Alaska – Katmai/kodiak Brown Bears
AUG. 16TH - 22ND, 2025
3 Spaces Available!
Experience the Majesty of Katmai and Kodiak Brown Bears in Alaska
Home to over 3,000 bears, Kodiak Island is a large expanse of verdant landscape and scenic coastline. It is from this vast, remote wilderness that we will based for this exciting opportunity to photograph one of Alaska’s fiercest predators, Brown Bears!
Join Wildlife Photographer, Traci Sepkovic on this bucket-list photography tour. Taking advantage of Katmai’s close proximity via plane, you will have maximum opportunity to photograph bears in both Kodiak and Katmai. Expect to see lots of the classic bear activity from ground level, including fishing. Moms with cubs are also a strong possibility. You will be accompanied by two local, experienced bear guides who are also photographers and know how to give you the best photographic opportunities while ensuring your safety.
6 Participants
$6,800
$600 Single Supplement*
Payment Schedule: Payment in full is due by Feb. 15th, 2025. If you would like payments broken down into two invoices, please make this request after paying the deposit.
*If you request a shared room, we will do our best to pair you with another participant. However if we are unable to find a roommate for you, the single supplement will be applied to your final invoice.
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AUG. 16TH – 22ND, 2025
Day 1 (Aug. 16th) Arrival
Guests fly into Kodiak (ADQ) and take shuttle to the Best Western/Kodiak Inn. Depending on arrival times, dinner will be as a group at the hotel or nearby.
Day 2 (Aug. 17th) Katmai
After an early breakfast at the hotel, your guides will pick the group up and transfer to the air strip for a short flight to Katmai. Full day of bear photography ending at 6 or 7pm. We will not be stopping for lunch so please be sure to eat a full breakfast. Protein bars will be provided throughout the day. Return to Kodiak, dinner back at the hotel or nearby.
Day 3 (Aug. 18th) Kodiak
Breakfast at hotel or nearby coffee shop then you will be off to explore Kodiak. Bears will be the focus but Kodiak also offers epic landscape photography opportunities as well as many other wildlife species. You will likely see Bald Eagles and numerous other bird species. Cross Fox and Ermine are possibles as well as Hare and Mink. Guides will provide transportation to a location for lunch as decided upon by group. Dinner back at the hotel or nearby.
Day 4 (Aug. 19th) Kodiak
Breakfast at hotel or nearby coffee shop then you will be off to explore Kodiak. Bears will be the focus but Kodiak also offers epic landscape photography opportunities as well as many other wildlife species. You will likely see Bald Eagles and numerous other bird species. Cross Fox and Ermine are possibles as well as Hare and Mink. Guides will provide transportation to a location for lunch as decided upon by group. Dinner back at the hotel or nearby.
Day 5 (Aug. 20th) Katmai
After an early breakfast at the hotel, your guides will pick the group up and transfer to the air strip for a short flight to Katmai. Full day of bear photography ending at 6 or 7pm. We will not be stopping for lunch so please be sure to eat a full breakfast. Protein bars will be provided throughout the day. Return to Kodiak, dinner back at the hotel or nearby.
Day 6 (Aug. 21st) Kodiak
Breakfast at hotel or nearby coffee shop then you will be off to explore Kodiak. Bears will be the focus but Kodiak also offers epic landscape photography opportunities as well as many other wildlife species. You will likely see Bald Eagles and numerous other bird species. Cross Fox and Ermine are possibles as well as Hare and Mink. Guides will provide transportation to a location for lunch as decided upon by group. Dinner back at the hotel or nearby.
Day 7 (Aug. 22nd) Departure
Shuttle service to airport for departures from Kodiak (ADQ)
End of tour.
AUG. 16TH – 22ND, 2025
Cancellations are only effective upon WIWP receiving a written cancellation notification, signed by the client. Deposits and payments are used to secure and pay for the client’s accommodations, transportation, guides, internal flights and all aspects of the client’s trip and are non-refundable.
We understand that conflicts arise, so if you need to cancel and if WIWP fills your spot at full price prior to the due date of the final payment, a refund, less a 20% administration fee and
less any non-refundable air tickets purchased, single supplement, etc. may be issued; however, there are no guarantees. We strongly recommend purchasing trip insurance, in most cases this will be your only opportunity to recoup non-refundable fees.
In the event a client fails to join a safari/tour/workshop, join it after departure or leave it prior to its completion, no tour fare refund will be made. Some airfare may be non-refundable and WIWP is not responsible for providing a refund for any penalties or non-refundable airfare. There will be no refunds from WIWP for any unused portions of the tour. The above policy applies to all travel arrangements made via WIWP.
CHANGE IN TOUR/WORKSHOP:
WIWP will make every attempt to operate a safari/tour/workshop once confirmed, but will reserve the right to cancel and/or change a trip at our sole, reasonable discretion at any time due to insufficient bookings, unsafe or undesirable travel conditions for the participants and/or reasons beyond its control, such as: strikes, wars, acts of God, acts of government, civil unrest or any other cause whatsoever, that may make operation of the tour impossible, illegal, or inadvisable.
In the event that WIWP changes or postpones the date(s) or itinerary of any safari/tour/workshop due to any reason set forth above, then no refund shall be due to the client.
In the event that WIWP cancels the tour, then all tour payments received from the client shall be refunded, and said refund will be the limit of WIWP’s liability. WIWP is not responsible for any expenses incurred by clients in preparing for the trip, including non-refundable or penalty-carrying airline tickets, special clothing, visa or passport fees, or other tour-related expenses.
- Accommodations day 1-7
- Breakfast day 1-7
- All ground transportation
- Flights to and from Katmai
- Mentoring from your leader as needed
- Guide service day 1-7
- Camaraderie with other women photographers
- Airfare for arrival to Kodiak on Aug. 16th and departure on Aug. 22nd
- Lunch and dinner day 1-7
- Waders (either bring your own or we are looking into rental possibilities)
- Travel Insurance
Moderate. You need to be comfortable lugging your equipment in and out of vehicles and planes. There will be short hikes to photography locations.