Bear Viewing

Alaska West Air, Inc. offers a wide variety of trips for bear viewing opportunities. If bear viewing in remote areas of the Alaska wilderness gets you excited, contact our office.

Alaska bear viewing and photography trips are one of our most popular and requested adventures year after year. From our local salmon fishing streams to the shores of many lakes, Alaska West Air, Inc. delivers you to some outstanding areas for bear viewing. Photographers and spectators alike return year after year to gaze at these giants of the wilderness.

There is a 3% added credit card fee for all transactions. Guest's are welcome to pay with cash or cashier's check. Thank you!

Wolverine Creek, Crescent Lake, Redoubt Bay Lodge and Chinitna Bay

Wolverine Creek
(end of June through the end of August)
$650.00 pp - 3 person minimum

 Just a short flight across Cook Inlet, where you and your guide board an open skiff, then motor around the shore of Big River Lakes near Wolverine Creek. This is an area bears frequent, fishing for salmon. You are on the water for about 5 hours, then fly back to our base in Nikiski.
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Crescent Lake beer

Crescent Lake

(end of July through the end of September)
$750.00 pp - 3 person minimum

Crescent Lake at the SSW base of Mt. Redoubt is a very scenic location, and has great bear viewing once the salmon run arrives. This is normally in late June to early July, and runs through about the third week in September. This is a location where we occasionally mix fishing and bear viewing on the same trip, and it works! You can fish at no additional cost, but must let us know in advance.

The trip is a little over 6 hours, with flight time, and you are on location for 5 hours. We move around the system with open skiffs.
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Chinitna Bay
(late May through August)
$750.00 pp – 3 person minimum

This option is also great if your time is limited, and includes a great flightsee on the flights over and back. The plane lands on the beach, and it is a short walk to the viewing area inside the boundaries of Lake Clark National Park. After an hour on the ground, you board the plane for the flight back. The flights take you by Mt. Redoubt and Mt. Iliamna, both active volcanoes and part of the Pacific ring of fire. You will see bear from the air, and possibly whales in the waters of Cook Inlet. The total trip time is about 3 hours.

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Redoubt Bay Lodge
Redoubt Bay Lodge

$785.00 pp / 2 person minimum  (1/2 day trip, with lunch included)

This option is hosted by Redoubt Bay Lodge, located on Big River Lakes. They offer both morning and afternoon trips. On the morning trip, you bear view from a covered pontoon boat with a guide based at the lodge, then have lunch before departure. On the afternoon trip you have lunch, then bear view. 
 
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Due to unforeseen spike in fuel prices, Alaska West Air has made the difficult decision to reserve the right to add a fuel surcharge to each seat during the 2024 season. 

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel your trip 180 or more days prior to your departure date, you will receive a refund in the amount of your deposit less a 10% admin fee. If you cancel your trip 179 or less days prior to your departure date, there is no refund. If you do not show up on the day of your trip, payment in full is required.  If your trip is cancelled due to weather or a mechanical issue with our plane, and you cannot reschedule, you will receive a refund less a 10% admin fee.

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