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            Early morning on the Noatak River           Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

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North Fork Koyukuk River

The North Fork of the Koyukuk River runs through the place which Bob Marschall in the late 1920 calles "The Gates of the Arctic". This is where our canoe trip to the samll town Bettles starts. This trip is a classic.

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     Hikers above the North Fork Koyukuk river         Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

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Middle Fork Koyukuk River

An excellent short trip to include into an Alaska journey that gives the traveller a wonderful chance to experience for a few days Alaskas magnificent wilderness away from the highways without the commitment to a long stay in the wilderness and camping. We start in Fairbanks by van and travel the Dalton highway into the heart of the Brooks Range at Coldfooot. There we board our canoes or rafts to paddle the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk river, camp a couple of nights in the wilderness before a bush plane picks us up and flys us to the small remote town Bettles. After a night at the Bettles lodge which is registered as a "national historic landmark" we fly by commuter plane back to Fairbanks.

Dates: June 6 - 19, 2007

             July 3 - 7, 2007                  Price: $ 1,937.00 Fairbanks to Fairbanks

             August 20 - 24, 2007        min. 6 participants

    Bull Moose                                                            Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

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Arrigetch Peaks Trekking and Alatna River:

The granite mountains of the Arrigetch Peaks offer the most incredible sight of the Brooks Range. After arriving on the Alatna River by float plane from Bettles, we will explore this scenic wonder during a four day hike. Afterwards we paddle with inflatable canoes the meandering Alatna River. The Alatna river is in the US register as a"national wild and scenic river", The valley of the Alatna is home to grizzly bear, moose, wolves and other furbearers. The trips can also be booked separately.
Arrigetch Peaks and Alatna River August 5 – 14.  2007 Fairbanks - Fairbanks.
Price: $ 2,995 min 5 participants

               Arrigetch Peaks              Alatna River morning Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

Noatak River
To travel the entire Noatak River is an epic journey in an unique Arctic environment

which by the UNESCO was decalred a "World Biosphere Heritage Site". We start

with a bushflight in Bettles and travel by canoe. The first few days we find us in

the "Gates of the Arctic National Park" then we enter "Noatak National Preserve.

We travel all the way to the Native Village of Noatak, where we board a motorboat

and travel the rest of the now huge and slowly maeandering river to the Kotzebue Sound and across the Sound to the town of Kotzebue. From here we return to Anchorage.
July 19 - August 8, 2007  21 days. Fairbanks - Fairbanks. Price: $ 3,995.00
min.5 max 9 participants

   Moose antler on upper Noatak river              Muskox, Noatak River   

   Photos: Chlaus Lötscher        

        Fall colors along Kobuk river                              Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

Kobuk River
By canoe we travel through the entire Kobuk Valley National Park from the village Ambler to Kiana. We will visit the prehistoric archaeological site of Onion Portage and hike to the Great Kobuk Sanddunes. The landscape will be in full autumn colors, the caribou are migrating south and across the river sometimes next to our boats.Northern Lights on clear nights are spectacular. Included are charter flights from Fairbanks to Ambler and from Kiana back to Fairbanks.
September 3 - 12, 2007  10 days. Fairbanks - Fairbanks. Price: $ 3,345.00

Grizzly along the river                                      Sanddunes Kobuk river      

Photos: Chlaus Lötscher

Kongakut River: This river flows near the Canadian border from the Brooks Range through the coastal plain into the Beaufort Sea. It is a major migration route of the Porcupine River Caribou herd, which during this time wanders from their winter range to the calving grounds of ANWR.
June 22 - July 1.  2007, 11 days, Fairbanks - Fairbanks. Price: $ 3,720.00
min. 5 participants

Caribou along the Kongakut river                        Dryas bloom on tundra 

Photos: Chlaus Lötscher

         Packice along coastline of ANWR  Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

ANWR Nature Photography Camp

The coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ANWR is an outstanding place for nature photography. Along the coast we establish a fix campsite and from there we explore the cost and the tundra of the coastal plain. We search for wildlife such as arctic fox, we photograph the arctic tundra that has just awakened from the long winter. Flowers are blooming, birds are nesting, waterfowl has arrived, spring in the arctic has arrived while along the coast pack ice still is drifting.We reach the camp from fairbanks with a flight to Deadhorse, the center of the Arctic Alaska Oilfields at Pruhoe Bay. from there we fly by bushplane to our campsite along the Arctic Ocen. Our return trip inlcudes a van ride from Deadhorse through the Brooks Range back to Fairbanks. This trip offers additional opportunities for photography.

Date: June 17 - 24, 2007  min. 5 participants, Price: $ 3,295.00

             Camp along ANWR coast Arctic Ocean        Photo: Chlaus Lötscher

Twin Lakes canoeing and hiking tour: Hiking, canoing and exploring along the Twin Lakes. More Info

July 11 – 18. 2007, 8 days $ 2,650.00  min 5 participants

Twin Lakes                                                                              Photos: Chlaus Lötscher

Beaver Creek: A “National Wild and Scenic river“ the Beaver Creek offers a wonderful canoe experience through the White Mountains NE of Fairbanks. A great trip after spring break up when nature has broken the grip of winter. If you want to and feel after the guided part confident, you can continue the trip unguided for another appr. two weeks all the way to the Yukon river and arrange a pick up with us at the bridge of the Dalton highway.
Fairbanks to Fairbanks  Price: $ 2,100.00    Date to be set
minimum 5 participants

Beaver Creek and White Mountains                       View over Beaver Creek 

Photos: Chlaus Lötscher

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