Mini bus arrived at time of departure which meant we were anxious about missing the trip. Mini bus was far too small and cramped for the number of passengers, and there was an overpowering smell of marijuana inside. The overly cramped space meant that my husband suffered from claustrophobia and had to exit the bus and didn't feel he could continue. However, our guide Shane allowed him to sit in the front with him, otherwise we would have lost the cost of the trip
The trip itself was very disappointing as tide was extremely high which meant no bears, the beach for fool's gold was inaccessible. We didn't visit the salmon ladder, so only able to experience a couple of whale sightings and an eagle sitting high in a tree.
Response from Host
Sep 2024
On this day. We had 11 people in a 14 passenger van. You tour came back on time.( which means the tour in front of you got their full 2.5 hours)
We give back to back tours. So unless you get the 8am tour, you will not get a clean van. Some of our passengers also visited our local legal dispensaries before taken our tour. You got to see whales, seals catching salmon, a beautiful waterfall an the largest tótem pole collection in south east Alaska.
An we denied the front seat to a man older the your husband so he could enjoy his trip like everyone else.
So you give us a bad review for being on time , accomidating your husband getting to see whales off the shore line. (Closer to us then the whale watching tour boat) a eagle high in a tree an seals eating salmon 2 feet in front of us. But based our tour off the high tide an not seeing a bear. The two things outta our control... thank you for your review. We'll do everything we can to get that tide an them bears under control. For our future guest next year thank you we do appreciate all our reviews