AK Adventures

03/15/2025

A big win for bears in Alaska!

Alaska has killed more than 200 bears as part of its 'intensive management' program intended to help a caribou herd.

08/22/2024

Last summer, I was fortunate to have National Geographic photojournalist Acacia Johnson join me for both a day trip in June and a 7 day bears by boat tour along the Katmai Coast in late August. Here's the story and photos from those trips.

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See why this Alaskan national park offers the world’s top bear-watching experience.

05/12/2024

#4 on National Geographic's BEST OF THE WORLD 2024,
March 2024 issue.

We've got a couple of spots left for Sept 4 -11, 2024. Bears by Boat photo safari along the Katmai Coast.

08/02/2023

It feels so good! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvdMlODpTBD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

04/04/2023

Only a few spots left on this amazing photo tour!

On this amazing adventure, you will have 7-days to immerse yourself in a majestic landscape few travelers to Alaska ever visit. Starting from Homer, Alaska we will cruise in our private chartered ship to the rugged and remote coast of Katmai National Park. You will be photographing bears in a way mo...

08/14/2022

Surrounded by salmon. Young brown bear is surrounded by sockeye (red) salmon making their journey from Bristol Bay to their home waters to spawn.

06/07/2022

A momemnt of zen in Katmai National Park.

08/08/2021

Visitors to the McRiver State Game Sanctuary may have seen this bear named “Dusty”. Yesterday, I saw Dusty about 25 miles away in the Katmai Preserve fishing for sockeye.

11/26/2020

Big news about the Proposed Pebble Mine today! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it has denied the Pebble Limited Partnership's Clean Water Act Section 404 permit application proposed Pebble Mine permit has been denied. This however is not the end of the story, now we must work on permanent protections for Bristol Bay.

A big heartfelt THANK YOU from the bears and myself to everyone who has been involved to stop this mine from happening.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

08/17/2020

Flying fish...