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Alaska Bear Viewing trips
One-Day Trips (with transfers) featuring Alaska Brown Bear Viewing depart from Anchorage at 7:45am. After lunch overlooking the Kenai river at our world renowned main lodge, it's time for a quick transfer to the Soldotna airfield for the 40-50 minute flight to Bear Camp. Day trips will spend approximately 1˝ hours on the ground before flying back for an air return to Anchorage (van transfer available at no charge). Clients who drive in will meet at our main lodge at 11:00am for check-in and instructions. Secure Vehicle parking is available for bear camp clients. RV parking overnights or camping are not available at Great Alaska Adventure Lodge.
Great Alaska Bear Camp is included in many of our five to ten day wildlife viewing and adventure travel vacations. It is often the highlight of any trip to Alaska when guests board a Bush Plane, often for the first time, and experience a all too brief journey into the the wilderness. Your flight carries you over Cook Inlet, home of the world’s second largest tide and parallels the ancient glaciers of two active volcanoes. The beach landing at our private camp in Lake Clark National Park begins one of the world’s great wild animal experiences. Overnight guests guests approximately 24 hours (or 36 hours for the 3 day, 2 night trip) with these marvelous icons of Alaskan Wilderness before returning to the main lodge to share the experience.
Overnight Trips begin the same as the day trip, but rather than leaving after 1 1/2 to 2 hours, stay the balance of the day at camp, with all day spent viewing the bears and exploring the area around the camp. Dinner is served in the evening, followed by one more trip to the viewing platform. Some lucky guests may even get to visit with a local homesteader and hear some authentic local flavor!
After breakfast, more quality time is spent watching and photographing the great bears and other wildlife, followed by a flight back to Soldotna some time after noon (depending upon tides, weather and variety of other factors). Those who have chosen round trip transfers from Anchorage will return to Anchorage in the late afternoon, arriving approximately 7:00 - 9:00 pm at your hotel. Those with rental cars will be on their own upon arrival to Soldotna. Due to the transient nature of these great animals, Overnight experiences are recommended, although we do offer single day experiences in the month of June and July.
