Alaska Bear Viewing

While visiting Alaska's Kodiak Island Resort you are surrounded by natural beauty. The area is known for its expansive network of bays, inlets, and waterways that make Kodiak Island so picturesque. Wildlife is abundant here. As you explore, don't be surprised to see a whale suddenly leap, shattering the silence as it splashes back into the water or a massive Kodiak Brown Bear foraging along the shoreline.

Kodiak remains the absolute best place for Brown Bears worldwide. The vast untamed wilderness of Kodiak Island, America's Last Frontier, supports Coastal Brown Bears. Grizzly Bears are relatively smaller than their coastal cousins and are found mostly in Alaska's interior region where there are no salmon. . Brown Bears are considerably larger than the Grizzly and are found throughout Southeast and South-Central Alaska with the largest bears living on and Kodiak Island.

Kodiak Island and larsen Bay supports a healthy population of Brown Bears and visitors should always use caution and respect when fishing or hiking in bear country. Even though there are a number of brown bears in the area, your chances of actually seeing are the best in July, August and September. Kodiak Island Brown Bears, especially those that live near more populated areas, have developed nocturnal feeding habits, and are most active at night when there are less people around.

Wey see bears from our lodge regularlyi, and also especially in the Wildlife Refuge below Karluk Lake, where they feed in the river oblivious to nearly everything else. There are some places where visitors have a good chance to view brown bears close up. A fly out fishing trip to Karluk or the Frazier Riverk offers a unique and almost guaranteed opportunity to watch and photograph wild Alaska Brown Bears in their natural habitat. The abundance of sockeye that gather where KarlukLake flows into the river, attracts both anglers and bears alike and you can view bears close up as they take their turn fishing the shallow bay. Fishing is discouraged when bears are present and all fish are stored in bear proof containers. Responsible human behavior has helped to preserve this unique proximity of people and bears and despite visitors to these locations , no serious human-bear conflicts have ever been reported.

Another excellent way to increase your odds of seeing a brown bear in Alaska is to take a flight seeing tour. Getting up in the air and flying over prime bear habitat will allow you a unique perspective. Along with both brown bears you can expect to see a wide variety of Alaska wildlife on a flight seeing tour including Caribou, Mountain Goats, Bald Eagles,Sitka Deer and many other wild creatures.