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Denali Flightseeing Add-On Option for Denali Park Bus Tours

If you're taking the Denali Park Bus Tour, into the park this add-on scenic flightseeing tour is a great alternative to taking the five-hour bus ride out of the park on the gravel park road. This flightseeing option will take you to the Denali National Park Visitor Center/Train Depot where shuttles are readily available to most Denali area hotels.

There are many Denali flightseeing tours but Kantishna Air offers the "Best of the Best". Kantishna Air begins its flights from the closest airport (Kantishna) to the highest mountain in North America. This means flightseeing tours from Kantishna will give you more time over glaciers and right up close to Denali than other Alaska flightseeing tours.

Denali Park is the Crown Jewel of the North with unparalleled beauty and grandeur. Unless you set off on a month long climbing expedition in Denali Park there is no other way to experience the amazing landscapes that are hidden from the view from the Denali Park road. Views from the train or bus can be awe inspiring but these sights only scratch the surface of what one can see from the air. Denali National Park and Preserve encompasses roughly half of the 300 plus mile Alaska Range. The tectonic plates uplift over 20,000 feet of granite rock from the neighboring tundra valleys creating the most dramatic view of any mountain on the planet.

The largest Mountain in North America, Denali, has a larger bulk and rise than Mount Everest. Although the summit of Everest is higher at 29,029 feet (8,848 m), it sits on the Tibetan Plateau at about 17,000 feet (5,200 m), giving it a real vertical rise of a little more than 12,000 feet (3,700 m). The base of Denali is roughly 2,000 feet (610 m), giving it an actual rise of 18,000 feet (5,500 m).

There are two flightseeing options available. One is a direct flight with a duration of 35 minutes to the Park entrance and the other flight is a 55 minute flightseeing trip that takes you to the North Face of Denali and over a number of the north side glaciers.

Tour Dates And Rates
June 4 - September 12

Each plus tax	Direct Flight		Denali Scenic Flight
2 Passengers:	$360		$420
3 Passengers:	$360		$360
4/5 Passengers:	$290		$290

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