Bradford Camps

Best vacation ever. Igor and Karen |Are the best!!!! You probably couldn’t find a more beautiful place than this. It is remote and relaxing but couldn’t be more pampered. All the meals were delicious and homemade. Went with my husband son and grandson who is 12 and he didn’t want to come home.

Beautiful place that we have enjoyed for many years. Unfortunately, the place has lost its charm for us. The fishing is o.k. it was better the first three trips we made. The staff turnover has made it challenging for Igor and Karen, but with that the service has diminished. Our last trip in, we were unable to fly due to heavy rain so we got a motel that night in Millinockett and then drove in the next day. We no sooner got there and we were told our Guide was ready. We hadn't even unpacked. We definitely felt rushed. Balancing services with respect of people's trips into the camp should have been more thoughtful. The services in general have declined over the recent years as well. They are pricey, our last trip we were expected to pay for the guides lodging, on top of the daily rate, which we had not had to do previously. In years before that, they had help who would come on and make your bed and tidy up for you, so you could get out fishing, that does not happen anymore. On our last day there after a weeks stay, they used to send us off... down the road for our 6 hour drive...with a lovely brown bagged lunch which they don't do either anymore. Truly beautiful place, but we felt a pretty significant energy shift since they decided to sell. For us, we have moved on. Karen and Igor are truely knowledgeable about this pristine area, and congenial hosts.

Right on the shores of Munsungan Lake, very nice setting. The drive up is fantastic. The lake is nice, however, we found that all the good fishing is done at the camp end of the lake (inlet), thus we did not find any "hot" fishing spots at other locations on the lake. If you're into fishing - its good, lots of salmon and trout and if you're into nature, its great as well. There is also an old growth forests in the area. Igor does a good job keeping the camps original and the grounds pristine. Costs were higher compared to similar camps in Maine.

We have been coming here for about 17 years, although we usually don’t do repeat vacations!|This is a wonderful place to vacation if you like the outdoors and want to get away from it all! No cell service, no tv, but a daily weather report is available.|Many come here to fish in the beautiful and serene Munsungan Lake: mostly trout and salmon. You get get a guide for a day, that almost guarantees a catch. The staff will fry or smoke your catch, too.|This is a wonderful place for a family vacation; kids always seem to have a great time splashing and exploring.|Three meals a day are served, and there is always plenty of wood for the communal campfire. It’s fun to talk to the other guests around the campfire, with s’mores !|On caution: bring insect repellent!

I have been to many Maine Fish Camps. All are lovely in their own right. This is the FIRST 5 star fish camp I have had the pleasure of visiting. The cabins are spotless. The food healthy and varied. (Thank you, Julianna, your home baked bread is unparalleled) The grounds meticulous. Much assistance from Chad. And then the rest of the work is Igor and Karen. Family owned. Family run. Beautiful balance of fishing, and relaxing, and enjoying the absolute quiet and beauty .......the best Maine has to offer.

Visited Bradford Camp this past summer. Camp was outstanding! Great cabins, food, lake and a little fishing. They even have an ice house that they take frozen blocks of lake ice out and store for the summer. Really nothing bad to say except for inn keepers wife. Her name is Karen and she acts like a Karen. Friendly on the surface only. She gave the attitude that the guest were an annoyance in her day. Even when we asked for something it seemed like it was a burden. Better to ask one of the other staff. Husband and the rest of the staff were 5 stars. Really enjoyed our time there. Camp is worth visiting.

Spent half a week at Bradford camps this past fall bird hunting. It’s an absolute gem in the NMW. They deserve some recognition for what they offer and who they are. The cabins and lodge were great; comfortable, clean, warm, homey, and more than just a place to lay your head after being out all day in the woods or on the water. The drive in can be rugged depending on what you’re driving, but worth it. There’s also the option to be flown in and dropped on the beach just off the porch of camp. Or, drive in and get flown in to another pond or lake and picked up later. Cool option/service to have available from a camp. Someone from our group did that one day and had a great day out. The pilot, Igor, is very experienced and flying is just a part of his DNA. The crew and owners are what makes the place. The food was amazing and something to look forward to, whether it was starting the day, taking a lunch to go, or coming back to a hot meal after a long day in the woods. Julianna is an amazing Chef! Not only were the meals hot and filling, but our beers stayed cold the whole time because Chad would make his rounds and top off coolers on the porch with big chunks of harvested pond ice while choring, and he cleaned our birds! There were just a lot of little things that added up to make it a great experience overall. It takes a lot to keep a place like this going and maintained all season and they put in tons of work, time and attention to make Bradford Camps the amazing place it is. Karen and Igor, the owners, have been doing this a long time and clearly have an eye for talent, hard honest work, and good reliable people. I’m sure there are others, seasonal staff and guides, who deserve recognition as well for helping to keep the camp maintained and running. Bradford Camps is a pretty amazing place and worth the money. Whether it’s for fishing, hunting or a remote getaway into the NMW, do yourself a favor and make the trip.

Bradford Camps is in a very special part of the world, a very special part of Maine. My experience is staying (twice) in one of their remote camps (not the main Bradford Camp), but with both trips, I had interactions and help from the Innkeeper Igor, his wife Karen, and their crew. On my most recent trip, they had to go wayyyy out of their way for me and an affiliate of theirs (Katadhin Air--who is also wonderful). Katadhin Air was to drop me off and pick me back up, I wasn't originally supposed to be interacting with Igor on this trip. However, I had made it clear to Katadhin Air that I really needed to be out that Sunday as I had something very important that I had to be at for work the following Monday. They said they understood and that, no worries, I'd get out. Well, Sunday dawned with clouds right down to the trees, and an atmospheric river of thunderstorms covering almost all of New England. We didn't know about the endless band of storms--we were in a cabin with no power, no cell service, and no way to contact the outside world. We could see the clouds though, and I was like dang....how are we going to get out? This pond is small enough that an experienced pilot still needs about 80% of it to land, and they come down maybe 10 feet above the tops of the trees. Katahdin Air wasn't going to be able to fly us back to Milinocket (not that we knew this). But unbeknownst to us, they had been communicating with Igor--an extremely experienced pilot who probably knows the area better than anyone. In a tiny window of weather where the clouds rose up a bit off the trees, he came in his own plane, grabbed us as quick as possible, and made the little hop over to Munsungeon Lake where Bradford Camps is. This--something some pilots wouldn't have the skill to feel comfortable doing, he did for us. Even though it was the middle of the day, he was supposed to be helping with lunch and attending the guests of the Camp, and it wasn't anything we paid for. Nor part of the contract of our stay. I had communicated to Katahdin Air how important it was that I got out, they communicated it to him, and even if it was certainly a hiccup in his day--he did this for us. And Katahdin Air drove the 3 hours of backroads (one way) to pick us up and bring us back down to Milinocket. You want adventure? You want the real woods? You want people who will do things for you even if they absolutely don't have to? Then Bradford Camps is for you.