We are easy to find as we are right on the Parks Highway (AK 3), the main highway between Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks.

This is what you will see from the Highway, it is our office. The cabins are behind it.

There are two reliable bus companies serving us, The Park Connection and Alaska Yukon Trails.
Here are some of the differences.

The Park Connection

Buy your tickets for the Park Connection from us and SAVE! We are an authorized ticket vendor for the Park Connection. We will make all the arrangements and they will be expecting you.

They will be operating from May 15 through September 17, 2012, and they utilize large Motor Coaches. They serve Seward, Whittier,Anchorage, Talkeetna and Denali.

Click HERE for The Park Connection schedule, details, and pricing information.

Alaska Yukon Trails

Alaska Yukon Trails serves Anchorage, Denali and Fairbanks. They also serve Whitehorse and Dawson City Canada.

They will be in service from April 20 to September 30, 2012 with daily service. They do provide service before and after these dates, just not daily.
With Alaska Yukon you travel in a smaller bus or passenger van with a trailer. This is the bus service you will want to use if you are traveling to or from Fairbanks.

Click HERE for Alaska Yukon Trails' schedule, details, and pricing information.

For information, schedule, and a picture of our
FREE Hostel Shuttle just click HERE.

If you are using our shuttle you need to be at the right place at the right time. Please go to the above link and learn the details.

Start out right by buying your tickets for the Alaska Railroad from us and SAVE!

We are an authorized ticket vendor for the Alaska Railroad. We will make all the arrangements and they will be expecting you. Best of all we discount the price, so you pay less than you would even if you booked with them directly!

Click HERE for the Alaska Railroad schedule, details, and pricing information.

Or, to learn about the procedure for getting to the hostel upon your arrival in Denali, please Click HERE.

North from Anchorage, Wasilla or Talkeetna

First after leaving Anchorage, don't forget to turn off that highway onto Highway 3 toward Wasilla, Denali and Fairbanks. This turn is about 30 minutes out of Anchorage and there are a lot of signs, it's hard to miss.

We are located at Mile 224.1 of the Parks Highway. You will find us fourteen miles north of the small town of Cantwell. As you come up to Milepost 224 SLOW DOWN! Immediately ahead you will see the Carlo Creek Bridge (there's a sign). We are located just beyond that bridge on your left.

Take your first left after the bridge. Look for orange cones and a TALL Mailbox with HOSTEL written on it to find our driveway. It is about 100 yards beyond the bridge. PLEASE DON'T TRY TO COME DOWN THE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY PAST THE BRIDGE. That is ugly when that happens because you have to back up into traffic.

Our office is the first cabin you come to.

The trip from Anchorage can take anywhere from 4 to 5 hours, depending on RV traffic. And remember check-in is not until 4 PM and the office may be closed during shuttle runs.

South from Fairbanks

We are located at Mile 224.1 of the Parks Highway. You will find us 13 miles south of the National Park entrance.

When you come to Milepost 225 start to slow down, you are just under a mile from our driveway.

You will see a gravel pit on your right and up ahead some businesses on your left. Watch for our tall mail box and orange cones marking our driveway.

We are just before the Carlo Creek bridge (there is a sign) so if you cross that bridge, you have gone too far.

We are about a two-and-a-half-hour drive (130 miles) south of Fairbanks. Traffic is usually much less of a problem coming from Fairbanks until you get to "The Canyon" at about Mile 238.

Remember check-in is not until 4 PM and the office may be closed during shuttle runs.