You can meet fishermen while you stroll the floating docks, or watch the boats leave for a commercial fishing opening. There is a picnic table to eat lunch on that overlooks the bay. Dillingham Chamber of Commerce and Visitor's Center - Your guide to the Dillingham area. The Walrus Islands are a State Game Sanctuary and is home to thousands of walrus. There is also the state's largest concentration of sea birds nesting on the island's rocky cliffs, and a population of steller sea lions and foxes.
Round Island is the primary walrus haul out spot during the summer months.
Getting there requires taking an air charter out of Dillingham and then a boat trip of about 30 miles. The trip is expensive and the weather can be unpredictable, sometimes causing travel delays of several days. But, a trip of a lifetime awaits those adventure seekers who go. All Rights Reserved. Ron Hilbert Web Master.