Duration: 3.75 hours

This comprehensive tour combines the best of Ketchikan’s culturally rich heritage, natural beauty and bawdy past.  Visit Potlatch Totem Park and explore the coastline where indigenous natives first settled, and built their lives and traditions around the rich bounty of the sea and lush rainforest.  Walk amongst the totems that tell of their legends and lore.  Journey back in time as your guide shares the stories held within the ancient symbols.  The day to day lives of these earliest settlers will be shared during a visit to the Tribal House.   End your visit at Potlatch Totem Park with a light snack of smoked salmon and a sparkling beverage at the Alaska Totem Trading Company. At the Deer Mountain Eagle Center you will view a bonded pair of American Bald Eagles.  This will be your finest opportunity to photograph our national symbol - just 10 feet away from the observation platform.  The highlight of your visit is a personal viewing of at least five birds of prey – perhaps a Great Horned Owl or a Peregrine Falcon.  Local handlers will introduce you to these majestic raptors and if conditions permit you will be able to take photographs.  Legends come alive as a local storyteller shares century’s old stories of their ancestors.  Just a short walk across Ketchikan Creek, you will visit and view the oldest collection of authentic totems in the United States at the Totem Heritage Center.  Hear about life in Alaska’s First City from your local guide as you journey past famous Creek Street.  Your guide will share highlights and points of interest as you pass these once familiar haunts of bootleggers and gamblers.  After the tour, return to the ship or explore downtown Ketchikan on your own.