Is this your Alaska vacation adventure?
Paddling around a rugged Prince William Sound island, you slip your kayak into a secluded cove and admire sea otters play in the kelp.
The next day, you raft down a Class IV white-water creek or the milder, blue-green Kenai River.
And at night? A dinner of fresh salmon at your riverside lodge.
These environmentally conscious "soft adventures" are good for mixed-age groups, singles who want to test themselves and couples who just want to sample the best of the Alaska. Tour operators offer Alaska trip brochures and money-saving travel packages, and Alaska reservations can be made online.
Custom-made trips can be arranged for travelers who have an idea of what they want to do and want activity experts to arrange it for them.
Side trips can be arranged to accommodate your dreams.
See Kodiak brown bears? Add it on. Arrange a birding trip to look for migratory waterfowl on the tundra? Do it. Cross the Arctic Circle? Yes, and arrange for a raft trip down a remote river, too.
A number of tour companies -- owned and operated by long-time Alaskans -- can arrange these adventures as add-ons to a cruise or for travelers who come to Alaska independently.
