Hallo Bay Bear Camp
907-235-2237
888-535-2237
bears@hallobay.com

The Legends Tour
Includes Private Cabin, Meals,
Naturalist Guides & Bush Plane Airfare included in price.

$3400 Cash Price Basic Trip
Rate shown is per person. Bush plane airfare included in price.

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This program offers more opportunities to enjoy the Hallo Bay area and its magnificent wildlife than the other tours.  This program offers a relaxed variety of viewing bears, birds, marine wildlife, glaciers, volcanoes, day hiking, and fabulous beach combing. There is ample time to enjoy the views from the camp area while relaxing and soaking in the solitude of the remote wilderness.  Every day is a different adventure that is planned according to client interest and physical condition, weather, and wildlife concentrations.  Some destinations include vast inter tidal lagoons, large incredible fossil bed to explore, sedge meadows with as many as 5 to 15 bears present and salmon filled creeks and rivers.  The major focus is bear viewing, and the more time you have, the more you will learn and understand about these intelligent, complex creatures. We encounter other animals as well.  Often we observe red foxes, river otters, harbor seals, eagles and moose.  Our clients come away with an education on the local plants and the cycles
of the ecosystem. The Legends Tour is a 4 Night tour.

Hallo Bay provides the guests with three, hearty, family style meals each day. If you
wish alcoholic beverages during evening meals, you will need to bring these with you
as we do not supply them. We provide large, comfortable, heated weatherport cabins. Each cabin has two large cots, mattress pads, sleeping bags, pillows, table and chairs. Personal products such as towels for the showers, shampoos and soaps are not
supplied by Hallo Bay and are the responsibility of the guests to bring. We operate
an environmentally friendly eco camp. Products that we use and that the guests use should have the environmentally friendly label on the products. You can purchase environmentally friendly shampoos, conditioners and bath soap products at local health food stores or sporting goods stores in your area or in Homer before you fly out to our camp.

Itinerary

The following itinerary is a sample only and subject to change(s) due to seasons,
arrival & departure times, tide & weather.

Departure time will vary between 8:00 AM- 11:30 AM: You will board your air taxi
(bush plane) in Homer for your flight to Hallo Bay Wilderness. Remember to check
in with the Hallo Bay office the day before your flight for current flight information.

Arrival/Orientation: The friendly Hallo Bay staff will meet you at the beach on your
arrival. Our knowledgeable staff will escort you to your cabin, but please remember,
your gear is your responsibility to carry up the hill to the camp area.

Cabin check-in and orientation will be conducted by the camp staff upon your
arrival. A walk thru orientation tour of the Camp facilities will be conducted once all
guests are checked into their cabins. Included will be operation of restrooms,
showers, handling and care of food products and trash, availability of electricity and safety precautions for areas regularly used by bears as they pass near the Camp.

A thorough Bear Safety Orientation will be conducted by your Hallo Bay Staff.
Including a mandatory description of how the guides and guests will conduct
themselves while traveling through bear habitat and during bears encounters.

Now what you came all this way for..... The guide will take you for a walk on the tidal flats to observe bears digging clams on the low tide, grazing on the sedges in the grass meadows, or feeding on salmon on the rising tide at the river mouth, depending on the time of year of your visit. When we come upon bears, we will stop, observe and photograph them in a manner so as not to disturb them. Your guide will answer any questions you may have and provide clear instructions on appropriate behavior around the bears.
(3-4 hours and 2-3 miles total, difficulty level - moderate walk).

After we get back to camp, a family style dinner will be served in the Galley late afternoon.

After supper, the guide may take the group out to the bear viewing areas again to enjoy
more opportunities to observe and photograph bears and wildlife for a few more hours.

When we get back to the galley in the evening after bear viewing, on cool evenings, the fireplace will provide a cozy warmth while we talk of the day. After a hot shower, you will fall asleep to the sound of the surf and sea breezes in the comfort of a private, heated cabin.

Breakfast the next morning is served in the galley. Your lunch will be packed by the
cook in preparation for your outing for the day.

After breakfast, we go on another guided walk to the bear viewing areas. (5-6 hours and 3-4 miles average, difficulty level - moderate walk). If on any of the days the mid day is hot, we will take an afternoon break at Camp. This time is planned as an opportunity for you to relax around camp. In most cases, this is the warmest time of the day and wildlife is generally inactive because of the heat.

After supper, the guide may take the group out to the bear viewing areas again to enjoy
more opportunities to observe and photograph bears and wildlife for a few more hours.

When we get back to the galley in the evening after bear viewing, the guests can lounge around the galley discussing the days adventures, down load their digital images on their computers or relax in the galley with a nice cup of coffee or hot chocolate. The guests can spend the evenings after supper playing cards, enjoying board games, reading a good book, putting together puzzles, or falling asleep in their cabins to the sounds of the song birds and light evening breeze.

Breakfast the next morning is served in the galley. Your lunch will be packed by the
cook in preparation for your outing for the day.

After breakfast, we will walk to various bear viewing locations to observe and photograph the wonders of the outdoors.  We will possibly have the opportunity to view bears, fox, wolves and eagles. Each group can also participate in a guided marine and tidal pool viewing walk that has good opportunity to observe several species sea urchins, star fish, sea anemones and hermit crabs. On the return trip your guide may show you one of the richest fossil beds known in the area.
(4-5 hours and 2-3 miles total, difficulty level - easy walk).

If on any of the days the mid day is hot, we will take an afternoon break at Camp. This time is planned as an opportunity for you to relax around camp. A family style dinner will be served in the Galley late afternoon.

After supper, the guide may take the group out to the bear viewing areas again to enjoy
more opportunities to observe and photograph bears and wildlife for a few more hours.

When we get back to the galley in the evening after bear viewing, the fireplace will provide a cozy warm atmosphere. The guests can relax in the galley with a nice beverage. The guests can spend the evenings after supper playing cards, reading a good book, or falling asleep in their cabins to the sounds of the incoming tides.

Breakfast the next morning is served in the galley. Your lunch will be packed by the
cook in preparation for your outing for the day.

After breakfast, we will walk to various bear viewing locations to observe and photograph.  We will possibly have the opportunity to view bears, fox, wolves and eagles.
(4-5 hours and 2-3 miles total, difficulty level - easy walk).

If on any of the days the mid day is hot, we will take an afternoon break at Camp. This time is planned as an opportunity for you to relax around camp. A family style dinner will be served in the Galley late afternoon.

After supper, the guide may take the group out to the bear viewing areas again to enjoy
more opportunities to observe and photograph bears and wildlife for a few more hours.

When we get back to the galley in the evening after bear viewing, the guests can relax in the galley with a nice cup of coffee or hot chocolate. The guests can spend the evenings after supper playing cards, reading a good book, or falling asleep in their cabins to the relaxing wilderness atmosphere.

The final morning, enjoy breakfast, pack your gear prior to check out and departure.
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Approximate scheduled departure time.  Alaskan bush pilots do
not like to wait, so everyone should be ready to load and board well in advance to
the plane's arrival. The plane usually gets to camp right after breakfast so there will be
no time to go out to the field to observe bears the morning your are to depart the camp.

Hallo Bay retains the right to change this itinerary without notice due to weather,
tides, animal behavior, arriving or departing aircraft schedules and client safety.

For more information feel free to contact us.
1-907-235-2237, 1-888-535-2237
bears@hallobay.com

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