Anchorage, Alaska


Land of the Midnight Sun

Moose, glaciers, grizzlies, and rushing rivers: spend a wild week in America’s easternmost and westernmost state

  • Day One

    Stare out the car window at the mountains on the way to your group welcome dinner

  • Day Two

    Share chili around a roaring fire with new friends before camping in a yurt 

  • Day Three

    Strap on your crampons and hike up Matanuska Glacier

  • Day Four

    Try to stay up for all 19 hours of daylight on the Summer Solstice

  • Day Five

    Bike on the Coastal Trail with your host family 

  • Day Six

    Meet bears face-to-face at a conservation center

There were so many different kinds of animals you would never see in the Midwest. We saw bears and moose in the wild!
— —Owen (Lawrence, Kansas → Anchorage, Alaska)
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