By far the largest American state, Alaska accounts for approximately one-sixth of the entire country, though its population is little more than 700,000. Alaska’s beauty has to be experienced: tidewater glaciers, braided rivers, the mountains of Denali. The wildlife viewing during the 18-hour summer days includes caribou, grizzly bears, bald eagles, orcas and gray whales. The luxury properties here are remote, unique and set amid jaw-dropping natural splendor. Minimum stays are often required. The Bristol Bay area offers some of the world’s finest fishing for salmon and rainbow trout; guests at the Tikchik Narrows Lodge take daily floatplane expeditions to secret rivers. Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge, set in a cove on the Kenai Peninsula, is especially popular with families. 

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