Ketchikan City and Wildlife Tour

Overview

Take a beautiful 90 minute tour on our historical trollies or our modern shuttles thru the main highlights of Ketchikan Alaska. Then drive on a stunning 8 mile road next to the ocean sightseeing main landmarks, south of town. Herring Cove awaits us where we spend 15-25 minutes watching for seasonal wildlife

City: Ketchikan

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $50.00

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $50.00

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What's Included

Local guide

Professional guide

All taxes, fees and handling charges

Driver/guide

Port pickup and drop-off

Live commentary on board

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff

What To Expect

Ketchikan

Start off with a tour of the highlights of Ketchikan: We visit Creek Street, Salmon ladder, Harris Bridge, Captain's row, Newtown and Park District indian town and, Thomas street.

Herring Cove

Then drive on a stunning 8 mile road next to the ocean sightseeing main landmarks, south of town. 8 miles south Herring Cove awaits us where we spend 15-25 minutes watching for seasonal wildlife

Creek Street

We end up our tour either dropping our guests off at Creek Street so they can enjoy walking and shopping or directly at their ship.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Reviews (4)

Alice_G

Oct 2022

When we arrived at the designated site the tour was closed local said that he had already left for the season we reached out to you Vidor and are still waiting for a refund of the $350 that we paid for the tour

vikingkim5

Aug 2022

A wildlife tour that took us to a muddy construction zone parking lot between houses? What a ripoff. We saw salmon and an eagle in the distance. We had barely ten minutes at this site then back on the bus. Guide was informative about the town, but complained about cruise ship workers buying all the good snacks at their Walmart and about her job. I could have Googled the town info and saved $60. We were suckered. I strategically got one photo that showed some bear tracks and left out the highway, houses, construction, and culverts.

Response from Host

Aug 2022

Dear Guest, We offer a $45, 90 minute tour of the city and wildlife, in which you see the historical highlights of town, and then go in a 9 mile drive south of town right along the ocean, making multiple stops. There you might see eagles and eagle nests, we do a quick drive thru Saxman native village and even though we don’t stop there, you see all of the totem poles there. Then we continue to Herring Cove where thousands of salmon go upstream to spawn and that becomes a magnet for eagles, seals and bears. We stop there for 20-25 minutes and park at a parking lot, next to the city’s dirt road. The construction you mention is part of the state rebuilding a bridge under the new infrastructure rebuild bill. The tour you took, was a special 1 hour tour priced at $30 and is a drive straight out to herring cove with a 20-25 minute stop, this is the last tour of the day offered for guests who get off the ship late but still want a chance of seeing wildlife, ships leave early this summer and we are committed to getting everyone back safely and on time to the ship so you don’t miss your ship, it looks like we delivered on that promise, as far as the wildlife out there that you saw, there are no guarantees, but under your own account you did say you saw the salmon and the eagles. Hopefully next time you visit we will have a brand new bridge and road, specially finished for your convenience. Thank you for your comments, we will share them with our local authorities to highlight the importance of improving the appearance and infrastructure of our town.

marywS2195LI

Oct 2021

All around horrible! The windows of the bus were so steamed up you couldn't see anything if there was anything to see! No place to park at the fish ladder so a drive by, everything else couldn't be seen because of the foggy windows. Driver passed around a dirty wet rag to wipe them off. Waist of time and money! Next time I will just walk in the rain!

Response from Host

Oct 2021

Hi Mary, Ketchikan is one the rainiest cities in North America, with 13 feet of rain pero year, 160 inches or 4.10 mts. When it rains it pours, so we just live and survive with the vast amount of HUMITY that is in the environment. So with 30 other human beings on the big trolley we get condensation and the cloth is used to wipe that condensed humor y off of the windows. Sorry you came to visit when it was rainy (90% of the time it’s just a fact of life). May is driest month of the year, so next time you visit Alaska, you could try a drier season, but be warned that it’s typically colder. If you couldn’t stop at the salmon ladder on creek street, it was probably because other tour buses were Parked there, unfortunately we also have to share the public roadways with other vehicles . On the bright side I’m sure you got a chance to stop at other spots along Ketchikan creek and got to see the salmon swimming upstream. Now that’s the part that you see in downtown, at herring cove, located 8 miles south of town we also show our guests the salmon going upstream and that is what attracts wildlife in a huge feeding frenzy. We appreciate your feed back and will do everything we can to enhance guests experience. We’ll keep working on getting less rain, so far we haven’t had much luck, even thou we have tried many options