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<![CDATA[Adventure Holidays Alaska I Canada I USA - Blog]]>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 02:49:26 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Unveiling the Best Tours of Alaska: Explore the Untamed Beauty of the Last Frontier]]>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:47:25 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/unveiling-the-best-tours-of-alaska-explore-the-untamed-beauty-of-the-last-frontierAlaska, the Last Frontier, is a land of breathtaking landscapes, untamed wilderness, and awe-inspiring natural wonders. For adventure enthusiasts and nature lovers, Alaska offers a plethora of opportunities to embark on unforgettable journeys. We will delve into the world of Alaska adventure travel and explore the best tours and guided trips that will allow you to immerse yourself in the wonders of this remarkable destination.

When it comes to experiencing the true essence of Alaska and wanting to have a piece of mind, guided tours are the way to go. With our expertise at Infinite Adventures and passion for the Alaskan wilderness, we offer a range of carefully crafted itineraries that cater to different interests and preferences.

Alaska Guided Trips: Infinite Adventures specializes in providing guided trips that ensure you make the most of your time in Alaska. Our knowledgeable guides are well-versed in the region's history, wildlife, and geography, offering valuable insights throughout your journey. Whether you're a seasoned adventurer or a first-time visitor, their guided trips are designed to cater to all skill levels and interests.

Best Alaska Camping Tours

If you're seeking an adrenaline rush and a chance to explore Alaska's rugged terrain, Infinite Adventures' Alaska adventure tours are perfect for you. From thrilling hikes through pristine national parks to exhilarating glacier treks, their tours offer a wide range of activities that showcase the best of Alaska's natural wonders. Prepare to be amazed by towering mountains, sparkling glaciers, and abundant wildlife. Check out our 9-Day Kenai Adventure, 12-Day Denali Expedition and 20-Day Alaska Salmon Run multi-day tour options.

Best Alaska Lodging Trip

Infinite Adventures understands that every traveler has unique preferences and interests. We are thrilled to introduce our newest offering, the 13-Day Alaska Highlights Lodging Tour. This immersive journey is designed to showcase the untamed beauty and awe-inspiring landscapes of Alaska, allowing you to create memories that will last a lifetime.
Alaskan Highlights Tour
Our Alaskan Highlights Tour takes you on a captivating adventure through some of the most breathtaking destinations in the Last Frontier. From towering glaciers to pristine national parks, this tour offers a comprehensive exploration of Alaska's natural wonders. Throughout the tour, you will be accommodated in carefully selected lodges and hotels that offer both comfort and proximity to the natural wonders of Alaska. Rest assured, our accommodations have been chosen to provide a relaxing and rejuvenating experience after each day's adventures. With our attention to detail and commitment to customer satisfaction, you can rest assured that your Alaska adventure will be nothing short of extraordinary.

Alaska Guided Trips are waiting for you

Alaska's untamed beauty and vast wilderness beckon adventurers from around the world. With the expertise of Infinite Adventures, you can embark on the best tours of Alaska, indulge in thrilling adventures, and create memories that will last a lifetime. Whether you're a nature enthusiast, a wildlife lover, or simply seeking an escape from the ordinary, Alaska's adventure tours offer an unparalleled experience. So, pack your bags, embrace the spirit of adventure, and get ready to explore the wonders of the Last Frontier with Infinite Adventures.

]]><![CDATA[Covid-19 Information 2022]]>Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:00:00 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/covid-19-information-2021 UPDATED January 2024:
***as of 2024 we do not have a Covid Policy as such. We are still closely monitoring CDC recommendations and taking care of hygiene during our trips. We still highly recommend wearing a mask on your flight coming to Anchorage as we experienced that this is where most of our clients get sick from.***

At Infinite Adventures, we are closely monitoring government policy changes, Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, government mandates, and public health advancements and will continue to make changes as deemed necessary and appropriate to our protocols and procedures. Therefore, the information contained hereafter is subject to change at any time. Compliance with all posted Infinite Adventures policies and protocols will be required to participate in a tour and applies to all guests.

Please try your best and wear a mask around other people (especially while traveling) prior to our trip, especially on the plane. Take every precaution possible, so you don't get sick on the trip. We advise you to get travel insurance in case you have to quarantine or have to leave the trip early if you get sick. We also do not recommend to travel with preexisting conditions that might put you at higher risk to get severely sick from Covid.

Guest Health: The health and safety of all participants is our number one priority. We highly recommend travelers being vaccinated. Our tour leaders are vaccinated. Guests who are exhibiting any of the symptoms of COVID-19 while on tour are instructed to immediately notify their tour guide.

Physical Distancing: Guests will be advised to practice physical distancing by standing at least six feet away from other groups of people outside of our tour or/and wearing a mask in public. If guests aren’t vaccinated (and aren't from the same househould), they will have to buy a single supplement to have their own tent during the entire trip.

Camping Equipment: All camping equipment will be cleaned before the tour. Guests will be assigned the same camping equipment for the duration of the tour.

Bus Our bus will be sanitized before the tour. In addition, all community spaces on the tour vehicle will be additionally sanitized by the tour guide before the tour begins and during the tour whenever possible.

Face Masks: It is recommended to bring your own hand sanitizer and face covering, and it is recommended to wear your face covering while in public (such as grocery stores, indoor spaces like visitor centers, etc). Additionally, National Parks may require face coverings at all times. We will inform you during the trip when/if it is mandatory to wear a mask.

Hand Sanitizer: Hand sanitizer will be readily available and free for guests to use throughout their tour like it always has been.

Accommodations: All hostels and campgrounds used by Infinite Adventures are following sanitation protocols and procedures. Please email us for information on how to access each facility’s procedures.

Meals: We will still provide most of our meals on/from the bus. As always, we will pay attention that while preparing and serving meals, hands and surfaces will be frequently sanitized. If/when eating out in restaurants we will encourage outdoor dining or at least staying far apart from other groups.

Activities during the tour: If/When you venture out for included or optional activities it goes without saying that you will have to adhere to all Covid-19 policies of the supplier.

Covid Testing/Getting sick with Covid:
If you become sick during your trip, we might ask you do perform a rapid antigen test. If you test positive with Covid you will have to isolate as best as you can (wear a mask around other people and move into a single tent) If possible, we will advise you to leave the trip early at your own expenses. Note that leaving the trip might not be possible before we get to a town with hotels/decent transportation. We travel through some remote locations. Whether the rest of the group can continue on the trip will be managed on a case by case basis. Our goal is to keep the trip going wherever possible unless we are required to end the trip in line with local regulations.]]><![CDATA[COVID-19 Information]]>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:06:37 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/covid-19-informationUPDATE SPRING 2021: COVID 19 INFORMATION

UPDATE FALL 2020:
Our 2021 trips and dates are currently online and until March 1st, we are offering flexible booking conditions. This means, you will be able to postpone or cancel your trip without incurring any costs, if necessary. We also are looking into the option of carrying rapid Covid tests on board to be able to test anyone within 15 minutes for a peace of mind. In general, we hope vaccination is well under way by June 2021 along with easy access to Covid testing prior to your travels. And, as always, we will adhere to our quality hygiene practices for dish washing, hand sanitizing, and keeping the bus/equipment clean.

There are many advantages of having small group tours, and in these days of Covid-19, that is more important than ever keeping our staff and clients healthy to have the most enjoyable experience in Alaska.

If you have any questions, you know where to find us. We look forward to hearing from you and hope to travel (for many of you, again!) together very soon.

UPDATE June 3rd 2020:
Hello fellow travelers,

It is with great disappointment and thorough consideration that we will be canceling the full season for Infinite Adventures. We have deliberated over the past few months how we can effectively limit exposure and spread while traveling on our trips. Although things are opening back up, we feel that the style of our small group adventures with group hiking, Kenai wildlife cruises, Denali shuttle buses, a multitude of public spaces and cooking/eating as a group creates a difficult atmosphere to prevent exposure and potential spreading within our groups. A typical trip has its stressors and spreading of even the most common of colds, which we can easily work through. The coronavirus creates a whole new challenge with no known treatment or vaccine to help us while we are in the wilds of Alaska.

Although this will hurt Infinite Adventures financially, we feel that the safety of ourselves and our fellow travelers is of the utmost importance. We would rather take this year to gather more data and learn better preventative measures to come back next season with a more definitive understanding of how we can most safely run our adventures. Running these adventures for our fellow travelers is such a gratifying and enjoyable experience, we don’t want to taint that experience with face masks, temperature checks, paper plates, plastic cutlery, and 72-hour test or 14-day quarantine.

If you are willing to travel with us in 2021, we will move your deposit to the date of your choice. Please be aware, there will be an increase in our 2021 prices. If you choose to cancel your 2020 trip and not rebook with us, we will honor a 100% refund.

We apologize for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause you all, as we are itching to be adventuring again as soon as possible too. We are an international company who has to look at all the policies of each country, state and county we get our fellow travelers from. We thank you for choosing us as your supplier for your Alaskan adventure and we hope you will choose us again in 2021.

Don’t hesitate to send us questions.

Good health to you, your families, and friends.
Natalie & Dave

UPDATE May 2nd 2020:
We have been debating daily whether it is safe and feasible to run ours trip over the past weeks. Obviously, we would love to meet you and have the opportunity to show our guests the beauty of Alaska, but we want everyone to be safe.

Today, we finally made the difficult decision to cancel the departure dates of June 27th (Salmon Run & Kenai Adventures) and July 5th (Denali Expedition). We understand that our guests are disappointed as we are to cancel these trips in addition to our earlier dates. With borders still being shut, the lack of information when/if international travel will actually be possible, Alaska having a mandatory 2 week quarantine and no medication available to successfully treat COVID-19, we believe it will be too difficult to run the trip while keeping everyone in good health. With the departures dates less than two months away, we also understand that our guests need to plan ahead - and unfortunately with the current data base/information out there we cannot guarantee to run the tour. Especially as this is a group tour with international travelers sharing a confined space, preparing meals together and so forth.

We have contacted all our guests with the option of either to reschedule for a later trip in the season or 2021 or receive a full refund.

Message from April 2nd 2020:
Hello Fellow Travelers,
As we all are experiencing the difficulties of this COVID-19 outbreak, we have decided to cancel this season's Lodging Tours along with the June 6th departure date of the Salmon Run Adventure. We are still hopeful that our July and August trips will run, but we are closely monitoring the situation in the best interest of our friends, families, and fellow travelers.
It is quite disheartening to think that the adventures we provide allowing our fellow travelers to experience the wilds of Alaska while disconnecting from the chaos of our everyday lives won't be running this season.
Please stay positive and focus on your health (mental and physical) while we are confined to our homes.
All the best,
Natalie, Dave and Tayo

]]><![CDATA[Our 20-Day Trip won the "Tour of the Year Award"]]>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:27:52 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/our-20-day-trip-won-the-tour-of-the-year-award

View the 20-Day Tour now

We won the "Tour of the Year Award" with tourradar! We are very grateful for all your positive reviews that help us win. Thanks so much and hopefully we will all see you again on any of our other tours/trips around the world. Have a wonderful Christmas season or just a peaceful end of the year - or both! Love from Nat and Dave

]]><![CDATA[Launching a new lodging tour in Alaska!]]>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:18:05 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/launching-a-new-lodging-tour-in-alaska

After running camping trips for seven years in Alaska we decided to add a new product to our trips: a lodging tour! Why? Because we love to invite travellers that aren't comfortable with sleeping on the ground but still want to have an overland/outdoor adventure. Also we will be running those trips in the very beginning and end of the Alaska season - so nights will be most likely pretty chilly - so why not sleep in a comfortable bed? Early Season also means quite a few good chances to see baby animals and the end of the season gives you the chance to see the Northern Lights. Find out more what we included in this adventure-filled 10-Day Tour!

Visit Exit Glacier to experience the fast receding hanging glacier along with a Dog Sled Tour with 3-time Iditarod winner Mitch Seavey.
Go on a Wildlife Cruise and have a great chance to see whales and calving glaciers.
Alyeska Tram ride up to the top of Mount Alyeska over-looking the Turnagain Arm and viewing up to 7 hanging glaciers. Enjoy dinner at the AAA Four Diamond award winning mountaintop luxury restaurant.
Ride on the famous Alaskan Railroad along the Turnagain Arm and through the Chugach Mountains to end up at Resurrection Bay.
Drive into the Wilderness: The Eielsen shuttle bus will take you far into the park with possible sightings of grizzly, moose, caribou, wolf and views of Mount Denali.

Interested? Excited? Find out more about our 10-Day Alaska Highlights Lodging Tour.

]]><![CDATA[Best Animal Sightings in Alaska and Canada - 2017]]>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 22:39:52 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/best-animal-sightings-in-alaska-and-canada-2017Here are our favorite animal sightings for our 2017 Alaska/Canada season. If you have traveled with us and you feel you have better pictures or we forgot anything please email us and we will post them here! We always look for the perfect picture and even I (Nat) never get tired of taking pictures of bears, moose, sea otters and whales. Every month and every moment offers different opportunities. There isn't really a time where you have the best chances. Usually it's being at the right place at the right time. We do feel however that spring is especially great for black bear sightings in Canada traveling in British Columbia and the Yukon. This season we saw about 35 black bears in the matter of few days! So come and join us next May on our Calgary to Anchorage trip!

Best Black Bear Sighting - Canada

Baby Black Bear seen on the Cassiar Highway in British Columbia in May 2017

Best Sea Otter Sighting - Homer, Alaska

The Sea Otter was sleeping about 2 meters from the shore line. Then he woke up and started cleaning himself - adorable!

Best Mountain Goat Sighting - Exit Glacier Hike in Seward

We had about 15 Mountain Goats around us - just a few meters away - hiking up to the Harding Icefield

Best Grizzly Bear Sighting - Yellowstone National Park

The two cubs were adorable playing with each other!

Now it's your turn! Send us your best animal picture traveling with us! There are plenty of spots left for: moose, caribou, squirrel, whales, wolves, coyotes and so much more!

]]><![CDATA[Best Camping Spots in Alaska]]>Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:53:27 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/best-camping-spots-in-alaska

Alaska is big. Alaska is bigger than Texas, California and Montana combined! So it is hard to talk about the best camping spots in Alaska as there are many of them. However most of Alaska has no infrastructure and to most places you only get by plane. I am talking about my favorite spots to camp in Alaska that can be reached by car or in our converted school bus. Some of them can only be reached on very bumpy dirt roads - something to think about when renting RVs or cars.
We love those remote places and if the road is too bumpy we just go slow - more time to enjoy the amazing scenery and even better: More time to spot animals! Here are my favorite spots to camp in Alaska:

Camping at the beach in Alaska

Camping at the beach in Alaska gets you not only the sounds of waves to fall asleep to. It usually gives you stunning mountain views as well. It doesn't matter if you camp right along the shore of Resurrection Bay in Seward or at Homer Spit with a view across Katchemak Bay: it is simply breath taking!

Camping along the Denali Highway

Along most roads in Alaska you are not allowed to bush camp or pull over in your RV for camping. The Denali Highway is different: bush camping is allowed and you can get a real feel of wilderness. Note that the Denali Highway is a dirt road and can be pretty rough to drive on. We usually see a few cars pulled over with flat tires during the season. I recommend to go camping in June or July as mid/late of August is hunting season and the usually remote road gets pretty busy! You can read more about Denali Highway Camping here.

Camping in Wrangell St Elias National Park

It's again another 60 miles of dirt road to get to McCarthy in Wrangell St Elias National Park. But the end of the road campsite with views on Root Glacier is worth the effort! Stay three or four days - there is plenty to do around the area and you won't regret having some casual days sitting around the fire enjoying the glaciers and mountains surrounding you.

My favorite camping spot in Alaska: Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Camping and Dinner with view on Root Glacier

]]><![CDATA[Visa for Canada - NEW: electonic travel authorization needed!]]>Sat, 24 Oct 2015 21:32:43 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/visa-for-canada-new-electonic-travel-authorization-needed

Traveling in Canada with us next year? Please note that Canada has changed immigration rules. Most nationalities will need an electonic travel authorization starting 15th of March 2016 when traveling by air. If you travel by land or sea, you will not need an eTA when you enter Canada. However you will need a proper identification. US citizens are exempt from eTA.

So if you are starting your trip in Calgary with us and flying into any of the Canadian airports, you will most likely need to apply for an eTA beforehand. Click on "Read More" to find out more details.

You can find more about the eTA on the following website. Please note that immigration rules can change any time and it is your own responsibility to obtain the right visa to enter any of the countries we visit. But if you are unsure or need any help, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Did you know we are running an early bird special on our Canada Gold Rush Trail Adventure? If you book by December 1st, 2015 you will get $150 USD off per person.
If you’re looking to travel back in time, where wilderness is king, look no further than our trip through Western Canada, British Columbia and the Yukon all the way up to Alaska in spring or autumn. Animals, glaciers, and varying cultures that have been thriving for hundreds of thousands in this unforgiving land will captivate and inspire the most avid of traveler. On the roads we’ll be traveling, you’re more likely to see bears, moose, and caribou over seeing another traveler.
Check out the detailed itinerary and what's included here.

]]><![CDATA[The Northern Lights in Alaska visible in August!]]>Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:30:43 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/the-northern-lights-in-alaska-visible-in-august

The Northern Lights in August - Alaska 2015

The Northern Lights are something which is on many people's bucketlist. Usually it means you have to plan for a winter holiday as this is your best bet to really see those magical lights dancing across the sky. But: You can be lucky: Lucky like us this summer up in Alaska. For three nights in a row we were able to see the aurora borealis on Alaska's night sky.
Camping in Alaska's largest National Park means there won't be too much disturbing light from cities or towns and with a aurora forecast between 4 and 5 (on a scale between 0 and 9) we thought it was worth a try setting up a Northern Lights Night Watch Schedule... (all photo credits to Keith M)

Northern Lights with the big dipper in Alaska

As we were 18 people in total, it meant that everybody only had to wake up once at night and scan the night sky for aurora activity. If there was something to see, these guys would wake up the other tents.
Dave's and my turn was at 1.30 am in the morning. When we first glanced at the sky, we didn't see much. First, I actually thought I saw just some bright, white clouds. Then we realised that those "clouds" were moving pretty fast across the sky... those were the Northern Lights!

Group Picture in front of the Northern Lights

Soon, we both stumbled through the dark night (not so sure what I would have done if I had come across a black bear) to wake everybody up. In all fairness: with your naked eye the lights were mostly white with some hints of green and purple. But with any half decent camera (you will need to expose for at least a few seconds with high ISO) we were able to get some fantastic shots - and thanks to Keith (a professional photografer on our trip) we even got a group shot of some of us in front of the Northern Lights. What an epic night and a great way to end our season in Alaska!

]]><![CDATA[Overlanding North America: Las Vegas to Anchorage]]>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:54:22 GMThttp://infiniteadv.com/blog/pictures-from-58-days-overlanding-northamerica-las-vegas-to-anchorage

Overlanding North America: some impressions between Las Vegas and Anchorage. Join us!

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