Alaska Grizzly Safaris

Yesterday we flew Daryl Balflour the South African photographer and 8 of his workshop students into a remote creek in Katmai National Park. We saw 16 different Grizzlies during the day. We had the opportunity to photo bears fishing and catching salmon. Mid morning We had a sow that I have been watching since she…

We have had both good weather this summer and a very good red salmon run in  Katmai park . The red salmon are now in full spawning colors and starting to drop eggs ,  bears have been having a easy time eating as the streams have been at a low to normal water level. The…

Our pilot Jim Bern has been flying in Alaska for over 30 years he has logged over 20,009 hours Alaska flight time and over 7,000 hours of sea plane time. He is an Alaskan native who’s family has been in Alaska for centuries. Jim learned to fly in the Army and after serving he returned…

We had 9 different Grizzlies fishing today, the overcast made for nice lighting . Art Wolfe got some fantastic images of 2 bears fighting and also some good shots of Cubs playing. Good time was had by all of Art’s students on his workshop. Our pilot Jim Bern did an amazing job flying  in the…

All of July is prime for Brooks falls. We have July 10-15 open That is early for moraine creek. The Katmai coast is good then but bears are digging clams, eating grass. A few places have fishing bears then July 15 is when moraine creek reliably get bears. It gets better each day after that…