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1. How many people will be in my tour?
Each tour has room for up to 14 people. Our small groups allow travelers tolearn their own new skills, meet challenges, and more closely interact first-hand with Alaska's wildlife and wilderness, conservation issues, peoples and northern lifestyles.
2. What level of physical challenges are involved in your tours?
Daily activities and excursions are easy to moderate, choices depending on abilities. Designed to allow individual interests with hands-on opportunities - no drive-along sightseeing - for wildlife viewing, nature walks, landscape photography, science centers, museums, a strong, interactive natural history interpretive theme through the eyes of real Alaskans that allows people to create their own personal connections to the real Alaska. No made-up stuff here.
3. How safe are your tours?
Safe wilderness travel - itself is great fun, but requires expertise and experience. For tour operators and individuals, planning is a daunting task when dealing with Alaska s enormous size, varied geography, complicated and expensive logistics and the time needed to move from one end of the state to another. After 40 years as a licensed guide, biologist and tour operator, I tie a tight knot in the task of moving people safely to and from remote locations by bush plane, Boeing jet, umiak, dog team, horseback, Ford van and on foot.
4. Where will we stay?
At days end are a fun, interesting and eclectic mix of lodges, cabins and inns. Some are elegant, some plain and simple, but all exude generous northern hospitality. The grub box is full, coffee and tea hot in a thermos and water bottles clear, cold and sparkling. The EMS plan and equipment, satellite phone and tool box - as they should be - are within easy reach.
5. Who are my tour guides?
Every group is lead by Dan Wetzel. Staff leaders are Alaska's senior wildlife experts, educators & wilderness guides.
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