Kantishna Wilderness Trails, Denali National Park

One of the few ways to see wildlife in nature. Lunch stop at Kantishna Roadhouse was great with fun activities of gold panning and dog team presentation. A lot better than the park tour buses.

I think this is one of the few places in North America that you can see wildlife in their habitat. It is almost a 100 mile trip one way in and out, a long day but well worth it to have an opportunity to see scenery and wildlife like this. The two hour lunch stop at Kantishna Roadhouse really helps break it up with either gold panning or dog demo. We chose the dog team demo. It was great with great stories by Emmitt Peter Jr., son of Emmitt Peter Sr. one of Alaska's most famous dog mushers. We even got to see him take the dogs on a training run. The trip is a real taste of Alaskan adventure.