Katmai
Park
7-Day Bear Viewing
Adventure Having appeared in magazines and films around the
world, Katmai's brown bears are renowned Alaskan icons. The world's largest
run of sockeye salmon up the Naknek River creates an ideal feast for brown
bears - attracting more than 2,000 of the bruins to the lands of Katmai
National Park and Preserve. This is one of the world's premier brown bear
viewing trips.
Denali National Park Jeff King's Dog Mushing Husky Homestead Tours
Step back from the crowds and join an intimate group for a personal tour of the homestead and kennel of four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King and his wife, well known wildlife artist Donna Gates King.
Meet champion sled dogs
Cuddle with our puppies and see summer training in action
1 ½ hour narrated kennel tour
Transportation provided from most Denali area hotels
Let us share the wonderful enthusiasm of the Alaskan Husky with you. Come to understand the special relationship between musher and dog. See arctic survival gear, sleds and racing equipment. Learn about our state-of-the-art dog-powered training carousels and heated dog barn. Soak in 30 years of Alaska dog-mushing stories from freight hauling on Denali to crossing the finish line in Nome with a champion Iditarod team.
Jeff King is recognized as the "Winningest Musher in the World". His victories include not only the 1,049 mile Iditarod Sled dog race in 1993, 1996, 1998, and 2006, but also over two dozen first place finishes in races all across Alaska.
Donna is a well-known artist whose art portrays her intimate involvement with mushing and her love and respect of nature.
Also included is a kennel of more than 75 friendly, energetic Alaska huskies ready to share with you their enthusiasm for the sport of sled dog racing and love of the outdoors.
"This 'inside story' about the race, how the dogs are raised and the Kings' relationship with the dogs is amazing. To experience it is to understand it." Reid Woodward
California
2007 Tour Dates And Rates
Transportation Husky Homestead Tours will pick up at most Denali area hotels.
Departure
Return
8:30 am
11:00 am
12:30 pm
3:00 pm
7:00 pm
9:30 pm
Adult– Cost $45
Children Under 12 Years – Cost $22 Not recommended for children under 3 years. Prices are subject to change without notice.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GO!Fill out the secure on-line reservation form or call our office at (907) 222-1632 or toll-free (877) 812-2159. Reservation requires a 50% deposit. We accept payment by VISA/MasterCard. You will receive a pre-trip packet detailing the itinerary of the tour you have chosen and an equipment list. (Reservation and Payment Terms)
Last minute reservations may be available so don't hesitate to contact us. If a trip has space, we can get you on it.
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. We highly recommend that you consider purchasing travel insurance. Travel insurance coverage can help with expenses for the unforeseeable such as lost baggage trip delays, emergency evacuation, and cancellation due to illness.
We use independent contractors to supply Backcountry Safaris with various services on many of our adventures. Some trips require us to use independent tour guides, drivers, lodges and hotels, air and water taxis, and other suppliers. Because we do not own, operate, manage, control, or supervise these suppliers, we cannot be liable for any acts or omissions on their part, including any negligence, gross negligence, or reckless or willful acts. Backcountry Safaris assumes no responsibility for any injury, loss, damage, delay, or death to person or property arising from the negligent or willful act or failure to act of any person who is to or does provide goods or services for this trip or for the action or inaction of any other third party. Without limitation, Backcountry Safaris is not responsible for acts of God, equipment failures, vehicle or vessel accidents, illness from food or otherwise, annoyance, delays, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, and changes in transit or hotel and lodge services over which it has no control. We make occasional changes in trip itineraries for the comfort and well being of our guests. We will keep you informed of any necessary changes in a timely fashion.
On payment of your deposit to Backcountry Safaris, you agree to be bound by the above terms and conditions.
Alaska Adventure Travel Specialist Backcountry Safaris P.O. Box 231121 • Anchorage, Alaska USA 99523 1-907-222-1632 or toll-free 1-877-812-2159
Official Alaska State Sport Dog mushing. It was once a primary form of transportation in many areas of Alaska. Adopted by the Alaska Legislature in 1972.
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Iditarod Sled Dog Race It has been called the “Last Great Race on Earth” From Anchorage to Nome each team of 12 to 16 dogs and their musher cover over 1150 miles in 10 to 17 days. The Iditarod Trail, now a National Historic Trail, had its beginnings as a mail and supply route from the coastal towns of Seward. The Iditarod race is a commemoration of the life saving serum run in 1925. Part of Iditarod Trail became a life saving highway used by mushers and hard working dogs for the Diphtheria stricken Nome.
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Togo The most well known sled dog is Balto who led his team on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome. Alaskans fondly remember Togo however, who led the longest and most hazardous stretch of the same serum run. Balto got the statute in Central Park however and most of the fame.
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Dog Mushing Mushing as a sport enjoyed mostly in North America and northern Europe. It's great winter exercise, both for the mushers and their dogs. Races like the Iditarod get the attention but there are many recreational mushers who enjoy pulling a sled into their winter cabins. Before the widespread adoption of snow machines, dog teams were often used to haul wood and freight and dog team mail routes were common in Alaska at one time. The mushing community also includes skijoring (often with just one dog) and weight pulling and some people use a pulk or cart instead of a sled behind their dogs.
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Over 4000 Years Sled dogs have coexisted and cooperated in partnership with humans for many thousands of years in the northern regions of North America and Siberia. Archeological evidence puts the earliest date at over 4,000 years ago.
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Nome Web Cam City of Nome's Webcam Is here! It looks over the Visitor Center and out to Norton Sound, part of the Bering Sea.
champion Jeff King and his wife, well known wildlife artist Donna Gates King.
carousels and heated dog barn. Soak in 30 years of Alaska dog-mushing stories from freight hauling on Denali to crossing the finish line in Nome with a champion Iditarod team.
Also included is a kennel of more than 75 friendly, energetic Alaska huskies ready to share with you their enthusiasm for the sport of sled dog racing and love of the outdoors.
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