If you hope to find adventure and travel, as well as a paycheck, then one of the amazing national parks in Alaska should be top on your list of places to send in applications. One of the most exciting adventure travel jobs in Alaska is that of the tour guide or park ranger. Looking closely at Denali National Park, you can see that some kind of training is necessary, but you can pretty much apply no matter what kind of education you have. As long as you are passionate about nature and wildlife, and are eager to learn, then being a tour guide in Alaska is a perfect career move for you.
Denali National Park is located inland and covers 2.4 million Hectares, also boasting the highest mountain in North America, namely Denali. There are some great animals to be seen here which are dubbed the “Big Five”. They are the Grizzly Bear, Caribou, Moose, Dall Sheep, and Wolves.
There is only one narrow road that runs throughout the park and various back roads that are restricted to park employees and tour guides only. Usually shuttles and busses take tourists around and drop them off at the various lodges. As a tour guide in Alaska it will be your job to, not only show the tourists around to view the most amazing scenery and wildlife, but to also keep them safe.
You have to be very responsible to be a tour guide in Denali National Park and also knowledgeable about the areas that you are showing. You might be a guide traveling by car or bus, but you can also be in charge of hiking groups, game fishing groups, horseback riding groups and more. It is a good idea to let your prospective employers know your strengths as far as hiking, cycling, riding, driving, boating and more is concerned so that they can place you in the best possible job according to your skills.
Denali National Park consists of some of the most beautiful scenery in Alaska and combines a glacial wilderness with lush woodlands. There are huge, wide icy rivers that you can view animals at quite frequently and many times bears and caribou as well as other animals are spotted close to the road in the tundra.
To get your dream job as a tour guide in Alaska, you should look into the various lodges that Denali Park has as well as at other national parks. Some offer the opportunity of being close or right by the ocean, and you can find different kinds of wildlife and touring options at these parks.
To find out more about tour guide jobs in Alaska and how you can get your resume and applications sorted, you should check out Alaska Job Finder. Here you not only get all the most comprehensive information about being a tour guide, but you will also learn about other Alaska tourism jobs that you can get . Make sure you become a member and check the Job Board regularly for new job openings that are added.
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