Team on the Bearing Sea

21 Day Ultimate Iditarod Race Adventure

Are you an Iditarod Fanatic? Do you want your tour to have the best of everything? If so this 5 Star tour is for you!

This amazing Iditarod experience includes lodging at the best hotels in Anchorage and Nome, plus four nights lodging in the finest accommodations along the trail: . Watch dog teams come through the McGrath checkpoint with many of them taking their 24 hour layover here. From McGrath we do a day trip to the Nikolai checkpoint. Nikolai is a wonderful place to experience a taste of life in a traditional Athabaskan Indian village. After heading to Nome we do separate day trips to the Unalakleet and White Mountain checkpoints. All of this topped off with a spectacular helicopter ride along the Iditarod trail to the Safety Checkpoint!

You won't find a more comprehensive Iditarod Race Tour than this one!

21 Day Iditarod Race Tour Package Highlights

  • Learn about dog mushing and ride the runners on a 6 mile trail at the Alaska Mushing School
  • Attend the Iditarod Mushers Drawing Banquet and Meet and Greet.
  • Opportunity to be an Iditarod team dog handler with VIP privileges.
  • Scenic drive along Turnagain Arm to the Alaska Wildlife Center
  • Visit Alyeska Ski Resort and take a tram ride up Mount Alyeska
  • Attend the Iditarod Race Starts in Anchorage and in Willow.
  • Visit to the Iditarod Museum in Wasilla
  • Visit the Anchorage Museum of History and Art
  • Scenic flight over the Alaska Range and Rainy Pass with views of Denali.
  • Sightseeing flight along the Iditarod trail to the Athabaskan village of Nikolai
  • Scenic flight along the coast of the Bering Sea to the village of White Mountain on the banks of the Fish River.
  • Scenic flight across Norton Sound from Nome to the Unalakleet Checkpoint.
  • Helicopter sightseeing excursion along the Iditarod Trail from Nome to the Safety Checkpoint.
  • Discover Nome Tour with Roam Nome
  • Five mile dog sled ride and mushing lesson in Nome .
  • Informative Nome Museum and Cultural Center Tour
  • Tickets to the Iditarod Finisher's Banquet
  • Standing at the historic burled arch as the winning musher crosses the finish line.
  • Lodging in the best hotels in Anchorage, McGrath and Nome
  • Meals at the best restaurants in Anchorage and Nome
  • Opportunity for Northern Lights viewing

Cost and Details:

Feb. 27 - March 18, 2024. $11,200 shared accommodation, single supplement $2600

Tour Includes : Group lunches and dinners in Anchorage, all lunches, dinners and continental breakfasts in McGrath, continental breakfast and dinners in Nome; twenty nights lodging; transportation in Anchorage to the listed activities; flights between Anchorage, McGrath and Nikolai; flights from Nome to White Mountain and Safety; admission tickets to all listed activities.

Tour does not included airfare between Anchorage and Nome, alcoholic beverages, gratuities for your guides or optional activities.

Trish Cox with musher Kert Perano
Five Time 21 Day Tour returning client Trish Cox with musher Curt Perano

" My first Iditarod experience was in 2012 and I chose Alaska Iditarod Tours as they offered the most comprehensive tour following the whole race from the start in Anchorage, visiting checkpoints along the trail and finishing in Nome. I was more than happy with my choice of tour company and the whole experience was one I will never forget. Rich Montagna has been involved with the Iditarod and mushing for many years and is very knowledgeable and interesting to talk to. I've found Richard is always prepared to go that extra mile to make sure his clients have the best experience. 2018 will be my 6th Iditarod and yes I will be joining Rich's Alaska Iditarod Tour for the sixth time and meeting up with a dozen or so other returning clients from various parts of the world, as well as catching up with friends that I have made in the villages and towns over the last five years."

Trish Cox, New South Wales, Australia.

 

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Willow restart

John Baker

Sled Dog looking at you

Resting Dog

John Baker Champion

On the trail to Nome

Lance winning on Front Street

 

Libby Harrop with 2020 Champion Thomas Waerner 5 time 21 Day Tour returning client Libby Harrop with 2020 Champion

"Experiencing the Iditarod, the Last Great Race, with Alaska Iditarod Tours is to be immersed in the race, the mushers, their dogs, the volunteers and the local villagers all along the trail. We had excellent lodgings, good meals, great transportation and amazing information from Richard. I am returning in March 2020 for the 5th time to do it all again with Richard and AIT!" Libby Harrop , New Zealand.