Package #2

Service Description

Wildlife Viewing and Sightseeing Tour This tour is a great option for exploring southwest Alaska. The package includes stops on national park lands as well as state lands to get you into the best places to see the wild and untamed wilderness. Day 1: -3:30 p.m. check in at Anchorage, Merrill Field for Lake Clark scenic tour. The tour (approximately 1 hour) takes you through the scenic Lake Clark Pass, where you will see glaciers and glacial streams in one of Alaska’s most beautiful mountainous settings, ending at The Farm Lodge and Lake Clark Resort on Lake Clark. -Check in to Lake Clark Resort. Lodging includes a room with private bath, home-cooked Alaskan meals,* and daily housekeeping. Day 2: -Guided fly-out bear viewing. Travel by floatplane to a remote location where you will spend an exciting day viewing and photographing Alaska’s notorious Grizzly and Brown Bears feeding and interacting in their natural environment. Day 3: -Guided tundra wildlife/sightseeing tour. Our special bush-equipped wheelplane will take you over the tundra in search of caribou, other wildlife, and scenic landscape. The day includes off-airport landings for sightseeing and photography. Day 4: -Fire and Ice Tour. This day takes you by floatplane over and into some of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve’s most rugged and breathtaking landscapes. The day includes time on remote lakes for exploring and sightseeing focusing on glacial landscape, active volcanoes, mountain lakes, and tundra landscape. This day includes a stop at Dick Proenneke’s historic cabin on Twin Lakes if weather permits. If you get a chance to pick up a book titled One Man’s Wilderness, it will give you some great background of the area. Day 5: -Guided gold panning. Travel by bushplane to our remote tundra gold camp for a day of exploring and panning for gold in a small tundra stream. Day 6: -Local unguided hiking to the Lake Clark National Park Service Visitor’s Center, Tanalian Falls, and Kontrashibuna Lake. Day 7: -9:00 a.m. check out and scenic tour (approximately 1 hour) ending at Anchorage, Merrill Field. -PRICE= $9775.00 per person (party of 2) in standard room, or $10,015.00 per person (party of 2) in suite-style room.