Seeing the bears at Brooks Falls is the easy part. Getting to them, the flights, the room, the weather-exposed trip out to the falls, is where most people get stuck. We take it from there, out of King Salmon, and you deal with a real person who answers fast. You show up. We do the rest.
Katmai B&B is a riverfront bed & breakfast on the Naknek River in King Salmon, Alaska, the gateway to Katmai National Park and one of the greatest bear-viewing spots in the world. It's your basecamp for bear viewing at Brooks Falls. We're secluded on five acres on the northern shore of the Naknek, just 30 miles from the world-famous Brooks Falls, and we keep the lodge to six guests so every stay is intimate and personal.
Traveling to Katmai can feel overwhelming. There are no roads in, and the flights, the floatplane out to the bears, and the weather all have to line up. That's the part we handle. We're a full-service operation: every stay is a complete package with a riverfront room, breakfast, and WiFi, and your days out with us, bear viewing at Brooks Falls or the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes tour, are included in the price, not sold as add-ons. You show up, and we handle the rest.
Every package includes:
There are no roads into Katmai. Three legs get you from Anchorage out to Brooks Falls: a flight to King Salmon, a night at our lodge, and the floatplane or boat to the bears. We handle the parts that trip people up. Tap any leg.
More than the room or the logistics, what guests thank us for is simple: a real person answers fast. Ask us when to come, how it works, or what a day at the falls is really like, and you get the real answer from someone who makes the trip a few hundred times a season. When the weather turns or a flight slips, someone on the ground here makes the call in real time, so a rough morning doesn't cost you your day with the bears. You show up. We do the rest.
“We cannot imagine getting to Katmai and experiencing the magic of the bears without the help of this highly capable, very friendly team.”
Katmai supports over 2,000 brown bears, more than the entire lower 48 combined. At Brooks Falls you watch them fish for salmon from the Park Service viewing platforms. Individual bears come and go, but the same cast works the falls every season: the big males, the mothers and cubs, the subadults, and the fall giants. Tap any card to meet them.
Everything we know about seeing the bears at Brooks Falls: the costs, the timing, and how the logistics fit together, laid out by people who make the trip a few hundred times a season. And if you'd rather not piece it together yourself, that's exactly what we're here for.
"We've made the trip out to Brooks Falls a couple hundred times. We won't promise you a certain number of bears, nobody can. What we promise is that everything we tell you is true, and that we'll do everything we can to get you to the falls."
Most guests reach out a little overwhelmed by the logistics of getting to Brooks Falls, and leave wishing they'd booked more nights. Here's what a few of them said.
★★★★★"We cannot imagine getting to Katmai and experiencing the magic of the bears without the help of this highly capable, very friendly team."
Gregory B.
★★★★★"The B&B was clean and very accommodating. Could not have been happier with our experience, magical!"
Pamela H.
★★★★★"Taking the float plane out to Brooks Falls to watch the brown bears was absolutely surreal, a trip we'll be talking about for years to come."
Rachel S.
Start with our free guide on how to see the bears at Brooks Falls, when to go, what it costs, and how to reach a park with no roads. Then compare 2027 rates and packages, browse our riverfront rooms in King Salmon, read our complete guide to King Salmon, Alaska, add the Valley of 10,000 Smokes, read about the area's salmon and trout and char waters, or browse the photo gallery. When you're ready, check availability and we'll build the trip around your dates.
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