Follow in the footsteps of Alaskan frontierswomen and conservationists to experience an unparalleled immersion in pristine brown bear habitat from our private fly-in camp in Lake Clark National Park. Built on the site of a historic homestead, Alaska Bear Camp occupies a private inholding surrounded by 4 million acres of protected wilderness. These are the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina people, preserving an intact ecosystem at the headwaters of the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world.

Guests are welcomed by our Alaska Bear Camp manager Caprice Stoner, a youthful grandmother of five who has passionately guided operations here for nearly two decades. With the support of other strong women naturalists — our Nat Hab Expedition Leaders — Caprice will prepare you for the adventure of a lifetime.

Each of our deluxe tent cabins is named after a person of significance to Alaska, conservation, or Nat Hab’s history. We proudly honor women like Margaret Murie, endearingly referred to as the “Grandmother of the Conservation Movement." In testimony to Congress in support of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, “Mardy” famously stated, “I am testifying as an emotional woman and I would like to ask you, gentlemen, what’s wrong with emotion? Beauty is a resource in and of itself. Alaska must be allowed to be Alaska, that is her greatest economy.”

You’ll also hear the heroic tale of Ada Delutuk Blackjack, an Inupiat seamstress turned Indigenous interpreter, hunter and survivalist for the ill-fated Arctic expedition led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson to settle Wrangel Island in 1921.