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Homer Sightseeing Tours |
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P Chigmit Mountains P Seldovia P Kachemak Bay P Tuxedni Bay Bears
P Homer Spit P Halibut Cove P Bald Eagle Viewing P Fishing Derby
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Nestled among rolling hills and overlooking Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Mountains, this seaside community has 4,000 residents and another 8,000 beyond the city limits. A visitor's first glimpse of Homer from the the highway approach to the town is likely to be the most dramatic. Homer's most unusual feature is the five-mile-long spit that juts out into Kachemak Bay. The Spit is home to our harbor and over 700 charter and commercial boat operators year round, growing to 1,500 in the summer months.
Homer and Halibut Cove across the bay are artist colonies as well as tourist attractions. Homer greets migrating shorebirds – and birdwatchers – with a festival in early May, and a summer-long halibut derby keeps charter operators busy from May 1 through Labor Day. Visitors wanting to see big fish should head for the fish weigh station on the spit.
The character of the spit changes in the winter, when eagles throng to it. They can be found, as thick as sparrows, roosting on rooftops, on coal piles, on every suitable surface -- attracted by the promise of lots of fish, delivered by a woman who for several years has ensured that they remain well fed.
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Full Day
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$195 Adult
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Homer's nickname is the "Halibut Capital of the World". There's a good reason for it. Halibut are usually targeted from around the 1st of April to around the 1st of November. Their average weight is 20 lbs. but may get as large as 300-400 lbs. The limit for halibut is 2 fish per person per day. Choose to either fish in water 100-200 ft deep, where there's more action but the average size may not be as big, or fish in the shallow waters of the kelp (20-100ft) where there may not be as much action but when you get a halibut it's probably going to be pretty big.
What to bring: Anglers should bring their own lunch, camera, rain gear, and, of course, their Alaska Sport fishing license and King Salmon stamp. Please bring your own food and beverages. There is coffee on board.
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Full Day
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$530 Adult
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Around the first of July, depending on the timing of the salmon run coming from Bristol Bay, we start our tours to the Brooks River Falls in the middle of Katmai National Park. The flight takes about an hour and a half to get across Cook Inlet past McNeil River to Brooks. You'll fly over six and seven thousand foot mountains, beautiful mountain lakes and often, we see moose and caribou along the way. Brooks is the most famous place in Katmai to see the bears. There several viewing platform just below the falls and an at the mouth of the river. Most of the time, there are bears along the trail and the lake and river.
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Full Day
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$55 Adult
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Each day from Memorial Day through Labor Day we provide a 6 hour round trip tour to Seldovia. Leaving Homer harbor at 11:00 am we make our way to Gull Island to see the home to nine nesting species of birds. Many, many other species may be found here during migration, before and after nesting. Then on to 60 foot rock, a smaller rookery. Here we find where the sea otters hang out. In early season they have their cute little pups with them. Then on through scenic Eldred Passage and into Seldovia taking about 2 hours. You then have 3 hours to enjoy this beautiful village where you can have lunch, hike the trails or just take photos for you scrap book. Back to the boat for a 4:00 pm departure and a one hour ride with arrival at 5:00 pm in Homer.
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Halibut Cove & Dinner Cruise
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4 Hours
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$68 Adult
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Starting from the picturesque Kenai Peninsula town of Homer, you meet at 5:00 pm for a cruise across the scenic and vibrant waters of Kachemak Bay. The highlight of the cruise to Halibut Cove is a visit to Gull Island, a bird sanctuary a short twenty minutes from Homer. Gull Island is home to nine nesting species of birds. In addition to the fabulous birds at Gull Island, Kachemak Bay is teeming with sea life- seal, whales, porpoise. You have a full 3 hours on the Island with dinner times being 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Most guests spend 11/2 hours dinning and the remaining 11/2 hour touring the island and the galleries which remain open until the boat departures at 9:00 pm. A three-course dinner is included.
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