Dine in a nearby lakeside or mountain top restaurant. Day 2 Awaken at your leisure. Enjoy a complimentary continental welcome breakfast within your own personal cottage or chalet. Today's trip takes a scenic drive rich with color, along the Matanuska River, through canyons and mountains vistas to the river's point of origin. Day 3 Discover Hatcher Pass, one of the few mountain passes in Alaska you can drive over, with views of tundra landscape and mountain lakes of undescribable scenic beauty.
Autumn colors are rich in the tundra vegetation.
Explore and tour the historical Independence Gold Mine. Day 4 Wild game farms provide a safer and higher likely opportunity to view Alaska's wildlife. See and learn about the Musk Ox. Day 5 Discover area museums, and the Iditarod Trails Headquarters. Explore colonial history through exhibits of early settler memorabilia.