Reviews of Katmai National Park and Preserve (Park)

Kt LaBadie

Tent camped here 5 days 4 nights mid-July. Never got tired of looking at bears and salmon. Something new every day. Mornings and evenings were awesome, as all the day trippers were gone! No wait for the falls platform during those times. Lake/bridge platform was just as awesome as the falls platform, since babies hang out there with moms. Tent campground was wonderful and affordable (book permits well in advance - the day they go on sale). Water is potable, but I wish I had brought my water filter as it did not taste the best. Rangers are wonderful to talk to - they really know the bears. Food at the lodge was pricey but good, and a nice break from eating freeze dried camp food. Coffee quality varied, but I can't complain cause bears! This park was the highlight of our 2 week vacation. Highly recommend staying a few days rather than a day trip.

Mike Swinson

There is absolutely no way anyone could not have a good time here. If you are a nature and animal lover this is the place for you. Bears are abundant as well as other wildlife. Staff is super friendly . Awesome place. I hope to return again someday.

Autumn M

Such a beautiful place to see

Amy Rosenblatt

Loved it

Shaon RC

Katmai National Park was mind-blowing awesome. It is very remote and difficult to get to, very expensive as well given the access issues but the view of the salmons swimming upstream on Brooke's Falls and the bears trying to eat them is a treat for the eyes. We saw about 15 bears in that half day visit of which 11 we saw safely while watching from the platform built for visitors on the falls while the other 5 (a mother with 3 Cubs and then a lone bear) we ran into in the wild on our way through the jungle on the trail from the visitor center to the falls. Experience of a lifetime!!

Bruce Provencher

This is one of my favorite National Parks. The flight in was exciting. But watching fifteen brown bears at the falls fishing all at the same time was absolutely mind blowing. A great spectacle that we hope to repeat in a few years. The people on staff were great and most of the visitors were fun to talk to.

TOR 0

(Translated by Google) Why did we give Alaska ((( (Original) Почему мы Аляску отдали (((

Helen Aksam

Gorgeous!!! And the bears were an added plus!!!

Adam Stastny

Amazing place!

Carolina Soares

perfect place

Darius Nabors.

The bears are cool, but do not miss the Valley of 10,000 Smokes!

Bevetly Parker

It is a beautifully kept park.

Deryk Davidson

Spent 3 days visiting Brooks Camp in Katmai in early July 2016. This is a very organized operation that ensures everyone has a fun safe experience. There were plenty of bears to be seen and the weather was perfect. Also the lunch at the lodge was great! If you love viewing brown bears you'll love this location.

Nick Douglass

Greatest place on the planet

Salena Culpepper

Beautiful place.

Bruno Couto

We took a float plane to Brooks Camp at Katmai National Park and Preserve and had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We saw a mama bear with 3 cubs before we even left the building that you watch the educational video and get some training from rangers. Once we got to the viewing platforms, it was amazing and an unforgettable experience. It’s not cheap to get there, but this is you stereotypical Alaskan “bears catching salmon” scene that’s everyone sees. We were lucky to go at the right time since the bears aren’t always as plentiful, but what a neat experience getting to get that close to these majestic creatures and not fearing for your life. These bears are used to humans and focused on fish, but the rangers do an excellent job ensuring everyone’s safety. Highly recommended!

Edward Hamblin

what is this

Brad Provencher

From the float plane ride in to the flight out you won't be able to get enough. Beautiful trails and scenery with bears everywhere. Watching them during the salmon run is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Be prepared to take a bear etiquette class before you are allowed in, and you are on a time limit watching the bears so every guest has an opportunity. Most of the visitors are amicable to this (as they should be) but we did run into one or two smug photographers who I wouldn't mind never meeting again. Overall, though, amazing experience.

Lillemor Hedlund

(Translated by Google) Beautifully. (Original) Vackert.

Tharaka Kodithuwakku

Amazing national park

Louise R. Martinez

The most beautiful place!

Mike Davitt

One of the all-time great family experiences! Bald Mountain Air Service.

Nate G

It has to be on your bucket list twice.

Luke Simpson

Nice day

Leia Perez

The tour guide was amazing as was the view of the bears fishing up river!

Zhengfang Pan

An awesome & breathtaking place one must go once in a lifetime. Would definitely return!!

Patrick Schricker

(Translated by Google) Great nature experience (Original) Ganz tolles Naturerlebnis

Bo Stahl

A great place for a day spent outside.

Maria Romero

(Translated by Google) You can breathe the calm and tranquility of a wild Alaska ... a splendid place full of magic and inspiration. (Original) Se respira la calma y tranquilidad de una wild Alaska.... esplendoroso lugar lleno de magia e inspiración.

Hermann Josef Schmitz

Herlicher National Park in Alaska

MULTIVERSE FANTASY

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Steve Jackson

Amazing, but one of the hardest national Parks to access. We took a boat across Naknek Lake which was a rough slow scary ride. First week of August saw lots of sockeye and therefore lots of brown bears. Fished from the Brooks Falls down to Brooks Lake and had bears around us the entire time. Two fly-ins later in the week to the far reaches of the park were even more remote and better fishing. But also many more bears. On the Moraine River we had 15 bears around us all day.

Jaynie Trevino

Beautiful and amazing place! So worth it!

Deshawn Gordon

OK

Steve Metzger

Beautiful! Lots of wildlife - bears, wolves ,bald eagle, and fish

Hsieh Terry

(Translated by Google) TR Family camping for four nights at Katmai NP, this is a wonderful experience! (Original) TR Family 於Katmai NP 露營四夜，這是非常棒的體驗！

Alamin Hossain

Let's enjoy this place ...

Wolfgang der IV.

(Translated by Google) We were two days in June on site. The weather has been pleasant. The park, we were in the Brooks Lodge, was not crowded by crowds. You could relax and enjoy the nature and silence, of course, also observe the bears in sufficient numbers in your familiar surroundings. Pure nature. Unfortunately, the arrival and overnight at the lodge (simple equipment) is not for a small budget. (Original) Wir waren zwei Tage im Juni vor Ort. Das Wetter ist angenehm gewesen. Der Park, wir waren in der Brooks Lodge, war nicht von Besuchermassen überfüllt. Man konnte entspannt die Natur und Stille genießen, dabei natürlich auch die Bären in ausreichender Zahl in Ihrer gewohnten Umgebung beobachten. Natur pur. Leider ist die Anreise und die Übernachtung in der Lodge (einfachste Ausstattung) nichts für den schmalen Geldbeutel.

Celeste Sturm

Bears, wolves, salmon, volcanoes AMAZING!!

Marion Noll

(Translated by Google) Great vacation spot (Original) Super Urlaubsort

Shanchi Zhang

Lot of bears

יעקב אייל

(Translated by Google) We were hostages of Hdobim.cl agenda depends Bhm.brtzotm you are traveling and wishing to you locked area. (Original) היינו בני ערובה של הדובים.כל סדר היום תלוי בהם.ברצותם אתה מטייל וברצותם אתה נעול בשטח.

Ian Climie

Great place for grizzly bear viewing and photography

y u

Excellent

阿囍

(Translated by Google) Rich in ecological resources (Original) 生態資源豐富

Mark Harris

Amazing. The zoo has nothing on this place where you can see bears in their natural environment, fishing to their hearts content. You can get super close to bears and they don't mind people- they are there for the fish. I would recommend this place to almost anyone. There is a 1 mile hike in and you should be in walking health. Staff are very friendly and helpful. If you want to know if it is worth it look at the bear cam on their website during the salmon run

Ortelius Abraham

(Translated by Google) "Darwin has come! Creatures new legend" "Huge brown bear dense zone! Challenge of the new mother." 2017/9/3 (Sun) 7:00 pm 30 minutes to Katmai National Park in Alaska south, the world's leading brown bear dense areas of 2,000 head or more of the huge brown bears inhabit. May, thaw and at the same time, bear woke up from hibernation, come around to the coast to prepare for breeding. Crew, the tent in the park to obtain special permission, continued to record a number of valuable brown bear ecology over a period of 5 months. It was in close contact, the mother bear Mei, which brought the baby of two horses. But new mother to challenge for the first time parenting. In order to provide sufficient milk to children, looking for food, such as desperately shellfish on the beach. However, crazy to become too much, too much out in spite off the coast tide has been filled, lose the child of one animal. Furthermore, parents and children of the ordeal continues. Huge male also in body weight 500 kg is, he came close to kill a child in order to make towards the breeding interest in Mei. New mother Mae, here goes out to the surprise of the action. Wow, I began to swim with the aim of Ninejiakku island in the 1.5 kilometers off the coast to bear a child. Finally parent and child arrived in Ninejiakku island, spend the time of the mother and child Mizuirazu in the safe haven without a male. However, in late summer, it must again return to the coast. Because to gather in coastal nutrient-rich salmon herd indispensable in order of over the winter is aimed at the upstream of the river. In September, parent and child came back to the coast. However, young Mei of the lack of experience is not caught successfully salmon. Such arrowhead, found the unexpected prey. It carcasses of seals. Desperately Kuraitsuku Mei, but the male sniffed the smell came to steal. Then Mae, hit body to the male! For protect the precious food, and it is the fight that can not be avoided in order to protect my son. Really, parent-child of destiny? To stage the Alaskan wilderness, breathtaking in hand, stare the day-to-day of the new mother challenge. Copyright NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (Original) 「ダーウィンが来た！生きもの新伝説」 「巨大ヒグマ密集地帯！新米ママの挑戦」 2017/9/3(日)午後7時30分～ アラスカ南部にあるカトマイ国立公園は、2,000頭以上の巨大なヒグマが生息する世界有数のヒグマ密集地帯だ。 5月、雪どけと同時に、冬眠から覚めたクマが、繁殖の準備をするため海岸へ集まってくる。 取材班は、特別な許可を得て公園内にテントを張り、5か月間にわたって貴重なヒグマの生態の数々を記録し続けた。 密着したのは、2頭の赤ちゃんを連れた母グマのメイ。初めて子育てに挑戦する新米ママだ。 子どもに十分なミルクを与えるため、海岸で必死に貝などの食べものを探す。しかし、夢中になるあまり、潮が満ちてきたにもかかわらず沖に出すぎてしまい、1頭の子を失ってしまう。 さらに親子の試練は続く。 体重500キロにもなる巨大オスが、メイの興味を繁殖に向けさせるため子どもを殺そうと接近して来たのだ。新米ママ・メイは、ここで驚きの行動に出る。なんと、子どもを背負って1.5キロ沖にあるニネージアック島を目指して泳ぎ始めたのだ。 ようやくニネージアック島にたどり着いた親子、オスのいない安住の地で母と子水入らずの時間を過ごす。 しかし夏の終わりには、再び海岸に戻らなければならない。冬を越すために欠かせない栄養豊富なサケの群れが川の上流を目指して海岸に集結するからだ。 9月、親子は海岸に戻ってきた。しかし、経験不足の若いメイはサケをうまく捕まえられない。 そんな矢先、思いがけない獲物を見つけた。アザラシの死骸だ。必死に食らいつくメイ、しかし臭いをかぎつけオスが横取りにやってきた。するとメイは、オスに体当たり！貴重な食料を守るため、そしてわが子を守るために避けられない戦いだ。 果たして、親子の運命は？アラスカの大自然を舞台に、手に汗にぎる、新米ママの挑戦の日々を見つめる。 Copyright NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Jon Lord

(Translated by Google) Wonderful nature (Original) Naturaleza maravillosa

ANTHONY GUINE

Nice

Sheila Harwell

We flew over to Hollow Bay on a float plane with Emerald Air. We walked with Alaskan brown bears for several hours. Awesome!

钱思林

Amazing view. Probably the best experience in my life!

Douglas Massingill

Wild beauty!

Dan Blackshear

WOW!!

Nazmi Dehni

Dear Members, have a great week ahead

Connor Wilson

Due to an ever increasing amount of day trippers present at the park in the area surrounding Brooks Lodge, the viewing platforms can become quite crowded and uncomfortable to use. However, the wildlife and scenery more than make up for it, and make it a worthwhile place to visit.

Gayle Jones

Best place on earth!!

CZ

Katmai is a breathtaking place. The bears are truly every where and the lakes and rivers make for gorgeous views. There aren't a ton of established trails but the ones they have are very enjoyable. I really recommend hiking to the summit of Dumpling Mountain if it's a clear day. The trail is long and steep in some places but the view is worth it. Brooks camp turned out to be a great place to camp and the near by lodges were nice if you wanted a small break from outdoor life. At the lodge they had showers, flushing toilets, a small store and daily buffets all available to buy. The actual campground offered a gear/ food cache, pit toilets and cold potable water. It's steps from the beach and has semi-private spots. I'd honestly love to go again and check out more of Backcountry. We went the first week of August and the weather was perfect everyday. The salmon run was technically over but there were still plenty of bears and plenty of salmon in the river but a lot less people.

James Beltran

I loved our national parks and Katmai really stands out. To visit we took a seaplane from Anchorage as there are no roads to Katmai. This makes it one of the wildest national park in our system, but makes the view of seeing the bears catch fish all more impactful.

Haseeb M

This is most beautiful place in the world Every one can see natural beauty there

Dr.Artemios Papanikolaou

Amazing

Anil Chakravorty

Nice reserve for brown bears. Visitors gather here to watch these bears fishing on the big Solomon fish. Huge park with many species of animals in this park.

Erez Kennan

The place to see brown bears. Great experience.

Suranga Basnagala

75 grizzly bears every square mile.

Nathan Miller

Absolutely breathtaking.

Mike Haykin

Important to see what really pristine wilderness means...

Boryan Petkov

Awesome

INMA RUBIA FERNANDEZ

(Translated by Google) It was a unique experience, a beautiful place, very gratifying. Amazing to see the bears at ease and see how they interact, is incredible, great. (Original) Fue una experiencia única , un lugar precioso , muy gratíficante. Increible ver a los osos a sus anchas y ver como interactuan, es increible , grandioso.

amanda gilliland

Visited Brooks Camp during the salmon run Amazing

Ajith Kumar

Amazing place for seeing brown bears up close!

ReiseRocker

(Translated by Google) We want to see coastal brown bears but where, on Kodiak or in the Katmai National Park? We choose Katmai, where Disney made a 2013 film about these brown bears. They will probably know why they have chosen this wonderful national park, we think. The adventure, hopefully it's going to be good, starts the next morning at 7:00 am, with its 40 year old Cessna, John from Homer flies over to Katmai. John has been flying through Alaska for 25 years and is a master of his trade and so we end up on the beach right in front of Hello Bay Camp, how could it be otherwise. Indescribable adventure, more on our travel blog Independent Traveler (Original) Wir wollen Küstenbraunbären beobachten aber wo, auf Kodiak oder im Katmai Nationalpark? Wir entscheiden uns für Katmai, dort wurde 2013 von Disney ein Film über diese Braunbären gedreht. Die werden wohl wissen warum sie sich für diesen traumhaften Nationalpark entschieden haben denken wir uns. Das Abenteuer, hoffentlich geht es gut, beginnt am nächsten Morgen um 7:00 Uhr, mit seiner 40 Jahre alten Cessna fliegt uns John von Homer rüber nach Katmai. John fliegt schon seit 25 Jahren durch Alaska und ist ein Könner seines Faches und so landen wir, wie könnte es anders sein, auf dem Strand direkt vor dem Hallo Bay Camp. Unbeschreibliches Abenteuer, mehr auf unserem Reiseblog Independent Traveler

Martina van Baal

(Translated by Google) Very impressive (Original) Zeer indrukwekkend

Kai Liu

Has to visit at least once in your life

Yossi Haklai

(Translated by Google) Our guide pilot trees experience once a unique and impressive life. A place steeped in splendor and primacy along with a closer look at bears and nature made this day an unforgettable experience. (Original) הטייס מדריך שלנו העצים חווית פעם בחיים ייחודית ומרשימה. מקום רווי הוד וראשוניות יחד עם מבט מקרוב על דובים וטבע עשו מהיום הזה חוויה בלתי נשכחת.

Jesus Andres De Leon

Beautiful piece

Mike Springer

Life changingly beautiful/amazing. Go see the bears. It’s breathtakingly expensive to do, but worth every penny.

Karla Esbona

This is one of my favorite national parks by far. The whole experience watching the bears fishing for salmon is breath taking. Go in July.

Peter Wood

Beautiful area. Excellent boat ride to the park. Close encounters with bears. Tons of salmon all over. Once in a lifetime experience.

Rach R

This place is amazing. Bears, bears, everywhere! The Park Rangers do an incredible job educating everyone that passes through on safety and keeping a very close watch to ensure all the rules are followed. They're always happy to answer questions about the bears, from educating about the species & how they live to identifying the bears that are around. There is also plenty of other wildlife to enjoy, especially birds. If possible, I would suggest camping instead of going on a daytrip. The platforms feel like a ghost time during the mornings and evenings, and there were multiple points where I was able to sit down, stretch my legs out, and just enjoy a little quiet time with the bears. No place on Katmai is safe, but the campground is comfortable and the electric wire fence that encourages the bears to keep out is well constructed. With all this said, please do not go here if you are not prepared to respect the rules. This is not a zoo and while these bears are habituated to humans, they are wild. At times it was discouraging to see Rangers having to shout at guests who seemed to be intentionally ignoring their instructions. This is one of the most magical places on the planet that anyone could ever hope to visit and hopefully we can keep it that way & not mess it up for the next generation.

TAKATOSHI ARAI

Very Very Good !

Brijesh Meena

This is Volcanic fumaroles which is located in kitmai national park USA

Irene Malagoli

(Translated by Google) Natural show to leave breathless. The greatest emotion is given by the possibility of seeing bears closely and in no way hostile, in harmony with a landscape not at all affected by human presence. (Original) Spettacolo naturale da lasciare senza fiato. L'emozione più grande è data dalla possibilità di vedere gli orsi da vicino e per nulla ostili, in armonia con un paesaggio per nulla intaccato dalla presenza umana.

Marshall Bain

Amazing experience fishing rainbow trout and viewing brown bears in a truly beautiful area.

Carlos Torres Lopez

(Translated by Google) Nice (Original) Leuke

去美容去美容

(Translated by Google) Go to beauty (Original) 去美容

Angus Archer

katmia rhymes with katahana hahahahahaha this place smeelllss

Terry McDonald

Bears were awesome

Ying Zhu

Incredible!

Namatovu Irene

It's provides home for wild animals & birds, Lt promotes tourism in the country

Terri Amann

Wow! Wow! Wow! If you like bears...this is the place to be!

Prabhu Baskar

nice place

Tesla Every-Blanchard

Good

Patty Ford

If you're planning a trip to Alaska, do NOT miss the Coastal Brown Bears fishing at Katmai National Park! Looks just like every Nat.Geo. photo you've ever seen -- but it's all happening right there in front of you! The rangers are great at herding people around and keeping everyone -- including the bears and their cubs -- safe! Put it on your agenda!

Sherry White

Great experience in Katmai. I would love to go back and explore. Maybe do a overnight kayak trip to see more of the park. I would recommend to anyone that they spend the money to go see Katmai and the grizzlies.

Robert Senne

So peaceful and awesome at the same time!!

halil gülek

(Translated by Google) Very nice view (Original) Manzarası çok güzel

Irene Tregaro

Beauty at its finest

David Houghton

Breath-taking National Park - absolutely visit and support funding for our Nation Parks and Wildlife Refuges

Cheryl Johnson

Loved it

Lachlan Keeley

It'll eat you alive

Connie Kwan

Well staffed and great restaurant like system for lining up to see the bears at the falls. Gear storage and food storage provided. Even a fenced picnic area. Really enjoyed our stay and even experienced a Bear jam... You'll find out what that is.