Bear Viewing Lake Clark Alaska. On this 6 to 7 hour Alaska Bear Viewing tour within Lake Clark National Park, our dedicated guide/bush pilot will take you on the trip of a lifetime.

You’ll experience Alaska bears in ways that will change you forever. This adventure is designed around a maximum 5- 1 . Our guides get you out of the plane and literally into nature. We place emphasis on your safe wilderness interaction using our experience and skills. Viewing bears in their natural habitat is incredible, because their natural habitat is so stunning! Let us show you. After receiving a thorough safety briefing and outdoor orientation, you’ll depart for the wilds of Alaska! Our specially equipped and modified late model Cessna’s (big tires, heavy duty landing gear, every seat a window seat.

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Landings are on beaches and grasslands within Lake Clark National Park including, both Chinitna Bay and Silver Salmon Creek. Our company is a respected operator, and one of a few permitted by the NPS for such activities. We practice nature sustaining and animal respectful interactions. You and your guide will spend literally hours roaming beaches, meadows, and streambanks finding and watching these incredible animals.

The walking and exploring will be like nothing you’ve likely experienced and slowly you’ll become one with nature. This is our measure of success and our goal for this experience. We’ll probably even see more bears (from a distance). We’ll watch the tides come in as you and your fellow explorers enjoy lunch, compare photo’s, round out your friendships, and plan your next Alaska trip!

Our flight home will often encompass glacier views, mountains, and maybe an active volcano. You’ll be pleasantly tired and may snooze while listening to our music, but hopefully you will be changed forever with this unique experience. We utilize specially modified Cessna wheeled planes where every seat is a window seat. Music, two- way Bose noise- cancelling communication headsets, and on board beverages are standard on our flights. Our experienced Alaska pilots were raised in this very country and love showing it off. We Know Where the Bears Are! One daily departure (from Anchorage).

Times may vary due to tide schedules. Use Book Flights Here (below) to select your date. Cancellation 2. 1 days prior for full refund. Full payment is due 2. Please call or email if you have additional questions about this unique tour. This tour is subject to a minimum number for departure.

Children should be over 1. Due to the remoteness and unimproved locations where we travel, regretfully, we cannot accommodate disabilities or those travelers that cannot walk/hike unassisted. Maximum number of travelers on this adventure is 5.“This Experience Will Change You Forever”.

Where & How to Watch, View and See Space Shuttle Launches. Space Shuttle Launch Viewing.

Homepage               Launch Photos. Launch viewing information. Page updated July 9***Try and catch a rocket launch if you can!***Check out the guide for rockets currently launching from Cape Canaveral. THE FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH TOOK PLACE ON FRIDAY, JULY 8, at 1.

EDT, CAPPING 3. 0 YEARS AND 1. MISSIONS! CLOSE TO 3/4 TO ONE MILLION PEOPLE TURNED OUT ON THE SPACE COAST TO VIEW IT IN PERSON, AND LIFTOFF OCCURRED ON TIME ON THE FIRST TRY, LEAVING NO DISAPPOINTMENTS! THANK YOU TO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS OVER THE YEARS THAT MADE THIS THE MOST POPULAR SHUTTLE VIEWING GUIDE ON THE WEB! I WILL MISS UPDATING THIS PAGE. The launch window closes five minutes after the launch time.

The launch time gets approximately 2. A full list of launch times and windows is located here. STS- 1. 35 has until approx. July 2. 9 to launch before facing a delay to mid- August. The final mission of the space shuttle program after 3.

Atlantis, STS- 1. International Space Station. UP TO ONE MILLION PEOPLE may flock to Cape Canaveral to see the final launch, so plan ahead! Information on the launch and the latest information on weather and technical status can be found at www. Spaceflight. Now. You should check there before leaving for the launch to make sure it is still on time.

You can receive up- to- the- minute text message launch updates on your cell phone from them (via Twitter) by texting . Please be specific in your emails on photo advice, and tell me what camera equipment you have and where you will be viewing from. I don't have a thorough online guide on shooting launches, because every person, viewing site and launch is different and I am happy to provide in- depth answers to everyone.============PHOTO TIPSA standard day launch exposure of ISO 1. ISO 2. 00, f/8 and 1/2. If you are trying to get a telephoto shot, use a tripod, and pre- focus, locking the focus in manually. Never use auto exposure on a telephoto shot of the launch, and never use autofocus on a telephoto shot of the launch.

Wide angle photos can use auto exposure. Email me for more specific info or samples of what kind of photo you can achieve from your viewing location with different lenses.

If you are at the NASA causeway (or Titusville) and want a closeup, it is best to have at least 4. Don't be thrown by that though; great wide angle shots can be taken to capture the experience better, with the crowds, water, trees and launch making for a great photo.============MY MOST FREQUENTLY EMAILED non- photo QUESTIONS: HOW EARLY SHOULD I GET TO TITUSVILLE? Major crowds in excess of 5. Expect large numbers by 4- 6 hours out. Earlier is better even if it is too early and you beat everyone there!

There will be many people camping out the day before. I WANT TO VIEW FROM A BOAT WHERE CAN I GO? Not closer than 9- 1.

See THIS LINK FOR STS- 1. There are a few tour boat operators that take people onto the water for launch viewing, such as in Titusville which puts you a couple of miles closer than the shore (9- 1. If the tour is for the Banana River, you cannot go further north than Rt.

Port Canaveral (1. Any boat tours indicating they will be . Aside from if you have causeway tickets, you can't see the orbiter itself except from 1. Port Canaveral, once the launch tower has been rolled back about 2. It is easier at night, but you will need a big lens or scope.

You can see the shuttle on the pad from the back anytime between when the shuttle rolls out to the launch pad, over a month ahead of time, until a couple days before launch by taking the . Or, you can drive Beach Road to Playalinda Beach (3. WHAT ABOUT SHUTTLE LANDINGS? See bottom of this page.===================================================================LAUNCH VIEWINGALL STS- 1. CAUSEWAY & VISITORS COMPLEX TICKETS ARE ALLOCATED AS OF JUNE 5 (the lottery registration closing date)The only hope for getting those tickets at this point is second- hand, for a premium, or through the bus tours mentioned below.

Launches of the Space Shuttle take place off Launch Pad 3. A (Google Earth / Maps coordinates: 2. N, 8. 0. 6. 04 W). Free Templates For Rack Cards. The NASA causeway is the closest and best public viewing site (6. Space Shuttle launches; tickets are required and they sell out fast.

Titusville is the second best clear viewing area (1. An option that is between the two in terms of distance, but with no direct view of the launch pad, is the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex (7. If you cannot obtain tickets to the NASA causeway, then your main thought process going into where to view the launch from should include whether you want a clear view of the launch pad (Titusville) versus being closer and perhaps have the launch be a little louder(KSC Visitors Complex). If it were a night launch, Titusville offers the advantage of having a large body of water which will greatly reflects the light given off by the shuttle. I highly recommend looking through the sample photos and videos at the bottom of this page to get the best idea of the differences. Directions to all viewing sites, which are first described below, are located at the bottom of this page.

Also provided are links to photos & videos taken by other people from most of the viewing areas described. NASA CAUSEWAY VIEWINGGoogle Earth / Maps coordinates for the Causeway: 2. N, 8. 0. 6. 05 WThe NASA causeway is a 2. KSC property, that runs across the Banana River from NW to SE, due south of Launch Pad 3. A. It is the closest spot that the general public can access for a space shuttle launch, and it is also the best. The view from the causeway to Launch Complex 3.

A is unobstructed with mostly water between you and it. As viewed from the causeway, the shuttle will arc from left to right as it launches. The causeway is angled from northwest to southeast, and since it is due south of the pad, it thus is closer to the pad at the western end by roughly a mile than it is at the eastern end (6. Those who have purchased causeway tickets will be on the western end, right around the 6.

History: Before 2. NASA gave out (from the Apollo era through early 2.

Beginning four hours before every launch, you could drive right to the causeway in your own vehicle - with as many people as you could fit in it - to view the launch. But that was terminated for security reasons in early 2. Since 2. 00. 2, the KSC Visitors Complex has been in charge of causeway viewing and take by bus, only, a certain amount of visitors (some 2. Passes are sold via the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex website for (current price) $6. As of August 2. 01.

You must register for the opportunity to buy tickets approximately two months prior to launch; a random lottery drawing is then held to decide who will purchase tickets. This replaces the previous system, where tickets would go on sale at 9: 0. This led to a system crash at STS- 1. You can sign up on their website to receive an email to let you know when this will take place. Note: When the time comes to purchase your tickets, the NASA causeway tickets are specifically labeled as Launch Transportation Tickets (LTT) and/or Launch Viewing Transportation, so look for those. To purchase the tickets or contact them click here. A causeway ticket package has also been offered to date through two tour bus companies, Dolphin tours ($1.

Gator tours (similar; do a Google search for both or look for the link in the official visitors complex lottery email). Gator Tours requires a pickup from an Orlando- area hotel, while Dolphin offers an option for pickup at Port Canaveral.

As a last resort, tickets to the causeway (or visitors complex) may also be found on e. Bay, Stubhub, or space forums such as collect.

SPACE. com or NASAspaceflight. Remember that you MUST have a car pass as well, which comes with each ticket set purchased, to enter.