DIY Alaska
The cost? About £3,500 for 12 days fishing. That's the bottom line right at the top! It's about a third of the price of a guided trip. The catch? It's DIY. I've been DIYing Alaska every other year for the past 20. I'm looking for two companions to join me in July 2012. Three is the ideal number. The float plane I charter can carry three people, an inflatable raft, camping and fishing gear to the lake at the headwaters of the Kanektok River (google it). We wave goodbye to the pilot, pump up the raft, load the gear and float down the river, one man on the oars, the other two fishing. We camp on the bank at night. Twelve days later we reach the Eskimo village where the river enters the sea and catch an air taxi back. This is not a holiday. This is an adventure. And it is DIY. We take it turn to row the raft, help put up the tent, cook, wash the dishes, gather firewood. And we do it in the wind and rain which are typical for this part of the world. We wash in the river - it's snow melt - and take whatever nature throws our way. You don't have to be an athlete but you do have to be reasonably healthy. I'm a far-from-fit 53-year-old pen pusher. Flights are ex-Dublin but could be ex-somewhere else. Any takers?
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