Homer Alaska's Tutka Bay Wilderness Lodge. Seaside lodging near Homer, Alaska in a 4 star remote wilderness lodge. Deluxe accommodations, seafood dining, kayaking, fishing, bear viewing, helicopter tours. wildlife tours, eco tours, hiking on private nature trails.

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Discover the natural treasures of Alaska's Kenai coast!

Activities Included in your Stay:
 
 
  • Watch sea otters dive for urchins & clams.
  • Hear the cries of bald eagles defending their territory.
  • Find solitude on a quiet beach or nature trail.
  • Discover sea stars, anemones, chitons and mussels at low tide.
  • Watch for whales, sea lions, porpoises and seals.
  • Learn from the locals about Alaska's natural and cultural history.
  • Drink in the view from a lounge chair on our Alaskan size sun deck.
  • Fish for greenling, cod and flatfish off the lodge dock.
  • Feed the frilled anemones in our anemone garden under the lodge dock.
  • Dig for steamer clams and pluck mussels from the rocks for an evening feast.
  • Warm yourself to the bone in our handcrafted wood-fired banya (sauna).
  • Research native art, archeology, birds, marine biology or plants in our Alaskana library.
  • Visit a pre-historic midden of refuse left by early Kachemak Bay inhabitants.
  • Learn about brown bears, glaciers and marine ecology from our nature video library.
  • Sooth tired muscles in our open-air hydrotherapy hot tub on the deck.


    • "Ozzie," resident sea otter
     


    The gazebo and hot tub
     

    Mr. J. Edgar Swoop, resident Bald Eagle
    Mr. J. Edgar Swoop, resident Bald Eagle
     


    Exploring the coast


    Picking berries on Sadie Cove Knob in Kachemak Bay State Park


    A nice catch from the lodge dock

    Collecting mussels
     
    Hiking Grace Ridge in Kachemak Bay State Park

    "You set your own pace at Tutka Bay Lodge and your hosts adapt to the needs of as many as 15 guests at a time, some of whom may be on the go on foot taking daylong hikes or in boats fishing or kayaking."
    Florence Fabricant
    The New York Times
    Reading "Alaska" in Alaska
     

    When the tide is low the stars are out
         		  

    Humpback whales visit the cove
     

    "At Tutka Bay Lodge, activities emphasize quiet comfort and environmental awareness."
    Anne Z. Cook, Los Angeles Times
     

    Special  Excursion Options: (ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED)
     

    Sea Kayaking



    Some of Kachemak Bay's best sea kayaking
    is near the lodge

     

    Ozzie Otter in the lodge cove
     

    View brown bears in Katmai National Park on a day trip
     (please click these for enlargements)
     


     


     


    Oops! Another one got away

    All fattened up and ready for hibernation

    Coastal Tour by Boat

     
    Boat tours provide great opportunities to view wildlife


    Black Oystercatchers 
     

    Tutka Bay Wilderness Lodge guest, Chris Cleveland, from Rockville, Md., captured this outstanding sequence of photographs in Tutka Bay less than a mile from the lodge.

     

    Ozzie Otter wrapped in kelp



    Loons in the morning mist

     

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    Alaska's Tutka Bay Wilderness Lodge
    P.O. Box 960 · Homer, Alaska · 99603
    Phone (907) 235-3905 Fax (907) 235-3909
    Reservations (800) 606-3909
    info@tutkabaylodge.com

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