Kodiak Brown Bear Center

You’ll have time this morning for another guided activity before lunch. After lunch, return to Kodiak via float plane, connecting to scheduled air service on to Anchorage. Your private driver/guide will meet you upon return to Anchorage and will provide a transfer.  Enjoy an Anchorage sightseeing tour, overnight in Anchorage, or embark on your next Alaskan adventure.

Whether you are arriving into Anchorage for the first time during your visit, or returning after visiting other portions of the state, an overnight here is highly recommended and included in your custom itinerary prior to your visit to Kodiak.  If arriving at the airport you will receive a personal greeting followed by a private transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Anchorage.

Breakfast is included in your accommodations this morning.  A private transfer will take you to the Anchorage Airport for your scheduled flight to Kodiak. A brief transfer will bring you to the Kodiak floatplane dock where you’ll board a plane for the 45-minute flight to the lodge, located on Karluk Lake and surrounded by the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.  Approximately 200 Kodiak brown bears use the salmon-rich waters of the 236-square-mile Karluk Lake drainage, making this area one of the densest populations of bears in the world.  After a safety briefing and lodge orientation, you will still have time for your first guided bear watching adventure prior to dinner.

There are a variety of bear viewing locations from which to choose at Kodiak Brown Bear Center. Your professional KBBC guides will recommend the best options for you based on the time of year and their in-depth knowledge of bear habits and the area. Everyone on the staff at KBBC was either born or raised on Kodiak, or has decades of experience on the Kodiak archipelago with an intimate knowledge of the island, its plants, animals, history, and its unique Native Alutiiq culture.

The steelhead fishing at the Kodiak Brown Bear Center is excellent as the Karluk River is home to one of the largest steelhead runs in Alaska. Or you can choose to fish for rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, and silver salmon. The fish are plentiful and the views spectacular!

There is only one way to experience Alaska wildness – get out into it. Over 112,000 acres of land including the entire northern half of Karluk Lake and land adjacent to the Karluk River are owned and managed by the Kodiak-area Regional Native Corporation which owns KBBC.  There are no roads or private cabins on these lands. The Native Alutiiq people believe that these lands are sacred and deserve our utmost respect and care where Kodiak bears can continue living in an untarnished environment as they have for millenia.

Because of this, you can enjoy hiking and kayaking to your heart’s content on guided excursions from the Kodiak Brown Bear Center as well as learn all about Alaskan Native culture and traditions. What could be better?

You’ll have time this morning for another guided activity before lunch. After lunch, return to Kodiak via float plane, connecting to scheduled air service on to Anchorage. Your private driver/guide will meet you upon return to Anchorage and will provide a transfer.  Enjoy an Anchorage sightseeing tour, overnight in Anchorage, or embark on your next Alaskan adventure.