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We offer Alaska raft trips that offer scenic views, wildlife viewing, fishing, and whitewater.
Custom group Alaska rafting adventures are available on request. If have interested in something special or participating in an exploratory expedition, please contact us with your ideals or to see what plans are being made.
Kongakut River - 10 day Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Rafting Safari. Explore Alaska's remote Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) by raft on the "river of caribou". Our trip coincides with the annual migration of the 130,000-strong Porcupine caribou herd and passes through some of the world's most pristine wilderness.
Lake Creek - 7 day Whitewater Rafting and Fishing Adventure. Our favorite fly-in wilderness adventure river, great combination exciting whitewater and great Alaska fishing. Lake Creek offers almost continuous Class II/III whitewater with a few Class IV rapids, five species of salmon, rainbow trout and arctic grayling.
Chulitna River - 4 day Denali Raft Adventure. An excellent family adventure and sampling of Alaska's best wilderness and geography at a casual pace. We travel through Denali State Park, upper Susitna Valley and take out near Trapper Creek, a historic gold mining town. |
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Lake Clark National Park
1-Day Fly-In Bear Viewing Departing From Anchorage
2 and 3-Day Bear Viewing • 7-Day Bear Viewing • 7-Day Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs
Of all Alaska's wonders, perhaps none will stamp your memory more deeply than viewing and photographing these magnificent animals. Great Alaska's private remote fly-in bear viewing camp was named the "Best bush camp in North America" by Outside Magazine. The camp, situated on the edge of Lake Clark National Park at the foot of Mount Iliamna, will quite simply take your breath away.
In the early spring, female brown bears (Ursos Arctos) leave their dens with young in tow, to feed on the succulent grasses and salmon found around our camp. This allows us the opportunity to view and photograph these magnificent animals. Our attentive guides will take you to several bear viewing points and share with you the knowledge that can only be gleaned from actually living with brown bears.
"Alaska Bear Camp" was the base camp for Disney's new nature movie "Bears". Unlike many bear viewing venues, 50 resident bears are present all summer at our fly in wilderness lodge.
This spectacular bear viewing adventure starts with a scenic drive to Sterling, where you board an Alaska bush plane and fly-in, landing on the shoreline right in front of the camp. During the flight you will pass over towering mountains, active volcanoes and huge glaciers, often spotting bear and moose along the way.
The number of bears seen on each trip differs, with the slight possibility of seeing none -- however the camp's incredible location, great staff and the flight into and out of camp alone are worth the price of admission.
While simply getting to the bear viewing camp is a scenic adventure in itself, if time allows we highly recommend a 2 or 3 day bear viewing trip for the best experience. Alaska bear viewing hot-spots are located in remote locations far from civilization and allowing additional time enables you to spend more time with your guides at the various bear viewing locations and more time to spot and photograph the bears.
Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs
Combines 2 of our most popular Alaska tours, 7-day fly-in bear viewing and Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat sea kayaking near a glacier and icebergs. |
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OVERVIEW
Tour Type: Fly-In Bear Viewing, Wildlife Viewing
Difficulty: Easy - Moderate
Comfort: Modern, Heated Tent Cabins
Prior Experience: None
An action packed day including a scenic drive, a flightseeing trip to Lake Clark's coastline and Alaska Bear Viewing. The bear viewing shuttle van follows Turnagain Arm with the second highest tides in North America, then heads up into the mountains to Kenai Lake, and follows the Kenai River famous for its fishing, to Sterling. In Sterling, lunch is served at the Great Alaska Lodge. Then we're off to board an small Alaska bush plane for a scenic flight to Lark Clark National Park. We'll land on the beach in front of a private bear viewing camp and spend some time watching and photographing the bears before flying back to Soldotna and Anchorage.
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Arrival - Fly into Anchorage International Airport. Plan to arrive at least one day before your trip departure date. Anchorage offers many fine hotel and bed and breakfast lodging options. We can provide you a list of recommended lodging options or include hotel lodging in Anchorage with your tour package. If you would like us to include hotel lodging in Anchorage with your tour package just let us know.
Day 1 - We start picking guests up at hotels around 7:00 AM and leave Anchorage shortly after. We travel out of Anchorage driving south along the scenic Seward Highway and then on to the Sterling Highway.
The Seward Highway holds triple designations: USDA Forest Service Scenic Byway, Alaska Scenic Byway, and All-American Road. The first 50 miles is along the Turnagain Arm that has the second highest tides in North America that can vary over 40 feet. We often see Beluga whales and Dall sheep along this section. We then head up into the mountains through Turnagain Pass. Keep your eyes open for the occasional moose or bear along the highway and to see the hanging glaciers as we travel towards Sterling. We arrive in Sterling around 11:30 and stop at Great Alaska Adventure Lodge for a salmon lunch.
After lunch we transfer to the Soldotna airport for a spectacular 40-50 minute flight to the private bear viewing camp. You will fly-in on a six passenger Cessna 207, landing on the shoreline right in front of the camp. During the flight you will pass over towering mountains, active volcanoes and huge glaciers. We often spot bears and moose from the air along the way.
You're in for an action packed experience viewing and photographing brown bears. Your experienced guides will take you to several spectacular bear viewing points that will give you the best opportunities to get that perfect bear photograph. We'll spend approximately 1.5 hours on the ground viewing and photographing the bears before flying back to Soldotna and Anchorage. Arrive back in Anchorage around 8:00 p.m. |
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2014 TOUR DATES
Daily Departures
June 1 - August 30
Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs
Combines 2 of our most popular Alaska tours, 7-day fly-in bear viewing and Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat sea kayaking near a glacier and icebergs. |
2014 RATES
1-Day Fly-In Bear Viewing: $645 each plus tax
Solo Travelers please call or email. Additional surcharge may apply if no others are flying in on your chosen day. The plane requires a minimum of 2 passengers for no additional surcharges.
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Backcountry Safaris
P.O. Box 1397 Seward, Alaska USA 99664
1-907-205-5900 • Fax 1-907-205-5902
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**Tour Itineraries: Backcountry Safaris and other tour operators that we work with strive to give you a high quality Alaska experience. The tour itinerary shown on our web page is an example tour itinerary. The actual tour itinerary may vary some due to weather, safety, guest abilities and other conditions. Backcountry Safaris and other independent tour contractors reserve the right to change the tour itinerary and/or make substitutions at any time and without prior notice or to cancel all or part of any tour in its reasonable discretion, for the safety of its participants or due to insufficient number of participants signing up for a tour, because of weather, for the comfort and well being of our guests, for any other conditions that might affect the quality of tour, or as deemed necessary by the tour operator or trip leader.
Limitations of liability: Although every precaution is taken to safeguard you and your belongings, our adventure trips involve inherent risks and dangers which are beyond our control and Backcountry Safaris shall assume no responsibility for personal injuries or deaths and loss of personal property. Due to the nature of the activities, a condition of your participation is that you will read and sign the acknowledgment and Release of Liability before the tour begins. A copy of the text is available on request. |
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by Patricia Partnow
by Robert H. Armstrong
by John G. S. Trelawny
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