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Fishing and Bear Viewing Combination

3 or 5 Days Fishing plus Bearcamp

The Fishing and Bear Viewing Combination is one of our favorites...a great trip that combines either 3 or 5 days (your choice) of main lodge-based sport fishing with either a single day or overnight experience at our spectacular fly-in Bear Viewing Camp. This just may be the perfect blend of remote wilderness, world class fishing, wildlife viewing and comfortable accommodations. Available any time Bear camp is open- June 1 - Sept. 10. (schedule of events suggested only- final itinerary will vary)

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May 25 - September 15

7 Days / 6 Nights
$4,695.00

5 Days / 4 Nights
$3,850.00

Day-by-Day Itinerary

	Day 1 You’ll be met at 7:30AM at one of three Anchorage pickup points by our private van for the scenic  2 ½ hour trip to Great Alaska. After arriving at riverside Main lodge, Lunch and orientation is followed by your 50 minute flight to our incredible bear viewing camp in Lake Clark.   If you choose the overnight, you'll spend the balance of the day at our wilderness camp.  Unlimited time on the raised platform plus a low staff/guest ration mean personal attention and a great experience.  Those who choose the day trip will spend 1 1/2 hours on the ground before boarding the plane back to the main lodge to settle into your riverfront cabin on the Kenai.
	Day 2 If you've chosen an overnight at bearcamp, you'll wake in the wilderness and enjoy your hot coffee on the raised viewing platform while viewing the bears in the meadow at the foot of Mt. Illiamna.  Balance of the morning with the bears.  Following lunch, you'll board the plane and head back to the main lodge, to settle into your riverfront cabins with a couple hours to relax before happy hour and dinner.  Those who chose a single day bear experience will enjoy their first full day of guided fishing today). Choose from Salmon, Trout or offshore fishing for your first day on the water.
	Day 3 Offshore Halibut.  Today we'll target Giant Pacific Halibut, Ling Cod, Yellow eye Rockfish and Black Bass are offshore in the waters surrounding Kenai Fjords National Park. (If you like, you may also substitute Kenai Fjords Glacier Wildlife Cruise for the day of halibut fishing).   Either Cook Inlet or Resurrection Bay will be our destination for a day of bottom fishing for Halibut, Cod and possibly salmon.  Incredible scenery, great wildlife and some tasty treats to take back home!
	Day 4 The Kenai river produces some of the most outstanding Trophy Trout fishing in Alaska..and fishing in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is everything you’ve dreamed it could be - clear mountain water, beautiful drifts, and great fishing.  Two to four anglers per boat will drift and wade the Upper Kenai River in search of Char, Silvers, Sockeye, and especially Rainbow Trout.
	Day 5 A return for more salmon Fishing in a power or drift boat.  You may chase the worlds's largest Kings, cast spinners for aggressive shallow water Silver Salmon or swing flies for the acrobatic Sockeye salmon...it all depends upon the season and your own preference.  (five day trips end with a 1/2 day fishing trip this day and a 2:30 checkout).
	Day 6 Another great day of trophy Salmon or Rainbow Trout fishing (as in Days 3 & 4). It’s your choice.  For more variety, you may opt to wade a mountain stream for Rainblw and Char or hike in to a high mountain lake for flyrod Grayling, depending upon season.   Back at the lodge by 2 - 3:00 and a well deserved nap or a few more casts right in front of your cabin door, prior to happy hour, dinner and more evening activities.
	Day 7 Salmon fishing in power or drift boat, returning to the lodge at noon in time for check-out, final catch arrangements, and good-bye hand shakes. At approximately 2:30PM, you will depart camp for your commuter flight to Anchorage or be met right at the lodge by your floatplane charter back to Anchorage.  Note- flights are  not included in package price.