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The Brooks Lodge cabins are simple, clean and in a very good location to see bears and for fishing. The only available food is the lodge buffet which was reasonably good - quite a bit of variety and certainly all you could want to eat....More
I have to write the trut about this place even though I don’t want more people finding out how wonderful it really is! It took my husband 4 years to talk me in to going to Brooks Falls. We ve been twice now and plan...More
Spent three nights at Brooks Lodge. We were up before the day visitors arrived and there after they were gone. This gave us plenty of time to observe the bears. It's a fishing lodge with bunk beds...don't expect a five star resort. There were beds...More
What an amazing place. I visited twice - July and in September. This July the majority of the bears had not shown up yet and it was really crowded with day trippers - but still amazing. September was bear crazy great. Lots of Moms and...More
Stayed here the night of 28 August 2017, we were on a 1 month holiday from New Zealand to Alaska and Hawaii, our two days here would rate as the WOW moment of our holiday. Seeing so many brown bears at such close proximity in...More
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Response from John K, J. Kreilkamp, President &CEO, Bristol Bay Alaska Tourism (www.Katmailand.com) at Brooks LodgeResponded October 11, 2017
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on your first adventure to Brooks in Katmai National Park. It is hard to explain to those who have never been there before how visitors are able to view bears in close proximity. It truly is a unique setting. We...More
Probably nobody who has actually done this in January will answer.
The National Park is technically open in the winter, but the usual point of access, the Visitors Center at Brooks Falls, is closed for the winter.
You... More
Probably nobody who has actually done this in January will answer.
The National Park is technically open in the winter, but the usual point of access, the Visitors Center at Brooks Falls, is closed for the winter.
You could phone the National Park Service to ask what if anything a visitor can do there in January (skiing the handful of trails, maybe?) and where camping is allowed.
Bears, which are the usual reason to visit in summer, will be hibernating.
Weather is similar to the nearby city King Salmon, AK, which has forecasts as easy to find as for anywhere in the US. It will likely be somewhat below freezing.
I suppose you would have to charter a private flight there. Not sure whether the lake, which is the usual landing spot, is usable.
Hi there!
Alaska is full of adventure and sometimes that includes the weather. While we wish we could control the conditions for safe flying every day of the summer, the reality is that fog in King Salmon impedes our... More
Hi there!
Alaska is full of adventure and sometimes that includes the weather. While we wish we could control the conditions for safe flying every day of the summer, the reality is that fog in King Salmon impedes our flights about 10% of the time.
We're proud to be the only company who can arrange to have the guests at Brooks Camp for at least 5 to 6 hours on a typical one-day flight. This is because we use twin-engine all-weather aircraft to fly into the Katmai region.
Other companies who fly a one-day trip to Brooks use single engine aircraft and will sometimes get turned around by weather, opting to take you to a less desirable location for seeing far fewer bears.
In short, we provide you the best possible likelihood to get into Brooks, which offers optimal bear viewing opportunities.
I hope this helps!
