Day 1: August 22, 2015

Arrive in Ketchikan (activities to be announced upon arrival – weather depending we will visit    Totem Heritage Center, Creek Street and other historic sites) – Dinner

Day 2: August 23, 2015 Ketchikan

In the morning we will board our private boat for the next five nights B,L,D

Day 3-6: August 24-27, 2015 

Over the next days we will be cruising and the plan is to visit Neets Bay for black bears, Behm Canal, Wrangell Island, and into Fredrick Sound to view Humpback whales. August is an excellent time to see whales. They are at their maximum population level late in the summer. Bubble net feeding and breaching of course what we always hope for, but it is all up to chance. We will try to visit LeConte Glacier, either Dawes or LeConte. We might charter a jet boat to get to LeConte glacier early or late in the day for better lighting.  These days are filled with activities and depending on the wildlife we are going to see I don’t like to put a fixed schedule down.  When we see something, we will go for it.  Our boat is small enough to get us close to the seals, whales, birds, bears and other sites.  A friend of mine chartered the boat last year and he is going back this year.  He liked it so much.  Our captain is an artist and knows about photography.  He likes to have people interested in photography best.  More details to follow.  B,L,D

Day 7: August 28, 2015

In the morning we will fly from Petersburg to Anchorage to Katmai Adventure Lodge

Day 8-9 : August 29-30, 2015

We will spend two days at Brooks Falls to photograph bears fishing for salmon.  We are NOT staying at Brooks Camp which does not offer the high quality as our lodge.  At the camp we would need to split up into male/female groups and share a cabin with 4 people.  Staying at the lodge, you can experience the Alaskan vacation of a lifetime. Bear viewing, kayaking, hiking, flight seeing, fishing, beach combing, and rafting are all accessible day trips from the lodge.

The beautiful log lodge is right at river’s edge, with views in every direction. Each of the well-appointed guest rooms has its own bathroom with hot water, showers, and flushing toilets – luxuries not always found in remote lodge, and good home cooked meals.

In order to see the bears at Brooks Falls, we will take a 10 minute seaplane ride, which gives us good opportunities for some aerial photography. B,L,D

Day 10: August 31, 2015

We will fly back to Anchorage and continue with our independent flights home.