Homer Tours & Wildlife Viewing

Homer-based air charter flying small-group bear viewing, glacier, and volcano safaris into Katmai and Lake Clark by helicopter and bush plane.

Guided brown bear-viewing trip: a 2-hour boat ride from Homer Harbor across Cook Inlet to Chinitna Bay's viewing platforms.

Fly-out Brooks Falls bear viewing tours near Homer, $1,250 per person for a 6-hour trip to view wild coastal brown bears.

Family-run Kachemak Bay water taxi from the Homer Spit, shuttling hikers and kayakers for over 20 years under the Lyon family.

Floatplane bear-viewing tours from Homer to Katmai and Lake Clark, flown by owner-guides Tim Hendricks and Ty Thoreson in a Cessna 206.

Dedicated bear-viewing flights to Brooks Falls, Chinitna Bay, Hallo Bay, Moraine Creek, and other sites, plus a multi-day National Parks bear package.

Weekly Seldovia eco tour (Wed/Tue in summer) watching for whales, sea otters, and birds, with stops at Halibut Cove, Jakolof Bay, and a Seldovia picnic.

Dedicated bear viewing tours across Cook Inlet to Lake Clark National Park, where the operator reports seeing 10 to 20 brown bears a day in their natural habitat.

Multi-Species or Brown Bears trip ($550/seat, $3,300 private, 12 hrs) watching bears chasing salmon and digging clams in Kamishak Bay aboard Nona's Ark.

Across Alaska Adventures runs bear-viewing flights to Katmai/Lake Clark, sea kayaking ($140 half-day/$175 3/4-day), and flightseeing tours booked separately.

Parks family water taxi and kayak outfit in Homer pairing guided Kachemak Bay paddles with hiker drop-offs, led by longtime fisherman Alan Parks.

Family-owned Homer air service flying small groups to beach landings in Katmai and Lake Clark for bear viewing; the owner-pilot has guided there since 2014.

Year-round Kachemak Bay water taxi run since 1996 by former commercial fisherman Mako Haggerty — hiker and kayaker drop-offs, tours and freight.

Homer-native-run Kachemak Bay water taxi and charter service aboard the 36-foot North Cape and 32-foot Castle Cape landing craft, since 2016.