Established in 1960, the over 19-million-acre Arctic National Refuge (the size of South Carolina), located in remote northeast Alaska at the eastern tip of the Brooks Range, is one of the last remaining undeveloped areas left in the world. The refuge has three wild rivers and the largest designated wilderness in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Here you will observe and experience a pristine artic ecosystem. This is the home and breeding grounds of grizzly bears, polar bears, dall sheep, musk-ox, caribou, wolves, and over a 160 species of birds from over four continents. Nesting and related activities occur between April and late July.

Inupiat Eskimos have inhabited this frontier for many generations. Lowell Sumner, one of the Arctic Refuge founders, stated, "This wilderness is big enough and wild enough to make you feel like one of the old-time explorers." Beginning high in the mountains, the Kongakut flows north to the Beaufort Sea. Of particular interest is the great migration of the Porcupine Caribou Herd through this area.

The hiking is world class, and if you like to wet a fly line, there is excellent fishing for artic char and grayling!

Trip Dates and Cost:

$4,100 per person. Trips (10-days) beginning in mid-June. Please contact us for this season's departure dates. Price includes guide services, all rafting and camp equipment (see equipment web page), fantastic meals, and all bush-plane flights from Fairbanks, Alaska.