Alaska Iditarod Tour 2025 | Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Experience the thrill of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska! Our exhilarating vacation packages immerse you in the heart of the Iditarod experience, starting with the ceremonial race kick-off on Anchorage's 4th Avenue, followed by a guided excursion to the official race restart in Willow. Visit the kennel of an Iditarod veteran, where you'll enjoy an Iditarod presentation, a tour of the kennel, and a thrilling sled dog ride. Don't miss our flightseeing day trips to the Rainy Pass checkpoint in the breathtaking Alaska Range and the indigenous village of Nikolai. Select the package that best fits the adventurous spirit of a true Iditarod enthusiast.

Experience the Iditarod Race Start on Anchorage's 4th Avenue and the Restart in Willow. This tour includes the Musher's Banquet Tickets, the Ceremonial Race Start in Anchorage and the Iditarod Restart in Willow. Customize your preferred Iditarod program around the flexible tour package with many options: Visit to a sled dog kennel and enjoy an exhilarating sled dog ride, go snowmobiling at Hatcher Pass, ski for a day at the Alyeska Resort  - Alaska's largest ski area, or choose from various fly-out options to remote Iditarod race checkpoints around famous Rainy Pass, Finger Lakes or Nikolai with overnights in wilderness lodges within the Alaska Range foothills. Alternatively take a trip to Nome on the shores of the Bering Sea to observe the action when the first Iditarod Musher arrives after an exhilarating trip of 1100 Miles.

Join us and experience the Iditarod Sled Dog Race up close ! This adventurous and yet affordable Iditarod "Chase the Race" package includes the Iditarod ceremonial race start on Anchorage's 4th Avenue and the Iditarod race restart in Willow. You have the option to visit a the sled dog kennel an enjoy an exhilarating sled dog ride. Another highlight of the tour is the fly-out to Rainy Pass checkpoint within the magnificent Alaska Range. Spend the day observing the sled dog teams and race action. You may extend your Iditarod Race experience and choose an additional fly-out trip to Nikolai checkpoint, a traditional Athabaskan Indian village. 

This eight-day Iditarod tour package covers the highly active Iditarod ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, the restart activities in Willow and two extremely scenic checkpoint flights to Nikolai and Rainy Pass - within the magnificent Alaska Mountain Range. Our tour services include: overnights in centrally located superior or first-class hotels, Mushers Banquet Ticket, Anchorage city sightseeing tour and of course the two exciting checkpoint fly-outs to Rainy Pass and Nikolai. This is the perfect itinerary for our independent and active travelers who strive to experience some highlights of the Last Great Race on Earth for the first time. Join us and get an unforgettable insight view and first hand race information from the toughest sled dog race.

This tour combines the Highlights of the Iditarod Race, a scenic trip with the Alaska Railroad to Fairbanks and Northern Lights viewing. Witness the highly active Iditarod ceremonial race start in downtown Anchorage, the restart activities in Willow and the extremely scenic checkpoint flight to Rainy Pass within the magnificent Alaska Mountain Range. Travel on board the famous Alaska Railroad via the snow covered Alaska Mountain Range to Fairbanks. Chena Hot Springs Resort provides some of Alaska's most perfect and almost 100 % guaranteed Northern Lights viewing in a remote wilderness setting just below the Arctic Circle.

This Iditarod tour package is similar to our ID-04 tour - except that it starts in Fairbanks and ends in Anchorage. Enjoy Northern Lights viewing at Chena Hot Springs Resort, Alaska. The resort offers some of Alaska's most perfect and almost guaranteed Northern Lights viewing in a remote wilderness just below the Arctic Circle. Travel aboard the famous Alaska Railroad toward the magnificent snow-capped Alaska Mountain Range from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Now it's all about the Iditarod! Enjoy the highlights of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race and experience the ceremonial Iditarod start in downtown Anchorage, the restart activities in Willow, the musher banquet and the scenic flight to Rainy Pass in the magnificent Alaska Mountain Range.

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This 7-day program provides always the best and up-to-date race action - guaranteed. Just fly to Nome and leave the rest of the logistic to us. We continuously monitor and gather information about the ongoing race to find out were the top mushers currently are. According to the information you'll fly you out to a particular checkpoint with a lot of race action and do not waste your valuable vacation time on a checkpoint with no race activities at all. During the winter of 1925 a diphtheria epidemic raged among Inuit in the Nome area. Fierce territory wide blizzard conditions prevented delivery of a life-saving serum by airplane from Anchorage. A relay of dog teams was organized to deliver the serum.