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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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Kenai Fjords National Park
Bear Glacier Sea Kayaking, Lodging, And Camping Options
An exclusive sea kayaking, hiking, and beachcombing wilderness haven.
 "Sea Kayaking among Bear Glacier giant icebergs is so much fun most sea kayakers have a hard time leaving".
Just a short water taxi or helicopter ride from Seward, Bear Glacier is the most spectacular and scenic sea kayaking destinatsion available in the Seward area. Visit our Bear Glacier Photo Album.
Options are available to fit your budget and Time.
Guided All-Inclusive Tour Packages
Unguided Do-It-Yourself
Bear Glacier is the largest glacier located in Kenai Fjords National Park and flows into a large lake separated from the Pacific Ocean by a narrow glacier moraine. Bear Glacier is 15 roadless miles south of Seward on the west side of Resurrection Bay.
Wildlife in the area includes black bears, mountain goats, coyotes, wolverines and harbor seals that come into the lake for protection from the Orca whales that cruise just outside along the beach. For birders, this area is the nesting area for a large variety of birds.
 Besides sea kayaking there are a number of hiking destination available. There are glacier moraines to explore or you can hike up to one of the numerous waterfalls in the area. If you're real adventurous there is a valley and mountain ridges that have yet to be explored.
Backcountry Safaris' exclusive "Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat"
Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat is an affordable eco-adventure Alaska retreat located right on the border of Kenai Fjords National Park and is a haven for anyone wanting a lodge based sea kayaking adventure.
 The Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat features comfortable modern 12' X 12' WeatherPORT shelters, fabric tension structure with wood floors and 2 single beds. WeatherPORT shelters are used as permanent shelters in remote location around the world and have proven to offer comfortable lodging in every weather condition from Greenland to Antarctica. Also there is a large main gathering and dinning shelter.
Related Bear Glacier Natural History Links
Bear Glacier Changes With Global Warming
FatPaddler.com at Bear Glacier
Iceberg Sizes, Shapes And Classifications
Kenai Fjords Glaciers - Glacial Features
Harding Icefield
A Tour of the Life of a Glacier
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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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 Did You Know?
The Harding Icefield accumulates 400-800 inches of snow each year. It takes between 30-50 years for that snow to compress into glacial ice. |
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