Afognak Island is a landscape of towering spruce forests, protected coves, tidal flats, and rugged coastline. As one of Alaska’s largest islands, its shoreline stretches for hundreds of miles, creating a maze of bays, inlets, islands, and sheltered waterways shaped by the North Pacific.
Part of the world’s northernmost coastal temperate rainforest, the island supports dense old-growth forest, rich wildlife habitat, and vast stretches of roadless wilderness. Mountains rise directly from the sea, and wildlife moves freely between shoreline, timber, alpine country, and the surrounding ocean.
The island supports strong populations of Kodiak brown bear, Sitka blacktail deer, and Roosevelt elk, along with a rich diversity of marine life, seabirds, and waterfowl.
Early breakfast, packed lunches, gear check, and departure by boat.
We travel protected coastline, glassing bays, points, and hillsides. Tides and weather conditions dictate where we can go and when.
Hunts continue on foot through shoreline and forest.
Return to the lodge, dry gear, share stories, and settle in for dinner.
Guests fly from their home airport to Kodiak, Alaska, the nearest town with a commercial airport. We recommend arriving in Kodiak the day before your floatplane flight to the lodge.
From Kodiak, guests will fly by floatplane directly from Kodiak to our dock at the lodge. The flight takes about 25 minutes.
Coastal Alaska weather can affect travel logistics, so flexibility is important.
Note: Alaska regulations prohibit hunting on the same day as flying for Kodiak brown bear and Roosevelt elk hunts.
Resources below to help plan for your trip. If you have any questions, we are happy to guide.
Wildlife is abundant throughout Afognak Island’s forests, coastlines, and marine waters.
Kodiak brown bear
Sitka blacktail deer
Roosevelt elk
Red fox
Silver fox
River otter
Pine marten
Beaver
Sea otters
Harbor seals
Steller sea lions
Humpback whales
Gray whales
Fin whales
Orcas
Dall’s porpoise
Harbor porpoise
Pacific halibut
Lingcod
Yelloweye rockfish
Black rockfish
Coho (Silver) salmon
Sockeye (Red) salmon
Chinook (King) salmon
Bald eagles
Black oystercatchers
Kingfishers
Cormorants
Loons
Tufted puffins
Horned puffins
Harlequin ducks
King eiders
Buffleheads
Surf scoters
Green-winged teal
Goldeneyes
Merganser
Northern pintails
Mallard
Long-tailed ducks
