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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 - Katmai National Park
Alaska Bear Viewing
1-Day Bear Viewing • 7-Day Bear Viewing • 7-Day Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs
Seeing a brown bear up-close in Alaska's wilderness is considered the ultimate Alaska wildlife viewing and photography experience. Alaskan Bears may be encountered anywhere in Alaska, even in urban areas. Numerous close bear encounters occur every year in Alaskan cities, but nothing compares to visiting one of Alaska's bear viewing wilderness hot-spots where you can often see not just one bear but many within view.
Brown bears or grizzlies are normally solitary animals but when the salmon return to Alaska rivers to spawn, bears will concentrate in a few hot-spots to take advantage of the abundant food source. It is only during these short periods that bears tolerate being close with their own kind. Even then fights often occur as they jostle for the best fishing position.
Wildlife can be unpredictable but Backcountry Safaris Bear Viewing tours can take you to locations where we can almost guarantee that you will encounter not just one bear, but the odds are good that you will see many.
Bear Viewing Tours In Alaska
- 1-Day Fly-in Bear Viewing Departing Anchorage, Alaska
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 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
- 2 and 3-Day Fly-in Bear Viewing Departing Anchorage, Alaska
This is our most popular Alaska Bear Viewing trip. This trip gives you time to make an intimate connection with the brown bears and to get that once in lifetime bear photo. This is a remote modern private bear viewing camp.
- 7-Day Bear Viewing Savonoski Loop Canoe Adventure
Visit Alaska's world famous Katmai National Park, land of bears and volcanos. Along the Savonoski River there's a large concentration of brown bears. The remoteness that is only accessible by canoe or kayak makes the Savonoski River one of the least visited bear viewing areas in Katmai.
- 7-Day Bear Viewing and Giant Icebergs
If you're looking for a really special Alaska experience this trip combines 2 of our most popular Alaska tours. Enjoy 3 days in Lake Clark National Park at a remote private bear viewing camp and 3 days in Kenai Fjords National Park at Bear Glacier Wilderness Retreat. Bear Glacier offers a maze of giant icebergs to sea kayak around. You're going to have so much fun you're going to want to stay longer.
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Backcountry Safaris
P.O. Box 1397 Seward, Alaska USA 99664
1-907-222-1632 or toll-free 1-877-812-2159
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Overview |
Tour Type: Fly-In Bear Viewing, Wildlife Viewing, Outdoor Photography, Canoeing
Difficulty: Easy - Moderate
Comfort: Modern Heated Tent Cabins, Camping
Prior Experience: None |
2012 Tour Dates |
Daily departures June 1 - August 31
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Did You Know?
The Dall's Porpoise may be the fastest small cetacean on the planet? It has been reported to reach speeds of 30 knots. These creatures delight in riding the bow waves of tour boats in the Kenai Fjords. |
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