Traveling to Katmai National Park via King Salmon Alaska

 Traveling to our lodge in Katmai National Park on the Alagnak river via King Salmon Alaska is very simple. Once you arrive in Alaska's Anchorage (ANC) airport there are daily flights to King Salmon (AKN). King Salmon is 290 miles Southwest of
Anchorage Alaska, both Penn Air and Alaska Air provide service from Anchorage to King Salmon Alaska and both have 3 flights daily.You can make your arrangements with our travel company Alaska Adventures Travel or your local travel agent. We ask our clients to arrive in King Salmon the day before your departure to our wilderness lodge or no later than 10 am. on the day of. We strongly recommend you stay at the Ponderosa Inn in King Salmon if you plan on arriving the day before. Upon arrival in King Salmon Alaska Airport call the Hotel on the airport courtesy phone and you will be picked up in 5 minutes by the hotel van. The hotel has a wonderful restaurant and a excellent bar/lounge with a store just 200 yards away from the hotel. On the day you are to travel to our wilderness lodge in Katmai Park wake up around 8 am enjoy a relaxing breakfast and a representative from Alaska Adventures will meet you around10 am with our courtesy van. You may pickup any last minute items at the local store in King Salmon including Alcholic beverages and also purchase your Alaska fishing licenses if you plan to fish while at our camp. From here we transport you to the start of your trip.

Lodge Based Tours
If you have chosen our lodge based tour, at this point we transport you to the air charter company for your 30 minute float plane charter into Katmai Park to our bear viewing lodge on the Alagnak River. The local air charter service handles all of our rd trip float plane charters to camp, and the $200 per person one time fee will be paid directly to them at the dock in Cash or credit card and you will then be loaded into one of their meticulously maintained Dehavilland Float Planes for the short 30 minute scenic flight to the Alagnak River. Here you are met by one of our jet boats and your nature tour begins with the ride upriver to our bear viewing lodge. Welcome to Katmai National Park.