ALASKA BEARS LAKE CLARK 

July 25th - July 31st 2018

Price $5699 USD Deposit $2000 USD info@hemmingsphototours.com

​Less than 100 miles south west of Anchorage lies over four million acres of wild Alaska—Lake Clark NPR. A true paradise found! The park was established in 1980 to protect the region’s spectacular scenic beauty, steaming volcanoes, dynamic glaciers, wild rivers and abundant wildlife. Within its borders dwell nearly 250 of those iconic denizens of tide flat, taiga and tundra —the mighty Coastal Brown Bear. ​

Highlights:

• Expert level photography instruction in a small group setting 

• Wild Brown Bear Action Photography. 

• Grizzly bear photography, mother and cubs (June July and early August)

• Depending on time of year, bears fishing for salmon is possible.

• Fishing bears late August or early September

• Alaskan landscapes. Photograph waterfalls coming off a mountain cliff

• Fly in a float plane and land on a sandy beach. Bird eye view experience

of Alaskan landscapes

• Visit and photograph a bird island with Tufted and Crested Puffins,

Bald Eagles and other birds.

• Learn bird in flight photography

• Amazing fresh salmon and halibut meals with fish caught the same day

• Meet amazing people and improve your photographic skills and take home amazing photographs and memories. 

 

LAKE CLARK LODGE

 Fly to Lake Clark and photograph amazing bears along the the beach, mountain landscapes and amazing scenery and water tide currents.(5 Nights-Lake Clark) then fly back to Anchorage info@naturesphotoadventures.com  

Price $5699.00 Deposit $2000 USD  SIngle Supplement $1080-own cabin

- Note if you are sharing you will have your own bed, sharing a cabin
Flight Destination: Anchorage, Alaska 

Price Includes: Tour and all expert photo Instruction. All accommodations. Meals upon arrival at the lodge based on double occupancy .  Airport pickup and drop off. flight from Anchorage to Lake Clark and return.
Not Included: International airfare to place of tour origin. Any additional nights' accommodations, price does not include 1st and last night, meals outside of the lodge dates.  Alcoholic beverages. Additional tips for staff such as guides and camp staff. Fees for passport, visas, immunizations and insurance.Laundry, phone and other items of a personal nature. We highly recommend travel insurance.

 

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW: Lake Clark has been called "the essence of Alaska", as it combines a variety of landscapes not found together in any of the other Alaska Parks. The park has three separate mountain ranges, two active volcanoes, stretching fertile coastlines, tundra and rainforest, what a variety!  No roads lead to the park and it can only be reached by small aircraft, floatplanes being the best method. The park is one of the least visited in North America. We will be based in an exclusive, centrally located lodge which we will have to ourselves. The bears can quite often be spotted from the deck of the lodge. We will be travelling by foot and ATV’s with carts to our pristine shooting locations. We will be in the presence of experienced guides who will make locating the bears a success. Once at our locations we will be able to see and shoot mother bears with their cubs feeding, foraging and playing about in the tundra surroundings.

 

Just imagine standing at close range to a 1,100 pound + male brown bear at eye level and taking images, an experience you will not soon forget, and we can do it all day, every day with no concerns about safety or crowds of people. The bears have plenty of Salmon to feed on and are not interested in us as a part of their diet. You will be able to capture images of the bears feeding on fish, digging for razor clams and charging through the shallow waters to chase their prey. A lot of these photo opps will be a close range with frame filling images using 300mm, 400mm and 500mm lenses! In addition to the bears we will also be making a few side trips to photograph Tufted and Crested Puffins, Bald Eagles as well as a close by rookery where we could see and shoot Kittiwakes and Common Murres. One day trip will also be to a lovely spot called Shelter Creek where we will have the chance to shoot bears in different surroundings with some beautiful “bearscape” possibilities.

Come with Nature’s Photo Adventures to one of the most secluded and breathtaking places on earth to capture images of a lifetime of the Alaskan Brown Bear, the epitome of Alaska.

 

ITINERARY
Day 1: Arrival in Anchorage. Dinner in Anchorage with group.  Staying overnight in Anchorage.

Day 2: (1st Night Lake Clark) We will board our bush plane that will transport us from Anchorage to Silver Salmon Creek Lodge. Once landed ATVs will carry you and your gear to the lodge. We should have plenty of time to get out for an afternoon/evening bear photo session .

Day 3: (2nd Night Lake Clark) We will spend the whole day at different locations in and around the lodge photographing brown bears. We will look for different behaviours, settings and backgrounds to maximize our shooting.

Day 4: (3rd Night Lake Clark) We will take a boat ride to an area called Shelter Creek which is in the giant shadow of Iliamna volcano. The scenery here is just stunning and we will have opportunities to photograph the brown bears in different settings with gorgeous backdrops. If fishing is your thing, the creek is awesome for catching dolly varden and salmon. (weather permitting).

Day 5: (4th Night Lake Clark) More brown bear shooting in and around the lodge. We will have a relaxed pace today as there is no rush since the bears are always there.

Day 6: (5th Night Lake Clark) One day trip specifically for sea birds. 

*Please note flight times to lodges may change due to weather.

Looking for even more bears? We have another trip you can go on BC Bears July . Read More!

 

Equipment requirements:A digital SLR and a back up camera if you have one.
Lenses: 300mm / 400mm /500mm / wide angle / 100-400 / these lenses will all be good for this trip. If you are using a 300mm you might want to be sure to bring along a teleconverter preferably a 1.4. Tripod. Clothing requirements:The weather in Alaska can be quite unpredictable at this time of year. Dressing in layers is best. We recommend the following outerwear. Long Sleeved Shirt, Jeans/Slacks, Warm Hat & Gloves, Insulated Boots, Long Underwear, Windbreaker or Jacket, Wool Sweater or Fiberfill Vest, Winter Coat, Raingear and waterproof knee-high boots.
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Above a video of Jane and Diane give a review of the 2014 Alaska Bears Photo Workshop Experience! "Exceeded our Expectations!

 

We have taken our clients on the Alaskan Brown Bears, Mothers and Cubs for several years. It is has been  a great success every year!

'Anyone looking for an experience of a lifetime will find it on a journey on the Alaskan coastal brown bears at Lake Clark National Park. The Alaskan coastal brown bear adventure will steal your heart - so when you go you just might find a piece of my heart right there where I left it!"  Liz  Moffett Breault

 

Me , and the other guys as well, consider this workshop to be one of our best wildlife experience ever.And consider that Mirek, Pavel and myself …we have visited many countries and continents.And we are able to compare. And this comparison is very succesful in favour of Natures Photo Adventures.Also, we were lucky that the weather was nice …for Alaska. It was a great help „from above“ 

 

Organization was great: everything went very smoothly: travelling-accomodation-photo opportunities. We were a group but … also we could consider eventual individual programme according to interest of individual guys.

J Pavlicek and Group

 

We had a great time  at Lake Clark with the brown bears!  We had every opportunity to be where the bears and birds were, at the right time and in the best position. We greatly enjoyed being there and the other participants and had a wonderful time!"  Steve and Suzanne Barger

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