Where to Stay in Lake Clark Nat’l Park & Preserve

Alaska’s Ridge­wood Wilder­ness Lodge is a pre­mier, full-ser­vice des­ti­na­tion lodge in Hal­ibut Cove adja­cent to the Kachemak Bay State Park. Your hosts under­stand that expe­ri­enc­ing Alaska’s great out­doors is a pri­ma­ry goal for those active in mind and spir­it, so they have designed numer­ous guid­ed adven­tures to choose from, includ­ing hik­ing, glac­i­er kayak­ing & wildlife view­ing. You can also add-on a fish­ing char­ter or bear view­ing tour during  ...more

Set on 35 gor­geous acres just out­side McCarthy, The Great St. Elias Sta­tion is a new bou­tique wilder­ness lodge offer­ing lux­u­ri­ous immer­sion in one of Alaska’s most dra­mat­ic land­scapes. The inti­mate lodge fea­tures mod­ern, Scan­di­na­vian-inspired cab­ins with king beds, en suite baths, and pic­ture win­dows fram­ing views of Mount Black­burn, the Stair­way Ice­fall, and con­verg­ing glac­i­ers. Break­fast is includ­ed, with lunch and din­ner also available  ...more

The North­woods Lodge is a remote lodge where vis­i­tors can find them­selves in a 45 minute flight from Anchor­age. The lodge spe­cial­izes in guid­ed fish­ing, and guests can enjoy 8 to 10 hours of fish­ing a day if they choose. Guides help you spin or fly fish for tro­phy king salmon, sil­ver and sock­eye salmon, or res­i­dent rain­bow trout, arc­tic grayling and north­ern pike

Take a pri­vate, 1‑hour boat ride to a pris­tine wilder­ness resort fea­tur­ing 8 com­fort­able, ful­ly-equipped water­front yurts (fea­tur­ing a queen-sized bed and dou­ble futon with all linens, plus pri­vate bath and kitchen with run­ning water) and expe­ri­ence com­plete immer­sion in the won­ders of wild coastal Alas­ka. Your stay includes full access to our sea kayaks, stand-up pad­dle boards, skiffs, snorkel gear and fish­ing gear, so you can expe­ri­ence the  ...more

Enjoy the seren­i­ty of this inti­mate, all-inclu­sive lodge, which sits on a pri­vate beach just a 20-minute water taxi ride from Homer. Fam­i­ly-run and com­plete­ly ren­o­vat­ed in 2022, the Lodge at Otter Cove offers 5 lux­u­ry cab­ins with 7 pri­vate rooms and 3 deli­cious meals a day. Choose your activ­i­ty each day from fish­ing, kayak­ing, hik­ing, and more. 

If you can’t decide whether you’d rather have sun­set or sun­rise views on vaca­tion, Between Beach­es Alas­ka per­fect. Perched on a spit near Sel­dovia that offers both East and West water views, this idyl­lic spot also offers the chance to watch whales, otters, seals, shore­birds and eagles while enjoy­ing the tran­quil­i­ty of a unique set­ting. Choose from 6 cabins.

An all-inclu­sive ocean­front retreat on the shores of Sel­dovia Bay, Alas­ka, with off­shore hal­ibut fish­ing aboard a new 28’ land­ing craft. Hosts Scott and Janet Ogan pro­vide an authen­tic Alaskan adven­ture at their off-grid, hand­craft­ed tree­house and beach house lodge. Stays are exclu­sive, pri­vate escapes for you and your loved ones, with a mis­sion to ​“empow­er guests to recon­nect with their loved ones and God’s cre­ation through the extraordinary  ...more

Fam­i­ly-owned and oper­at­ed, the inti­mate, 14-room Bear Track Inn sits serene­ly on the shim­mer­ing waters of Icy Strait in Gus­tavus, next door to Glac­i­er Bay Nation­al Park. Fea­tur­ing clas­sic log con­struc­tion, spec­tac­u­lar views, a wel­com­ing envi­ron­ment, and lots of activ­i­ties, it’s the per­fect spot to expe­ri­ence authen­tic Alas­ka. Stays are all-inclu­sive of food and transportation.

Locat­ed about 10 miles south of Seward and perched on a 200-foot cliff, Gran­ite Point offers 5 seclud­ed cab­ins on the water. Explore coves and islands with the lodge’s kayaks and pad­dle­boards. Hike an alpine trail that takes you high up on a ridge above Res­ur­rec­tion Bay. Or just relax by the fire, tak­ing in amaz­ing views

At Camp Denali, you’ll immerse your­self in a remote back­coun­try, but with a cozy bed to set­tle into each night. Take in the qui­et of the sur­round­ing wilder­ness and enjoy the sim­ple, sus­tain­able ameni­ties for around 38 guests. Here, the bal­ance of ​“light touch on the land” and pro­vid­ing a com­fort­able stay is per­fect­ed. Refined rus­tic guest cab­ins, each of which claims a unique view of Denali, sleep from two to six people.

Glac­i­er Hut is a rare fly-in-only retreat set beside the Matanus­ka Glac­i­er in Alaska’s Chugach Moun­tains, offer­ing com­plete wilder­ness soli­tude with­out sac­ri­fic­ing com­fort. Acces­si­ble only by plane or heli­copter, this mod­ern cab­in sits on a scenic bluff sur­round­ed by dra­mat­ic glac­i­er and moun­tain views. Hand-built and com­plet­ed in 2024, the hut fea­tures run­ning water, a hot show­er, mod­ern kitchen, solar pow­er, sauna, and a large deck for taking  ...more

Vis­it­ing Alaska’s old­est recre­ation lodge — found­ed in 1937 and set 125 air miles north­west of Anchor­age — is like step­ping back in time. Rus­tic log cab­ins pep­per the land­scape, the staff gets around by horse, and every­where you turn you’ll find shim­mer­ing water and tow­er­ing peaks. It’s tru­ly a place to unplug.

Remote, exclu­sive, and all-inclu­sive, this fam­i­ly-owned lodge locat­ed north of the Arc­tic Cir­cle on the edge of Gates of the Arc­tic Nation­al Park caters to inde­pen­dent trav­el­ers look­ing for com­fort off the beat­en path. The sum­mer sea­son offers hik­ing for all fit­ness lev­els, fish­ing, boat­ing, and canoe­ing under the Mid­night Sun. Only one group is booked at a time, and a ​‘concierge guide’ is includ­ed for the dura­tion of your trip.

Expe­ri­ence one of Alaska’s most extra­or­di­nary overnights: glamp­ing direct­ly on the Matanus­ka Glac­i­er. On this unique trip — a col­lab­o­ra­tion between MICA Guides and Alpen­glow Lux­u­ry Camp­ing — you’ll fly to the glac­i­er by heli­copter out of Glac­i­er View (about 2 hours north of Anchor­age) and enjoy an exhil­a­rat­ing glac­i­er adven­ture with deluxe, cozy accommodations.

Escape to the lux­u­ri­ous cab­ins of Odyssey Lodge, set on a bluff over­look­ing Chi­na Poot Bay, a 25-minute water taxi ride from Homer. The Lodg­ing & Din­ing All inclu­sive Rate expe­ri­ence includes lodg­ing, all meals, and trans­porta­tion from Homer. The cozy, mod­ern cab­ins, sur­round­ed by Alaska’s gor­geous wilder­ness, can accom­mo­date up to 4 peo­ple and include stun­ning moun­tain and water views.

Brooks Lodge offers their own bear view­ing tours which are less expen­sive than most, and give you more time at Kat­mai Nation­al Park to watch bears feast­ing on sock­eye salmon from sev­er­al view­ing plat­forms. A com­mer­cial flight from Anchor­age takes you to King Salmon where you’ll switch to a small float plane for a quick 20-minute flight to Brooks Camp. After a brief safe­ty ori­en­ta­tion, you can watch bears from sev­er­al view­ing plat­forms, join the  ...more

Whether you’re look­ing to take your fam­i­ly off-grid for a bit of Alas­ka Adven­tur­ing, or for a great fish­ing spot with your bud­dies with incred­i­ble bear-view­ing — or if you’re even an artist look­ing for inspi­ra­tion — this lodge made up of new­ly ren­o­vat­ed log cab­ins offers a cus­tomized ide­al of bliss. It’s about 180 miles from the near­est road and offers an idyl­lic perch for explor­ing both the wilder­ness of Lake Clark Nation­al Park, as well as other  ...more

Immerse your pri­vate group in this lux­u­ry year-round lodge, sur­round­ed by the beau­ty of the Alaskan wilder­ness just south­east of Denali Nation­al Park. Sit­ting on a pri­vate 75-acre plot on Yogi Lake, it offers the remote feel­ing of a fly-in lodge — even though it’s acces­si­ble by road in sum­mer. Hire pri­vate guides for cus­tom adven­tures, like hik­ing, pack raft­ing, canoe­ing, flight­see­ing, fish­ing, and bird watch­ing. Or in win­ter, go cross-country  ...more

The Ulti­ma Thule Lodge offers you two extremes — though extremes of the best kind pos­si­ble. This unique and pri­vate lodge is one of the most lux­u­ri­ous places to stay in Alas­ka — they’ve host­ed both the rich and famous — but it’s also tucked inside the vast wilds of the nation’s largest, and most remote, nation­al park. Sec­ond gen­er­a­tion hosts, Paul and Don­na Claus (he an inter­na­tion­al­ly revered bush pilot, she a retired ski rac­er and first class chef)  ...more

Explor­ing Alaska’s back­coun­try lakes, forests and rivers is a phe­nom­e­nal expe­ri­ence. Wilder­ness Place Lodge — tucked away on a remote riv­er north­west of Anchor­age — offers excel­lent access to near­ly any fresh­wa­ter fish you came to Alas­ka for, along with a unique eco-trav­el expe­ri­ence that comes with a high lev­el of ser­vice, a vari­ety of non-fish­ing activ­i­ties and the mel­low free­dom to cre­ate an Alaskan expe­ri­ence that suits your own taste.

This fly-in lodge on a pri­vate lake in the Tal­keet­na Moun­tains is a great place to unplug. It is also an ide­al des­ti­na­tion to escape the crowds as the lodge only accom­mo­dates small groups of 10 or less. Take guid­ed hikes to look for wildlife and enjoy nature, kayak, go fish­ing, pick wild berries, or just relax and enjoy the peace and bliss­ful views.

Stay­ing at the remote Kenai Back­coun­try Lodge with­in the Kenai Nation­al Wildlife Refuge offers a real taste of the wilder­ness. The lodge, locat­ed on a five-acre, pri­vate in-hold­ing, began as a riv­er-accessed hunt­ing cab­in back in 1935. Years lat­er, the remod­eled and expand­ed prop­er­ty is still road-free, and guests raft into the lodge. Alas­ka Wild­land Adven­tures pride them­selves on a ​‘leave no trace’ style of eco-tourism. 

Take the 15-minute heli­copter ride from the inn’s sis­ter com­pa­ny, Marathon Heli­copters, out to this inti­mate one-bed­room yurt on the banks of gor­geous Bear Glac­i­er Lagoon, near Kenai Fjords Nation­al Park. Sur­round­ing you are huge ice­bergs, snow-dust­ed coastal peaks and pris­tine wilderness.

This tiny cove, 10 miles from Seward, offers a com­bi­na­tion of unplugged bliss, cool yurt liv­ing, and a kayaker’s par­adise. The two ​“unplugged” yurts each come with a queen-size bed and full size sofa bed, a table and chairs, linens, and a kitch­enette. You get unlim­it­ed use of kayaks dur­ing your stay — and giv­en the amount of sun­light dur­ing sum­mer, that means you can be pad­dling in and out of coves at mid­night if you feel like it!

This lodge offers a unique wilder­ness expe­ri­ence. Set on Fox Island, it is acces­si­ble only by boat from Seward, and is a true escape from civ­i­liza­tion. Kenai Fjords Wilder­ness Lodge has 8 cab­ins which do not have tele­vi­sions; the focus here is on nature. Go out on a nat­u­ral­ist-guid­ed walk, or take a kayak excur­sion and look for whales that swim right up to the shore. At the end of the day, enjoy the com­pa­ny of oth­ers around the campfire. 

This remote, off-grid retreat cen­ter, which sits 63 miles above the Arc­tic Cir­cle, offers a tru­ly authen­tic get­away, com­plete with a menu of enrich­ing pro­grams. Well­ness-based trans­for­ma­tion­al expe­ri­ences are the focus. Depend­ing on the retreat, you can opt for activ­i­ties like yoga, med­i­ta­tion, art, hik­ing, ski­ing, raft­ing, dogsled­ding, and even a chance to view the north­ern lights.

The Lodge at Whale Pass is a ful­ly all-inclu­sive lux­u­ry adven­ture lodge tucked into Alaska’s remote Inside Pas­sage, acces­si­ble by float­plane from Ketchikan. Guests enjoy gourmet meals, a full spa, and guid­ed activ­i­ties rang­ing from wildlife view­ing and glac­i­er trips to kayak­ing, hik­ing, and world-class fish­ing. The lodge’s 17 rooms and suites blend wilder­ness aes­thet­ics with high-end com­fort, mak­ing it ide­al for cou­ples, fam­i­lies, and corporate  ...more

Out­side of pitch­ing a tent on a beach with the bears, you can’t stay any clos­er to the heart of Glac­i­er Bay Nation­al Park & Pre­serve. The Glac­i­er Bay Lodge, with its mas­sive tim­bers, huge stone fire­place, net­work of board­walks and rooms tucked into the trees, is the only lodg­ing avail­able with­in park bound­aries. Fab­u­lous views, a full-ser­vice restau­rant, trails through the rain­for­est, camp­ing and kayak drop-offs, moun­tain-bike and  ...more

Locat­ed with­in a 1700 acre native-owned wildlife sanc­tu­ary in the heart of Kenai Fjords Nation­al Park, the cen­tral lodge and 16 guest cab­ins of Kenai Fjords Glac­i­er Lodge have full views of Ped­er­sen Glac­i­er and easy access to wildlife-view­ing adven­tures. The ele­gant­ly rus­tic lodge and seclud­ed guest cab­ins pair mod­ern com­fort and envi­ron­men­tal stewardship.

The Kan­tish­na Road­house is an Indige­nous owned and oper­at­ed, all-inclu­sive back­coun­try lodge in the heart of Denali Nation­al Park. Acces­si­ble only by air, expe­ri­ence the wilds of Kan­tish­na with just a hand­ful of oth­er guests and expe­ri­enced staff. They lim­it the num­ber of guests on prop­er­ty in order to pro­vide you with a unique, inti­mate experience.

Stonewood Lodge is a high-end, year-round, all-inclu­sive get­away to wild Alas­ka locat­ed on the shores of 50-mile long Lake Clark with­in the Bris­tol Bay Water­shed. Sum­mer activ­i­ties include prime bear view­ing and tro­phy fish­ing as well as snow­mo­bil­ing, ski­ing and ice fish­ing in the winter.

For a lot of trav­el­ers, explor­ing deep into Denali Nation­al Park, far from the crowds, sounds like the ide­al way to expe­ri­ence the famous park. But not every­one wants to rough it out there — which is why this lodge is the per­fect bal­ance, a com­fort­able perch in seri­ous­ly remote wilderness.

Fam­i­ly owned and oper­at­ed for over 50 years, the McBride fam­i­ly has per­fect­ed Alaskan hos­pi­tal­i­ty. This all-inclu­sive world-class lodge fea­tures pri­vate, deluxe accom­mo­da­tions and gourmet meals. Per­son­al­ized guide ser­vice allows you to cus­tomize your adven­tures to your inter­ests. Enjoy the spec­tac­u­lar views by the fire or spend a relax­ing evening in the hot tub and Finnish sauna. Only host­ing 10 – 14 guests each week ensures that your stay is  ...more