Alaska Vacation Links
Statewide
Alaska Travel Industry Association: Alaska's offical state tourism organization.
Alaska Wildland Adventures: Alaska vacations, tours and wilderness lodges. Tours and vacation packages feature small groups, wildlife viewing and adventure.
Kenai Peninsula
Kenai River Sportfishing Lodge: Featuring 2- to 7-day Alaska Fishing Trips that include a full service fishing lodge, expert guides, and salmon, trout and halibut fishing.
Kenai River Trips: Since 1977, guided premium rafting and fishing day trips on the Kenai River. Located in scenic Cooper Landing, Alaska; four departures daily!
Anchorage
Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau: Official Anchorage Alaska travel information for visitors planning a trip to Anchorage and Southcentral Alaska. Plan your trip by browsing hotels and B&Bs, transportation and researching Alaska activities. Organize it all with your Virtual Visitors Guide.
Museums and Cultural Centers
Alaska Native Heritage Center: The Alaska Native Heritage Center is an exciting place where all people can come to expand their understanding of Alaska's first people. Explore the rich heritage of Alaska's eleven cultural groups, drawing upon the ways of life of long ago, the wisdom of the elders and the traditions that endure.
Anchorage Museum of History and Art: A world-class museum located in the heart of Alaska's largest city.
Shopping
Grizzly's Gifts: Offers a wide selection of Alaska gifts, souvenirs and apparel. An Alaskan owned and operated gift shop in business since 1985.
Girdwood and Portage
Accommodations
Hotel Alyeska: Located just 40 miles south of Anchorage, the Alyeska Prince Hotel is Alaska's only Four Diamond hotel with more than 300 rooms and a variety of restaurants, distinctive shops, unique activities and 60-passenger Alyeska Tram. Open year-round.
Alyeska Accommodations: Nightly and weekly vacation rentals in Girdwood.
Girdwood B&B Association: Girdwood B&B accommodations listing.
Attractions
Begich, Boggs Visitor Center for Portage Glacier: This Visitor Center is built upon terminal moraine left behind by Portage Glacier in 1914. The Visitor Center offers a unique opportunity to learn about the Chugach National Forest, America's second largest national forest. Award-winning exhibits, educational presentations and information services are available.
Whitewater Rafting
Chugach Outdoor Center: Sixmile Creek is a whitewater paradise just 60 miles from Anchorage. Dropping over 50 feet per mile as it flows out of the Chugach Mountains, Sixmile Creek has cut its way through three separate canyons to offer exciting Class IV and V whitewater.
Nova River Runners: NOVA River Runners has offered Alaska river rafting trips since 1975. Scenic and whitewater day trips near Anchorage, Kenai and Matanuska Valley. Multi-day Alaskan wilderness raft adventures, fishing trips and glacier hikes are also available.