sniff*sniff...Is that spring in the air!?? You know what that means!!

MOTORCYCLES IN ALASKA!!!!!

Yes, you heard me...

This season, Dusty got her license, and she has been tearing up the road!

Dusty's purple and red bike was to be the next work in progress at the hangar, but she decided she needed MORE POWER!

SO....an 1100 is in the works , so she can blaze the way ! I love riding with her, and miss it now that it's December. We are still thinking about shipping them south for the winter, and riding the coast together... I think it will do for us. Keep your fingers crossed that we can!

Iditarod 2010!

It always starts with the Iditarod... as they say,

"Unless you're the lead dog, the view never changes!" Isn't that the truth?

That's why we change to meet the demands of our customers and guests and the adventurous spirit Alaska gives us all. We workedAlaska Backcountry Access, and with the TAP's program this season to put together a pretty fun trip to offer the military spouses that were visiting.

We had three great guests in the plan

e with us!

Lots of fun..lots of snow...and lots of laughs!

Of course those of you that know us, know that fun is not allowed...(yeah, right)

We had an airplane on skis, and a handful of snowmachines...guests rode the trail chasing the dog teams and also flew over head for a birds eye view from the skiplane!

Spent a lot of the first night out on the trail, sitting around the numerous bonfires watching and waiting the racers enter the checkpoints!

Lots of fun for sure...we are doing it again this year, so if your interested to join us for the 2011 Iditarod Dog Sled Race...give a call! we would happy to have you!!

2010 Coming to an end...some spectacular trips and great folks!

December finds 2010 coming to an end...sad to see this year go, as there was lots a great times and memories... but glad to as the lows were trying at best sometimes!

We are looking for a great New Year, and a fantastic season! Lots of changes, again...new locations...new trips to offer... new faces... new office..etc..etc..

I will try to post all the changes as they come, I promise I'll try.

First though, let's ;ooh back at the season past.

Something new for you ...

The first post of the new season, and it's a good one!

Ok everyone....it's official....FOMF.
Ya hear me?? FOMF.
Everyone is always using LOL...or LMAO...or something, and well, they really aren't laughing out loud...or on the floor after their butt fell off....are they?
I think we Alaskans should start using FOMF (fall off moose funny...and please, you should never have to ask if some crazy Alaskan ever really was on a moose, now do you???) when we think something is funny!
We would have our own little piece of ...well something anyway...
And that's right...I DO have too much time on my hands right...and yes, these things have to come from somewhere...and yes...its usually me.
So try it!
Pass it on...I been using it for a few days now...and it's funny!
FOMF, funny!
Having a great day...and light snow here at the office...
Looking forward to hearing from you...pass it along, drop us a line...tell new friends...

Lots more to follow...pictures, videos... deals...updates...all the good stuff!

Also, check and become a fan us ours on Facebook!

Deal for bear viewing trips for '09 season!

We are not going to raise our bear viewing prices for this season. 

There. 

I said it.

It's out there now... can't take it back.....

... wouldn't want to!!!

We will keep our Katmai National Park all day bear viewing trip, with lunch and guide, at the same old price of $699.00 per person! 

This will get you an all day, lunch included, guided bear viewing trip, up close and personal!

Our trips are exclusive to you only... meaning, you will be the only people on the trip! 

The guide and the aircraft are yours! You don't have to stand next to 30 other people while trying to get that once in a lifetime shot... or worry about other people talking about Uncle Ernie's 'medical condition' ... that kept him form the cruise to Alaska this year, because he couldn't sit down for more than 10 minutes at a time, while the sound on your video camera is going. 

You know what I'm talking about.

I know you do.

 Also, we are going to discount this trip as well.

What I  will do is this. If 3 people book a bear viewing trip to Katami, we will discount the 3rd passenger at 50%. If 4 passengers book, we will allow the 4th passenger to go for free!

Making this trip that much more affordable to groups and families.

So book now!

We also have numerous other day trips o add to your Alaskan vaction that are affordable aas well. 

Fishing trips from 249 per person....

Glacier hiking trips with a paddle right up to the face of the glacier from 190 per person...

you can't find these anywhere else.

Check us out!!!

Bear viewing, Glaciers...and other Alaska misconceptions!

I got a phone call today....

and the strange questions that followed!

Seems people have no idea about Alaska, or what it like, what to expect while here, etc....sad, because they don't know what they access to, and what they can take advantage of.

The pure space...the wilderness, the remoteness that makes Alaska whole....and it seems that they want to go someplace, and stand next someone... 300 other someone's! 

It seems that the 'cattle car' mentality is getting the best of Alaska!

The cruise ships bring in alot of folks to Alaska... and what do you really see while with them?

4 to 5 thousand other passengers, sometimes up to 6 ships at a time, unload in a town that may only have 4 to 5 thousand residents! 

All of the people you meet, and none of them Alaskans, all telling you what you going to do... what your going to see. And then, you don't seem to have the time to do it. It all adds up to a thousand dollars a day, and the few activities that you can do, only last a couple hours... and cost too much (the cruise ship make the vendor pay a fee up to 40 percent commission , and a 20 percent fee to list with them). The cruise industry regulates pretty heavily who they want you to do business with...I guess that makes sense, since they make so much money off of them.

I'm ranting now... I know , sorry. It just doesn't make sense, to come all this way, and only see someone else's version of Alaska...

'canned Alaska' and not see what you came here for in the first place!

Airplanes!!!!! 

We3 get you AWAY from the crowd...to the real Alaska. The 'Locals Alaska'.... and yes, you are welcome there! With open arms welcome!

You won't be greeted by 'Becky' from some state other than Alaska, who just got here for her first time away from home... and trying to turn things around since loosing her job at the gas and sip for being rude to late night in-convenience store customers!!! (and how rude does on have to be to get fired from that gig anyway!??) 

Frustrating to say the least...how can she answer your questions...other than read the script, right???

So, anywho.... I know, I'm ranting again, well sorry, but sometimes I get up on the box, you know?

We can answer all your question. We can get you away from the crowds. We can get you to real Alaska.... Its not far, you can't see it from the cruise ship, but it's here. 

Even a short flight ... less than 30 minutes will get you right in the heart of it!

You come here to feel small....or see a miracle, see something you cant see at home... or something that you may never get to see again.

Share a memory....make a memory, take and impression or leave one,

you are welcome here.

So now let me tell you of all the cool and neat thins hat are coming this summer here at 

Alaska Bush Safari Co.!!!

We are proud  to offer an awesome give-a-way of a Katmai Bear viewing trip!

(day trip for two, lunch and guide)

It was awesome the last time we gave one away...and I don't expect any less.

Also offering discounts on day trips, from bear viewing to fishing, to glacier hiking! 

(more on that in a second)

We have not raised our prices this year, and do not expect to, nor are we planning on having a fuel surcharge... as other have, trying to help make Alaska affordable to everyone! 

Glacier hiking! We have all kinds of stuff going on with that! From half hour flights to look one over close... to multi-day trips where you 'become one ' with the glacier! We have 2 new fly, hike and paddle trips that are out of this world! Fly next to and all around the glacier...next we land you at the BASE of the glacier...not up on the snowy top, where you can't tell where you are...but at the base..walk and hike where it lives, breaths..moves.  Then, you get to paddle right up to one... see it from a whole other perspective.

These trips are starting at 190. per person.

Bear viewing trips start at 699. per person.

Fishing at 300. per person.

We are Alaska's premiere flight company...

period.

We love to show people Alaska, and it shows.

Ask some of past guests... we happily provide references for you to contact... does anyone else do that? 

Now thats confidence!

We have alot in the works for this year... new locations... new trips... new activities .... 

Keep checking back...don't forget to sign up for the give-a-way....and give us a call to help plan your trip, and see our prices, Real Alaska isn't as expensive as you think.

Joe 

Aloha!

Aloha, brah!

We went to Hawaii for the Thanksgiving holiday.

One of those things , where, it was cheaper to go than to stay...., well, it could have happened that way!

We stayed on Oahu for a few days, then continued on to Kauai for 7 days I think!

We had a blast....fell more in love!

The pics are out of order a little, but hey...thats the way we roll up in here....

Queens Bath, well it was awesome! Lots os warnings before you hike to it! It is a natural 'pool' made from lava on the rocky coast of Kauai. About 4-10 feet deep, and 30-40 feet wide and about 150 feet long. Crystal clear..full of fish...beautiful...well worth the hike!

An awesome sunset, WAY out the road towards the Na Pali coast..it was our first sunset on Kauai. We took the rental jeep down this REALLY muddy road, got the jeep covered with mud! Dusty loved it! She got to drive it back...even dirtier the second time around.

A pic of another secluded beach we hiked to for the day. Went snorkeling, and it was her first time...she really had the hang of it by the second day...Love her for her sense of adventure! Saw all kinds of fish,....even the endangered Hawaiian Monk seals with young (about 6 wks old) on 'our' beach!

Another pic of Dusty...

worn out and sore from swimming, hiking, sunburn, on our way back to Alaska!

We had Kalua pork for Thanksgiving dinner... it may be a new tradition!!!

I am soooo looking forward to our next trip together.