Every stay is a complete, full-service package: lodging, breakfast, and your round-trip out to the bears at Brooks Falls, all included.
Every activity is already included, bear viewing at Brooks Falls, the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, or guided fishing on the Naknek, so you do one each full day. Send an inquiry with your dates and group size and we'll put together the right fit and your exact price. Priced per person, double occupancy, with solo rates on request.
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Every full day is yours to choose: the bears at Brooks Falls, the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, or guided fishing on the Naknek, all included in your rate. Do something different each day, or spend every day with the bears, it's up to you.
One full day, your pick. Most guests spend it with the bears at Brooks Falls.
Request datesTwo full days, your pick each day, with a weather buffer built in. The one most guests choose.
Request datesThree full days, your pick each day. Mix it up, or spend all three with the bears.
Request datesFive full days, your pick each day, enough for the bears, the Valley, and a day on the river.
Request datesEvery stay is priced per person, double occupancy, with solo rates on request. Tell us your dates and group and we'll send your exact number, no hidden fees. Curious how it compares to doing it yourself? Try our trip-cost calculator.
Times below are estimates and weather dependent.
From the moment you book, we send you everything you need. Each day of your stay is yours to choose, Brooks Falls, the ranger-led Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, or guided fishing on the Naknek, and most guests spend their days at Brooks Falls. Here's how a typical three-night stay comes together.
Once you're booked, your confirmation email walks you through the whole trip: which flights to book, what to expect from the weather, what to pack, and our website guides on reaching Katmai and seeing the bears at Brooks Falls. A real person is always available for anything else.
We meet the afternoon Alaska Airlines arrival, around 5 PM, and get you checked in at the lodge. An optional shuttle to the Sockeye Saloon or the grocery store is available; exact details are provided once the Alaska Air schedule is released.
Breakfast at the lodge, then out to the falls. We usually head out in the morning and are back in the afternoon or early evening, giving you roughly 6 to 8 hours at Brooks. These are estimates. Weather drives everything out here, and departure and return times can shift, sometimes at short notice.
Back to Brooks Falls, or trade the day for the ranger-led Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes tour or guided fishing on the Naknek. Every day is your call.
Breakfast at the lodge, then we leave at 11:00 AM to get you to your midday flight home.
Breakfast is served 7:00 to 9:00 every morning. This is an example: your days are chosen with us ahead of time, not day-of, and everything runs weather permitting. The logistics are handled, you just show up.
There are no roads into Katmai. Getting out to Brooks Falls is a flight, a room in a town most people have never heard of, and a weather-exposed trip out to the falls, strung together across five or more separate bookings that each have to go right. The real risk isn't the cost. It's flying all the way to Alaska and getting weathered out without ever seeing a bear.
That's the part we do. You land in King Salmon and we take it from there: a riverfront room, full days at Brooks Camp, and we use both the floatplane and the water taxi, so if the weather stops one, we take the other. 99% of our guests make it out to the falls. One booking instead of five, with bear viewing, the Valley, and guided fishing all included. You come for the bears. We handle Katmai.
Two times anchor every stay, and they are the same for every guest. Build your Alaska Airlines flights around them and everything else falls into place.
Book the afternoon Alaska Airlines arrival into King Salmon (AKN), the later flight of the day, which lands around 5 PM. That is the flight we meet, and we bring you straight to the B&B to settle in. Please do not book a Sunday arrival.
Check out by 11 AM. Book the midday Alaska Airlines departure out of King Salmon, the earlier flight out; we leave the B&B at 11 AM to connect with it, so your last morning is unhurried and you make your flight with room to spare.
Why these times are firm: it keeps the experience the same for every guest, and it gives the two of us the window we need to reset the B&B for the next group. An earlier arrival or a later departure means no pickup for it and time spent waiting at the airport. No exceptions.
Your days at Brooks Falls are unhurried and immersive. A day on the platforms runs about six to eight hours, timed around the floatplane that carries you out over the tundra and back. It is a full day with the bears, framed by two of the most beautiful flights in Alaska.
Your first and last days are travel days. You arrive in the afternoon, settle into the B&B, and ease into the trip, then fly out around midday at the end. So a three-night stay gives you two full days in the field, with time on either side to land, unwind, and catch your breath before the long journey home.
With those two days, you get to shape the trip. Many guests spend both at Brooks Falls, and when the viewing is as good as it often is, no one regrets it. Others give a day to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes or to fishing the Naknek. Each is a trip of its own, so it is worth thinking about what you most want to see. Tell us, and we will build your days around it.
116 reviews across Google, Airbnb, TripAdvisor & Facebook, and the #1-rated B&B in King Salmon on TripAdvisor. Most guests arrive overwhelmed by the logistics of Brooks Falls, and leave wishing they'd booked more nights.
Send your dates and group size and we'll come back with the right package and a real number, in writing, before you commit.
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