park Highway was built. As it is 120 miles from east to west and only a gravel road, you really had to be determined to visit.
They will pick you up at any of the major lodging spots in the park, or at their office on the "Boardwalk" across from the main lodging areas, then drive south on Park Highway to their boarding area. There you are processed in and assigned to the Jeeps, all different colors and with cute names like "Moose", "Carybo", you get the picture. Once loaded up a lead guide heads up the column while a co-guide follows in the rear. Each Jeep is equipped with a radio and the lead guide provides commentary about the landscape rolling past. What you see is dependent on the weather, you may see Denali, other mountains may have clouds obscuring their peaks, some ranges will have rain at one end and sunshine at the other.
Alex and Nick did a wonderful job of keeping us together, finding wildlife, moose were sighted, but moved off before the entire column could view it. What was unexpected was the snack breaks, both in the middle and end, a nice touch.
We were glad to have experienced it and would do it again when in the area.
Now that you have read this far, note that if you do not wish to drive, have your booking agent make a request that you ride with a guide.