Denali Fat Truck Tours
We get you out there in safety, and comfort, Alaskan style!
Overview
Offered October 1st - April 30
Let us be your Full-day adventure guides and drivers from Fairbanks to Denali National Park and back again in safe, comfortable vehicles, knowledgeable Alaskan guides, and unique places for an extraordinary experience of a lifetime.
Duration: Approximately 10 Hours
Meeting point: Shuttle pickup from Fairbanks hotels, local B&Bs, or Fairbanks International Airport
Cancellation Policy: Full Refunds if canceled more than 24 hours before tour start time (No refunds for no-shows)
Age: 100 and under
Group size: Maximum 12 people
We also excitedly offer our Commercial Drone Pilot skills for wildlife spotting, photography, and video sharing of this unique adventure with your friends and family (weather permitting). See examples in our web gallery
Note: This tour includes the 3 Hour SHERP Excursion.
Your Adventure Itinerary:
8:00AM-9:00AM Pickup at your Fairbanks, Alaska Hotels
9:00AM-11:00AM We drive you south to the Alaska Range with views of Denali (Weather Dependent) and take you to Denali National Park.
11:00AM-12:00PM Denali National Park Visitor's Center, get your National Park Passport book stamped, take your photo in front of the sign, and meet the Park Rangers. (National Park entrance fee included if not a pass holder)
12:00PM-1:00PM Lunch in Healy, AK. (Totem/Rose's/Alaska Coffee Bean estimate $15-$25pp)
1:00PM-3:30PM Off Road Denali Fat Truck Tour:
This is the most popular and safest tour to comfortably get you off road and into the real Alaska. Heated and Enclosed Search & Rescue SHERP vehicle. This tour takes you up an old mining trail to the “upper lookout” where you will see vista views and learn about the geology and history of the area. You then proceed to Dry Creek and the Frozen Palisades where rock cliffs seem to defy gravity. Your tour will end at Otto Lake where in the shoulder seasons you will experience the amphibious capabilities of the Fat Truck floating in the Lake. In the Winter, you will experience traveling over the ice covered lake.
3:30PM-4:30PM Drive north to Nenana, Alaska.
4:30PM-5:00PM Visit Coghills Store/Trading Post. A 100 year old Trading Post in the Village of Nenana.
5:00PM-6:00PM Return to Fairbanks where we will return you to your hotel, airport, or the restaurant of your choice.
Plan on returning to hotels and airport between 6:00PM and 7:00PM.
If you are Flying out of Alaska later in the evening, please do not schedule flights departing before 9:00PM.
What to Bring?
Weather appropriate clothes and shoes/winter boots!
Camera
Water bottle
National Park Passports (if you have one ;)
Yes we have room for your luggage if you are transferring hotels or flying out later after your tour, please let us know if you will have luggage with you during your tour.