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    Denali

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

Bus Fees

 
The ticket and info desks in the WAC
The Wilderness Access Center (WAC) is one of two places in the park where you can buy bus tickets. The Riley Creek Mercantile is the other location.
nps photo / kent miller
 

Shuttle Bus prices for 2013

Destination/Service Adult (16 and older)
Children (15 and under)
Toklat River
$26.25 free
Eielson Visitor Center
$33.50 free
Wonder Lake
$46.00 free
Kantishna $50.00 free
Camper Pass
$33.50 free

Children (15 and younger) ride free on all shuttle buses.

The 3-for-2 Pass

This pass allows ONE person to take three (3) shuttle trips for the price of two (2) tickets. The Pass is name and destination specific and is not transferable or refundable. All dates must be specified at the time of purchase. The 3-for-2 Pass is available by phone-in or walk-in reservation only and does require individual tickets for each trip. Please ask your reservation agent for details.

 
Tour Bus prices for 2013:

Destination/Service Adult (16 and older)
Children (15 and younger)
Natural History Tour
$67.50 $33.75
Tundra Wilderness Tour
$115.50 $57.75
Teklanika Tundra Wilderness Tour
$74.50 $37.25
Windows into the Wilderness Tour
$96.50 $47.50
Kantishna Experience Tour $159 $79.50

 
A typical tour bus and close-up of tour bus seats
Learn about the park while on a tour bus.
nps photo / kent miller
 
Park entrance fees and refunds

There is an entrance fee assessed with each bus reservation.

Holders of either a Denali Annual Pass or one of the several types of Federal Recreation Lands Passes may obtain a refund for their pre-paid entrance fee by presenting their valid pass, along with a photo ID and material showing payment of the entrance fee, upon arriving in Denali. Your refund may be processed at either the Riley Creek Mercantile or the Wilderness Access Center. If you made your reservations, and paid your entrance fee, through a third party vendor, such as a cruise line, you may need to seek reimbursement from that third party.

Did You Know?

Visibility is an important  component of measuring Denali's air quality

Visibility is an important component of measuring Denali's air quality. Visibility data, such as that from the Wonder Lake camera, supplements chemical data from filter samples. Air here is still clean, but traces of pollution from local, regional and international sources exists on filter samples.