What you have all been waiting for!

Churchill Photos!

Simyra is back in Homer from her Churchill Polar Bear Tour!

  Simyra and guests had an amazing time viewing Polar Bears

and other Arctic wildlife while in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

All photos courtesy of Simyra Taback-Hlebechuk

More photos to come soon!

We Want You!

We Want Your Feedback that is!

Now that it is off season

we do not have pictures of the bears

or info on events to blog about.

So we would like to hear from you 

as to what you would like for us to blog about!

Are you a Homer, Alaska, Junkie and want to know more about things to do in town when you visit?

Do you like to be quizzed on the birds at the home office bird feeder?

Are you a weather buff and want to know Homer's climate any given day?
Or do you want to follow Hallo Bay's staff as to what they are doing during off season?

Please give us some ideas for future blogs!

We want to hear from you!

Off Season at Camp

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Churchill

Get to know Simyra

We are very proud of our Lead Guide Simyra!

If you have not made it out to camp yet to meet her

check out our video to get to know her!

This is the video submitted to Wanderlust

for the World Guide Award Ceremony.

VIDEO

Simyra on the beach in Katmai

Video credits:

Footage filmed by Jim Tharp

Edited by Sara Leibold

New Uploaded Video

For those who were not able to make it

to London for the Wanderlust World Guide Awards,

we can bring the World Guide Awards to you!

Check out the 18 minute video 

of Simyra and the other nominated guides being interviewed

and the winners announced!

Ceremony Video Here

Simyra accepting her 2nd place win!

Wanderlust World Guide Awards

Out of 1,000 nominations we were grateful that Simyra made top 10.

When we heard she made top 4 we were thrilled!

Then last Thursday in London at the Royal Geographic Society,

Simyra got 2nd place!

We are ecstatic! So proud of our lead guide Simyra!

Simyra outside of the RGS

Inside the auditorium at the RGS

The guides on stage

Simyra got 2nd place!

Simyra's support team: Rod, Paula, Simyra, and Sara!

More pictures to come!

Snow Storm at Camp

Last Saturday as we were taking down camp the snow started falling,

and it didn't stop until 5 inches were on the ground.

Check out a 360 degree view of the snow covered beach at camp 

Video Here 

Our pilot Trent and his plane on the beach at camp

View of the Galley in the snow

View of the Galley from the bathroom building

The high tide washed away the snow on the beach

All photos courtesy of Sara Leibold

Watch for the next blog post with news about Simyra's placement

at the Wanderlust World Guide Awards in London!

Fall in Katmai

It's that time of year again,

when the leaves change color,

the temperature drops, 

it's FALL.

The following pictures were taken around Hallo Bay Bear Camp

Photo courtesy of Simyra Taback-Hlebechuk

Photo courtesy of Simyra Taback-Hlebechuk

Photo courtesy of Brad Garasky

Photo courtesy of Brad Garasky

End of the season

All photos courtesy of Simyra Taback-Hlebechuk,

taken on the last overnight guests' bearviewing trip

of the 2012 season

Now booking for the 2013 season!

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Happy Birthday Clint!

Birthday Wishes to the Owner and Designer of 

Hallo Bay Bear Camp!

Warning: Graphic Images

Some of the photos below might make you squirm.

All photos taken on the beach by Hallo Bay Bear Camp

in Katmai National Park.

After the bears have had their fill, 

the dead salmon litter the beach.

It's the natural process.

Photos by Simyra Taback-Hlebechuk

Up Close and Personal

One of our overnight guests took these photos from

her trip out to Bear Camp

at the beginning of August.

Thanks for the great pictures!

All photos courtesy of Laura Wood