Face to Face with Wild Bears in Alaska

Alaska's Katmai National Park is home to the largest concentration of brown bears on Earth, and watching them catch salmon at Brooks Falls is one of wildlife's greatest spectacles. This seven-day itinerary takes you deep into Alaska's wilderness by floatplane, boat, and kayak, combining world-class bear viewing with glacier kayaking, whale watching, and some of the most dramatic scenery in North America. The trip starts in Anchorage before a floatplane flight to Katmai — the bush plane landing on Naknek Lake is an adventure in itself. At Brooks Camp, you'll stand on elevated viewing platforms just meters from massive brown bears as they pluck leaping sockeye salmon from the waterfall. It's a primal scene unchanged for thousands of years. From Katmai, fly to Kodiak Island — home to the Kodiak bear, the largest land predator on Earth. A guided expedition takes you into the backcountry where bears roam freely. The final leg brings you to Kenai Fjords National Park, where tidewater glaciers calve icebergs into the sea and humpback whales breach alongside your boat. Between wildlife encounters, you'll kayak among icebergs, fish for wild salmon, and experience the raw, untamed beauty that makes Alaska unlike anywhere else on the planet. This is genuine wilderness — no fences, no cages, just you and the bears sharing the same riverbank.