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Visitors Guide

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Video and Photo Tour

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Local Alaskans

Summer months bring longer days, warmer temperatures and visiting friends and family!  Stop by the Mat-Su Visitors Center to pick up a Mat-Su Valley guide, maps a few other helpful resources to get some ideas of what to do and where to take your guests.  You can also request a visitor guide be sent directly to your soon-to-arrive company and let them start planning before they arrive.

Music, festivals and farmers markets are sure to be crowd pleasers.  Check out the local schedule for dates and times.

Looking for blueberry picking hot spots?  Well, the best spots are still guarded secrets, but popular areas in the Mat-Su Valley include Hatcher Pass, Denali State Park and along the Glenn Highway near Eureka.  If you find any great picking places, we'd love to hear about them! Email us at tammy@alaskavisit.com.

 

Special Offers

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05/04/2010 – 09/15/2010

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Stay two nights at one of five Princess Lodges in Alaska and you'll save 25%. Select dates only - June 3-Aug. 31 at Copper River Princess, May 19-Sept. 15 at McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge, May 19-Sept. 15 at Denali Princess Lodge, and May 15-Sept. 15 at Fairbanks Princess Lodge. Standard room, double occupancy, based on availability, hotel taxes additional. Not valid with any other offer.

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05/29/2010 – 09/30/2010

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That's right: 50% off your second consecutive night! No small print, no season restrictions. Call us and mention this ad when making reservations. Subject to availability.

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Get $4.00 OFF your Second Day of Parking when you prepay for your boat launch and at least 2 days of parking. Boat launch and first day of parking costs $25 plus each additional day of parking is $8.00 regularly. This coupon is not redeemable for cash and can only be applied in the when the office is open. Additional days of parking (3 days or more) will be charged at the established $8.00 rate.

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08/20/2010 – 09/13/2010

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Answering the call of the wild has never been more affordable!>P< At $79 a night, you and your whole pack can experience Denali. Make tracks to www.DenaliAlaska.com to book your Grande Denali Lodge reservation today.Reservations must be made online at www.DenaliAlaska.com or by calling the hotel front desk at (907) 683-5100. Valid for new reservations through Monday, September 13, 2010. Valid for standard room, double occupancy, based on availability. Not valid with any other promotions or discounts, subject to restrictions. Sorry, not valid for cabin rental.

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07/08/2010 – 09/15/2010

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buy 5 tickets and get one free.Take a guided walking tour of the Independence Mine in beautiful Hatcher Pass, visit Historical Transportation Museum, Dorothy Paige museum, and your tour guide will play you a tune on his spoons. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Evangelos, continue your tour, and on to the Palmer Museum with history of the Colonists. We'll visit the Reindeer farm where Rudolph lives. You can feed and pet them and take as many pictures as you want.

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Stay at Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge and enjoy commanding views of Mt. McKinley and the Alaska Range. Right now when you reserve a night in one of our fabulous Mountainview Rooms you'll receive a second night for only $99 during select dates in July! Three different date ranges are available below. Book your reservation online now and take advantage of special savings!

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The HOMESTEAD RV PARK 4643 S. GLENN HWY, PALMER, AK 99645 907-745-6005, 1-800-478-3570 20% OFF ONE NIGHT STAY Not redeemable with any other offer or discount. Limit one coupon per stay. Must be redeemed at the time of registration.

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Answering the call of the wild has never been more affordable!>P< At $79 a night, you and your whole pack can experience Denali. Make tracks to www.DenaliAlaska.com to book your Denali Bluffs Hotel reservation today.Reservations must be made online at www.DenaliAlaska.com or by calling the hotel front desk at (907) 683-7000. Valid for new reservations through Thursday, September 9, 2010. Valid for standard room, double occupancy, based on availability. Not valid with any other promotions or discounts, subject to restrictions.

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The HOMESTEAD RV PARK 4643 S. GLENN HWY, PALMER, AK 99645 907-745-6005, 1-800-478-3570 20% OFF ONE NIGHT STAY Not redeemable with any other offer or discount. Limit one coupon per stay. Must be redeemed at the time of registration.

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Stay at Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge and enjoy commanding views of Mt. McKinley and the Alaska Range. Right now when you reserve a night in one of our fabulous Mountainview Rooms you'll receive a second night for only $99 during select dates in July! Three different date ranges are available below. Book your reservation online now and take advantage of special savings!

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Video Photo Tour

Video Photo Tour

Click here to launch the Mat-Su Valley Video Photo Tour. More Info

Great outdoors

Great outdoors

Discover more about boating, rafting, fishing, flightseeing and how to get into the backcountry of… More Info

Dining in Mat-su?

Dining in Mat-su?

Fine dining to cafes and everything in between. Don't be surprised if your portions are Alaska-sized.… More Info

glaciers

glaciers

You can see a glacier just about anywhere in Alaska. But in the Mat-Su Valley, you can actually get out… More Info

Flight seeing

Flight seeing

Alaska's majestic scenery appears magnified from a Cessna window and the vantage point makes for good… More Info

Boating

Boating

Uncover hidden jewels only accessible by boat. Hover in rapids through canyons, see glaciers calve fall… More Info

Maps and more

Maps and more

Find Alaska Highway maps and mileage chart for distances between destination points within the Mat-Su… More Info

Social Media

Social Media

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Helpful resources

Helpful resources

So you're planning a trip to Alaska and need some help getting started. You've come to the right place! More Info

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Yahoo Mat-Su! Where Alaska comes to play

The views are grand, the lifestyle simple and there are no limits on adventure. Mat-Su, Alaska has it all! Convenient to both Anchorage and Denali National Park, easily reached by car or the Alaska Railroad, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley sprawls across 23,000 square miles of pure Alaska wilderness. Towering mountains, huge glacier valleys, fish-filled rivers and lakes, abundant Alaska wildlife, glorious hiking country, scenic camping and quaint frontier communities at the Mat-Su is what Alaska visitors dream about.



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