Departs daily by boat at 7:30am from Anchor point near Homer, returns 1-3pm.
Chinitna Bay & Silver Salmon Creek , Lake Clark National Park (full day)
- Seasonal
May to early September - Bear viewing
3 hours with the bears.
Crescent Lake
- Seasonal
Mid July – September - Bear viewing
5-7 hour trip total
Big River Lakes
Bear Viewing/Salmon Fishing combo
- Seasonal
Fly In Mid June – August - Bear viewing
5.5 hour trip
- $15/per person park fee included in tour costs
- Fishing licenses are required for those who intend on fishing or clam digging
Overnight Trips
Chinitna Bay, Lake Clark National Park
We depart our bear viewing tours to Chinitna Bay from Anchor Point via Boat 15 miles north of Homer, Alaska and Travel about 40 miles across Cook Inlet to land on one of several beaches in Lake Clark National Park. We then walk to the area to view the bears in the park.
Our boat ride takes 1.5 hours each way and the scenery along the coast is breathtaking. On most days, you will see glaciers, volcanoes, waterfalls, whales, sea birds, bald eagles and, of course, bears.
Lake Clark National Park is one of the best places in the world to view Alaska brown bears. Most days, we will see 20–30 bears.
Lake Clark, has a population of several thousand brown/grizzly bears, compared to only a few hundred grizzly bears in Denali National Park.
Bear viewing trips in Lake Clark National Park is also unique because large numbers of bears gather on the coast around food sources such as clams, sedge grass meadows, and salmon streams.
Lake Clark National Park coast is home to many other animals, and it is common to see bald eagles, wolves, foxes, seals, sea lions, and puffins, in addition to brown bears. Lake Clark National Park is only accessible by boat or bush plane. Being so remote, it is the least visited park in the national park system and offers a true wilderness experience with very few other people, There are no platforms, time limits, or waiting lines to see the bears, and unlike McNeil River, there is no lottery to enter to receive a permit to view bears, Landing on a beach in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness among wild brown bears is an experience of a lifetime and one of sheer amazement.
- Halibut or salmon fishing can be booked on a seperate day. If you want a combo Bear viewing/salmon fishing trip, you can book our flyout trip out of Kenai to Redoubt Bay & Big River lakes.
- Clam digging can be combined with this trip.
Crescent Lake, Lake Clark National Park
This Trip will depart Nikiski, Alaska, near Kenai via Floatplane, for a 40 minute breathtaking flight across Cook Inlet & thru the Chigmit mountains of the Alaska range, flying over Redoubt Volcano, several glaciers, & mountain ridges off your wing tips, Once landing on a large beautiful lake nestled in the mountains, we will then load into a small Jon boat where we will cruise the coast line looking for bears.
The bears come to the shoreline to feed on the salmon. This trip can also be combined with salmon fishing.
Big River Lakes (Wolverine Creek)
After landing on Big River Lakes we will board a small Jon Boat and run over to a small creek where salmon are congregated we will stay in the boat the entire time waiting for a bear to come out to try to catch a fish, we usually always see bears on this trip but mostly small sub adult cubs that have just been kicked out from mom..
This is a popular location for fly out fishing by air taxis and bear viewers from anchorage so there will be multiple boats, and people around compared to Chintina Bay.