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AK on the GO: Your Family Travel Resource in Alaska

Welcome to AKontheGO, the only website dedicated to family travel in Alaska! Whether planning the vacation of a lifetime, or live here all year, AKontheGO hopes to be your resource of choice for all things travel in the Last Frontier.

Not sure how to navigate a state twice the size of Texas? We’ll get you here, there, and everywhere with our handy tips, helpful tricks, and practical wisdom from years of schlepping the roads, waterways, trails, and snowbanks of Alaska. Scratching your head at the prospect of keeping everyone busy, happy, and engaged during your Alaska experience? Don’t worry, AKontheGO provides a careful review of Alaska attractions, from formal tours to go-it-alone activities.

Erin Kirkland, AK on the GO blogger/mom

AKontheGO encourages fellow travel industry professionals to embrace family travel as an important emerging market in Alaska tourism. Those businesses who go the extra mile for their youngest guests are presented with an “AKontheGO Family Friendly Business” sticker and certificate, so other families can be assured of a clear commitment to kids, and the adults who love them.

We know vacations to Alaska are not cheap, and your dollars are valuable. Alaska, however, is a destination with myriad opportunities for teachable moments, no matter one’s age, stage, or ability. It is our hope that you choose to embrace Alaska as we have; honestly, openly, and with great anticipation for what lies ahead.

Erin Kirkland
Owner/Publisher

Download and print a quick list of outdoor activities and resources:
Outdoors and On the Go