Month: September 2019

Kayak

Tours

Kayak & Mt. Bike Tours

Adventure plus luxury

5 days-4 nights

Guests may select kayaks, Mountain Bikes or a combination of the two. The bike tours are for the largest part held on uninhabited islands with few or no vehicles. Bike tours contact more deer than cars! The kayak tours focus on wildlife, protected saltwater and interest of the kayaker.

This Package Includes . .

Bush Plane or Island Ferry transportation from/to Ketchikan, Seaside Suite, continental breakfast and sack lunch, boat transportation to and from the most scenic and wilderness areas for activity, kayak or bikes. We also provide a map or chart of the route, establish a pick up time and location, and will gladly transport you to local restaurants for dinner, if desired.

In addition to eagles, sea otters, whales, sea lions, seals, bear, deer and wolves, one may elect to tour sea and land caves, watch commercial fishermen, visit oyster farms, view marble mines, and Native petroglyphs. Guests may visit island lakes, cascading waterfalls, totems, skookum chucks and snow capped mountains. Weather permitting, we will tailor the tour to the interest of the group. If you would like to set and pull crab and shrimp pots, or do a little fishing for Alaskan halibut or salmon, we can make this happen for you.

We are the Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest, Southeast Alaska.

Option Two (5 days – 4 nights) . .

We provide you with ferry transportation from/to Ketchikan, continental breakfast, sack lunch, rustic beach cabin or camping gear, one boat drop off, kayak or bikes, with use of campground kitchen for dinner.

Packages do NOT include fishing licenses, additional lodging, meals or missed travel due to weather. You would also be responsible for personal items, alcohol, anything not mentioned under inclusions. The above prices do not reflect sales tax, which we must collect.

The Seaside Suites or Log Home contain bedrooms, living room with TV, private bath, kitchen and a covered deck. The rustic beach cabins have central toilets, showers and kitchen.

Rates:

2 people: $950/person
3 people: $845/person
4 people (2 cabins): $780/person

If anyone would like a long distance drop-off and paddle or bike back to our lodge, or some other need or request, we can adjust to these needs and help provide for something that is not offered above.…

Wildlife

Wildlife

Black Bear are the largest mammal found on the Prince of Wales Island. Our bear are docile. There has never been a documented bear attack on a human on this island. However, they are wild and should be given a wide berth. “You won’t win the fight!” These bear can be seen during any month of the year. During January and February of 2016, we had one in camp. These part-time carnivorous creatures were once trapped for their fur. During the early spring, the bear eat young grass shoots and are often seen on the upper part of the beach. Mid-summer finds these guys eating berries and are inland a bit, but once the salmon start to spawn, the bear frequent the streams and fatten themselves up for the winter.

Whale, mainly the Humpback, make up the majority of sightings around the Prince of Wales. A biologist friend has taken pictures of the whales’ tails and has identified these same whales in Hawaii near the Big Island. Each whale has distinct markings on it’s tail. Killer Whale or Orca are the second most popular. They are easily identified from their black and white color. They are intelligent, curious, and form a tight family group when traveling or feeding.

Seals and Sea Lions are seen too often when fishing. Sports and commercial fisher-people feed thousands of pounds of salmon to sea lions each year. They can catch salmon on their own, but welfare isn’t just for humans anymore. A large bull can weight up to one ton. These guys have scars to show their age and many battles. Their only enemy, since the U.S. government placed a moratorium on sea mammals, is the Killer Whale. The water turns bright red when the two meet. Our seals also take their share of salmon. There are various species, but the harbor seal is the most common. During the late fall of 2011, the local ferry workers spotted an elephant seal between the POW and Ketchikan, and the last two years we have had a leopard seal hanging around our dock just after the salmon runs were over.

Sea Otters are a happy group of critters with very dense fur. They are a larger member of the weasel family and can be seen rolling and back-paddling across inside waters. Often we will spot them with a young one sitting on its mother’s stomach, and other times we’ll see an otter swimming on its back with shellfish and a small rock on their stomach. They are smart enough to use tools.…