Alaska - Ketchikan - Misty Fjords
Tijdens onze Alaska Cruise hebben we vanuit Ketchikan (de eerste aanleghaven na het vertrek vanuit Vancouver) een watervliegtuig excursie gemaakt naar het Misty Fjords Nationaal Monument.
De 2 uur durende trip was adembenemend mooi. We vlogen eerst boven de Inside Passage om evrvolgens de achterliggende (grotendeels onbewoonde) bergen in te trekken.
Als kers op de taart landde ons watervliegtuig naast een cruiship in een kleine diep ingesneden fjord.
Besneeuwde bergen, watervallen, gletsjers, binnenmeren enz - het ne al mooier dan het andere.
Als u ooit op Alaska cruise zou gaan is dit een dikke aanrader.
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While cruising the Inside Passage in Alaska we made a landing in Ketchikan, Alaska.
We booked the Misty Fjords National Monument Flightseeing Tour, a 2 hour trip with a foatplane.
We enjoyed it a lot.
For everybody going on an Alaska cruise we encourage doing this trip if the weather is nice. You will not regret it.
The water landing on an inner lake (with a cruise ship next to us) was very spectacular !
This is what Royal Caribbean (the company we cruised with) is telling their clients on this tour :
Discover the depths of the remote two million acre Misty Fjords National
Monument by seaplane. Land on a mountain lake or saltwater fjord and absorb the
silence and scenery. Approximate 65 min. flight and 10 min. water landing.
Experience a landscape slowly crafted by nature over tens of thousands of years and by forces so great that only nature could create such handiwork. Once buried under a solid layer of thick glacial ice, the Misty Fjords National Monument is now home to some of the most dramatic scenery in Alaska. Sheer granite cliffs, plunging 1,000-foot waterfalls, river valleys, and crystalline lakes surrounded by untouched forests are sights waiting to be seen.
The only way to discover the depths of this remote two million acre wilderness is by floatplane. Travel is aboard a fleet of DeHavilland and Cessna aircraft. Specially equipped aircraft offer all the amenities to make your trip a memorable experience, including digital CD audio systems and individual passenger headsets to listen to your pilot's narration and complementing music. During your tour you will land on a remote mountain lake or saltwater fjord where you may absorb the silence, serenity and monumental beauty that surrounds you. A descriptive route guide helps identify landmarks and scenic highlights and serves as a memento of the trip.
Participants are advised to wear shoes with non-skid soles. Please contact the shore excursion desk if you weigh more than 275 pounds. Approximately 65 minutes flight time and 10 minute water landing. This tour operates under a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.
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