Seward, AK
Ididaride Dog Mushing Tour Chosen as one of Alaska's top 20 attractions, a must do for all Alaska visitors.
Your Seward Dog Mushing adventure begins with a two-mile dog sled ride. Feel the power, excitement, and energy of sled dogs as they are harnessed to the comfortable wheeled dog sled. Upon returning to the kennel you'll tour the Seavey's family kennel facilities, laugh as a guest is dressed up as an Iditarod musher, and cuddle adorable husky puppies. Your guides are all Iditarod racers, and offer a delightfully humorous, behind-the-scenes look at the Seavey family's training for the most demanding dog mushing race on earth, the Iditarod.
The Real Alaska Tour
Seward, Alaska This Seward tour package features all the attractions that truly make Alaska the Greatland. First, your guide shows you the sights of Seward. Learn why Seward was known as "the Gateway to Alaska" and "Mile 0" of the Iditarod Trail. See first-hand the effects of the 1964 Earthquake. Then, head out to Exit Glacier and enjoy a short walk along the nature trail that takes you to the face of the glacial ice. Watch for mountain goats, moose and bears. A hearty lunch will be served before you travel to the Seavey homestead and experience IdidaRide's Sled Dog tour. At the end your driver will return you to your hotel, cruise ship or the Alaska Railroad depot. All local transportation and lunch are included in this package.
Visit Alaska's world famous land of bears and explore the spectacular volcanic Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes as we travel to the Alaska Peninsula for this seven-day bear viewing, paddling and hiking adventure.
Having appeared in magazines and films around the world, Katmai's brown bears are renowned Alaskan icons. The world's largest run of sockeye salmon up the Naknek River creates an ideal feast for brown bears - attracting more than 2,000 of the bruins to the lands of Katmai National Park and Preserve. This is one of the world's premier brown bear viewing trips.
This remote Alaskan adventure takes you more than 50 miles across a series of interconnected lakes and rivers. We'll paddle this vast region of glacial lakes and rivers and explore the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recent history. Opportunities also abound for incredible rainbow trout fishing in this rugged wilderness.
Prime bear-viewing, river travel into Alaska's remote and rugged wilderness, exploring the devastation of volcanic might and great fishing for rainbow trout make this one of the premier Alaskan adventures. Let Backcountry Safaris plan your once-in-a-lifetime trip today.
NEW for 2008
After 6 years of offering this as a 7 day trip for 2008 we have added 3 additional days to allow more time for bear viewing and sport fishing. The itinerary below is being updated please come back soon or call for more informations.
ITINERARY Arrival— Fly in to Anchorage International Airport. Plan to arrive at least a day before your kayak trip's departure date. Anchorage offers many fine hotels and bed and breakfast lodging options. We can provide you a list of recommended lodging options or arrange for you to stay at the downtown Anchorage Ramada Inn at a discounted guest rate. Let us know if you would like us to add a hotel stay to your reservation at our discounted rate. The Ramada Inn offers free airport transfers to and from the airport.
Day 1— Fly to King Salmon: Our trip begins as we fly by bush plane to Lake Grosvenor. We set up camp then venture out by boat and on foot to explore this region. Fishermen in our group will want to cast a line and try to land some of the area's feisty rainbow trout and pike.
Day 2— Bear viewing: The water turns to milky gray as we leave the Grosvenor Lake and paddle the braided waters of the Savonoski River. We may catch a glimpse of Tundra swans nesting in the area. The pace of the river quickens as we enter prime brown bear habitat on the Savonoski.
Day 3— Naknek lake (Iliuk Arm): The rushing waters of the Savonoski carry us into Iliuk Arm as we make our way for a 20-mile paddle to Brooks Camp. We'll keep watch along shoreline looking for bears that frequent the area.
Day 4— Naknek Lake: Hike up Margot Creek to view and photograph bears.
Day 5— Brooks Camp: We'll view the world famous brown bears of Katmai as they fish for salmon leaping up Brooks Falls. This is the site of Alaskan brown bear images seen around the world on magazine covers and in nature films. We'll spend most of a day looking for some of the the 40 to 60 bears that congregate in the Brooks Camp area. Bring lots of film for this incredible opportunity to photograph bears in close view as they clinch salmon in their paws and gnash their mighty teeth into their prey.
Day 6— Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: We finish our trip with a visit to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Our trip by van will take us to the barren moonscape lands laid to ruin during the cataclysmic eruption of Novarupta Volcano in 1912. The eruption was the largest volcanic explosion of the 20th Century. The valley gets its name from numerous steam vents once found throughout this ashy region in the aftermath of the eruption.
Day 7— Fly back to Anchorage
2008 Tour Dates And Rates
Form your own group for a group discount and choose any departure date or choose from one of our scheduled tour dates.
2 trips at the prime bear viewing times.
July 13 – July 22
August 31 – September 9
10-day Bear viewing and Savonoski Loop paddling adventure – Cost $3295 Prices are subject to change without notice.
WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GO!Fill out the secure on-line reservation form or call our office at (907) 222-1632 or toll-free (877) 812-2159. Reservation requires a 50% deposit. We accept payment by VISA/MasterCard. You will receive a pre-trip packet detailing the itinerary of the tour you have chosen and an equipment list. Reservation and Payment Terms)
Last minute reservations may be available so don't hesitate to contact us. If a trip has space, we can get you on it.
Limitations of liability:
Although every precaution is taken to safeguard you and your belongings, our adventure trips involve inherent risks and dangers which are beyond our control and Backcountry Safaris shall assume no responsibility for personal injuries or deaths and loss of personal property. Due to the nature of the activities, a condition of your participation is that you will read and sign the acknowledgment and Release of Liability before the tour begins.
We highly recommend that you consider purchasing travel insurance. Travel insurance coverage can help with expenses for the unforeseeable such as lost baggage trip delays, emergency evacuation, and cancellation due to illness.
We use independent contractors to supply Backcountry Safaris with various services on many of our adventures. Some trips require us to use independent tour guides, drivers, lodges and hotels, air and water taxis, and other suppliers. Because we do not own, operate, manage, control, or supervise these suppliers, we cannot be liable for any acts or omissions on their part, including any negligence, gross negligence, or reckless or willful acts. Backcountry Safaris assumes no responsibility for any injury, loss, damage, delay, or death to person or property arising from the negligent or willful act or failure to act of any person who is to or does provide goods or services for this trip or for the action or inaction of any other third party. Without limitation, Backcountry Safaris is not responsible for acts of God, equipment failures, vehicle or vessel accidents, illness from food or otherwise, annoyance, delays, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, and changes in transit or hotel and lodge services over which it has no control. We make occasional changes in trip itineraries for the comfort and well being of our guests. We will keep you informed of any necessary changes in a timely fashion.
On payment of your deposit to Backcountry Safaris, you agree to be bound by the above terms and conditions.
Backcountry Safaris P.O. Box 231121 • Anchorage, Alaska USA 99523 1-907-222-1632 or toll-free 1-877-812-2159
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