Daily Bear Viewing Trips
in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Take a walk on the wild side!
Gotta Fish Charters now offers daily Bear viewing trips in Lake Clark National Park! Come join us on a truly unforgettable bear viewing experience in the remote wilderness of Alaska. A boat ride to the west side of Cook Inlet leads us to the remote Lake Clark National Park, home to the densest population of Coastal Brown Bears in the world!
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a land of stunning beauty. Volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, and craggy mountains reflect in shimmering turquoise lakes. During the summertime, bears gather in the salt marsh meadows to feed on sedges and other coastal plants. The short seasonal window of availability for plants that bears consume in these coastal wetlands can be thought of as a 24-hour salad bar. Bears constantly graze like cattle in order to gain the nutrients they need. Throughout the year, tidal flats are full of clams providing another source of protein until late summer, when the bears head to the river mouths to feast on spawning salmon.
Our daily bear viewing trips are about 7 hours long. We depart by boat from the Ninilchik or the Anchor Point boat launch. After roughly a one and a half hour boat ride, we arrive at Chinitna Bay in Lake Clark National Park.
Everyone will be outfitted with hip boots to depart the boat and walk the beach.
Most of the bears can be viewed grazing in the sedge marshes, but bears can also be seen wandering about the beach in search of clams and fish.
An experienced wildlife guide will accompany your group while onshore. During the walk among the viewing areas, your guide will show the way, discuss the local bears and habitat, and keep your group safe.
Immerse yourself in the Alaskan bear experience with Gotta Fish Charters!
Our bear viewing adventure offers many other wildlife encounters while aboard. Whales, eagles, sea otters, puffins, and a variety of other seabirds may be sighted on this adventure. Chinitna Bay is located at the base of Illiamna volcano. A 10,000 ft. towering snow capped volcano that frames this incredible land and seascape.
“The allure of the wild is strong, almost hypnotic. It compels people to shed their civilized selves and plunge into the raw, unfiltered experience of nature.” – Into the Wild
