Easy & Convenient Pre-Planned Excursions
It’s Easy and Convenient to Choose a Pre-Planned Excursion, Below
Select a Package Excursion which best suits your travel style and fits your vacation days. These are self-drive tours—it’s mapped and scheduled for you, as well as paid in advance. As you go to these activities and attractions, you can stop wherever you like for photos, shops, hikes or whatever strikes your fancy. These packages are a great way to get you off the highway and into what Alaska is really like.
Authentic Denali Experience, 3 Days/2 Nights
Palmer – Willow – South Side Denali National Park – Talkeetna – Palmer – Denali National Park--Includes: 2 Nights lodging at Alaska Garden Gate B&B, 2 breakfasts and 1 lunch provided, all tickets/activities pre-paid.
--Cost per person is $565 per person/double occupancy; Add $55 per person for premium room. Call about price difference to stay in one of our vacation rentals.
--Great for those who want a vacation without having to plan one. This hits all the highlights and offers a rare glance into wilderness.
--Start with directions/map to get you to Hatcher Pass. Walking tour of Independence Mine State Park gold mine with nature hike in Hatcher Pass, followed by lunch
--Visit the Musk Ox Farm and stroll through downtown Palmer
--Restaurant recommendations for dinner
--Complimentary glass of wine or herbal iced tea at the B&B upon check-in, Standard or Premium room
--Bountiful country-style breakfast at the B&B with gourmet boxed lunches to go
--Scenic drive to dog sled kennel for Iditarod presentation then Champion Ride with an Iditarod veteran musher and sled dogs
--Riverboat deep into Denali National Park with visit to authentic original homestead. Incredible views, wildlife, and homemade cobbler at the homestead lodge. Away from the crowds, this is a personal opportunity to hear from real Alaskans about living in the wilderness.
--Dinner in Talkeetna
--Return to the B&B for a restful evening
--Bountiful country-style breakfast at the B&B before checking out
--Get an early start for Denali National Park, for a 6-8 Hour Tundra Wildnerness Tour through the park, to see wildlife such as grizzlies, caribou, wolves, lynx, moose and more.
Valley-to-Denali Relaxed Adventure Tour, 7 Days/6 Nights
Palmer to Palmer, seeing almost all of Southcentral Alaska
--Includes: 6 Nights lodging at Alaska Garden Gate B&B, 6 breakfasts and all tickets/activities pre-paid.
--Cost per person is $1199 per person/double occupancy; Add $155 per person for Premium room. Some discounts may apply for children. Call about price difference to stay in one of our vacation rentals.
--Perfect for families, seniors, or anyone who wants to see and do a lot without working too hard to get it! Everything is planned out for you, and it’s a great mix of fun, adventure, and sight-seeing. The “soft adventure” activities can be done by anyone with moderate mobility.
--Kenai Fjords National Park Wildlife and Glacier Cruise (6 hours), Sea Life Center
--Native Heritage Museum
--Matanuska Glacier trekking
--Musk Ox Farm and downtown Palmer shops
--Riverboat deep into Denali National Park/homestead tour
--Iditarod musher’s tour and ride with sled dogs
--Denali National Park Tundra Wilderness Tour (6-8 hours)
-- Flightsee around Mt. McKinley (1 hour) and visit quirky town of Talkeenta
--Relaxed or hikes available
--Walking tour of Independence Mine State Park gold mine, nature hike in Hatcher Pass
--Complimentary glass of wine at the B&B in the evenings
--Bountiful country-style breakfast at the B&B each morning
The Do It all Active Adventure Tour, 7 Days/6 Nights
Palmer – Talkeetna – Denali National Park – Palmer
--Includes: 6 Nights lodging at Alaska Garden Gate B&B, 6 breakfasts and all tickets/activities pre-paid.
--Cost per person is $1665 per person/double occupancy; Add $155 per person for Premium room. Some discounts may apply for children. Call about price difference to stay in one of our vacation rentals.
--Experience Alaska’s mountains, glaciers and wildlife up close and personal. Don’t just see it through the car window--this package takes the headache out of trip-planning and gets you into the real Alaska, having the time of your life.
--Matanuska Glacier Trek, Ice Climbing and White-Water Rafting
--Denali National Park Tundra Wilderness Tour
-- Flightsee around Mt. McKinley and visit quirky town of Talkeenta
--Kayaking/biking at Eklutna Lake
--Backcountry guided tour by ATV
--Riverboat deep into Denali National Park/homestead tour
--Iditarod musher’s tour and ride with sled dogs
--Native Heritage Museum
--Walking tour of Independence Mine State Park gold mine, nature hike in Hatcher Pass
--Hearty country-style breakfast at the B&B each morning
The Active Adventure Tour, 4 Days/3 Nights
Palmer – Talkeetna – Denali National Park - Palmer
--Includes: 3 Nights lodging at Alaska Garden Gate B&B, 6 breakfasts and all tickets/activities pre-paid.
--Cost per person is $1095 per person/double occupancy; Add $110 per person for Premium room. Some discounts may apply for children. Call about price difference to stay in one of our vacation rentals.
--If you only have a few days, you can still experience Alaska’s mountains, glaciers and wildlife up close and personal. Have the trip of a lifetime and get out into the real Alaska.
--Matanuska Glacier Trek, Ice Climbing and White-Water Rafting
-- Flightsee around Mt. McKinley and visit quirky town of Talkeenta
--Kayaking/biking at Eklutna Lake
--Backcountry guided tour by ATV
--Iditarod musher’s tour and ride with sled dogs
--Walking tour of Independence Mine State Park gold mine, nature hike in Hatcher Pass
--Hearty country-style breakfast at the B&B each morning
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