Denali National Park Bus Tour

Denali National Park Bus Tour - only way you can see Denali is by bus or hiking.  The park has shuttle buses to take you into the interior and drop you off; or, you can take one of their tour buses.  We opted for the shuttle which gave us the opportunity to get off the bus if we wanted.  It was about 6-7 hours as it was, so we just stayed on the bus.  I got real excited when our first sighting of wildlife was 2 brown bear chasing 4 caribou down the mountainside.  It was from pretty far away, but you could certainly tell what was going on.  That was actually the highlight of wildlife viewing and it happened in the first 30 min.  The scenery was beautiful, and breathtaking at times.  We did see the Dall sheep atop the mountainside, two moose, 2 more grizzly bear from a distance and a number of caribou.  Their was a carcass of a caribou which the wolves had taken down and had taken meat back to their dens.  Meanwhile magpies were helping themselves.  However, it was difficult to get photos because the wildlife was so far away.  We actually had better wildlife viewings on our trip thru Canada.  But our Alaska journey has only begun...  Marv tells me this was his 5th trip thru Denali and he has always seen more wildlife around Anchorage.  It was beautiful though and I would highly recommend the tour.  Again, what a way to spend a Sunday...in awe of all of creation.    Linda

                                 

Had to clean the bus window myself to get a better view.