The Bears in Alaska September 2004 This trip took us from Manchester England to Anchorage Alaska via Atlanta. From Anchorage we took a local bus down to Homer [this is the end of the road south] From Homer we made a day trip by float plane [this took one+half hours] to the Katmai National Park. On arrival we went ashore by boat. The walk to the location was no more than 1/2 mile along the shore [surrounded by Bears] We spent 6 hr just being there and we enjoyed more than 20+ Bears just constantly catching the Salmon in the river. ... (more)