Private Custom Excursion in Alaska: A Personalized Local Experience off the Beaten Path
4.9
29 Ratings
Ketchikan
Experience Alaska like a local with a personalized private excursion. Explore off the beaten path, visit totem poles, museums, and Native American clan houses. Learn about wild edible plants, visit a dispensary, and shop for art and jewelry. Spot wildlife like salmon, bears, and eagles. Book now!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 224 Front St - Enjoy a narrated island excursion, where you will hear about the history, information, and attractions of the local area, and learn about the northern coastal rainforest that you are in.

View wildlife like salmon (in spawning season) possibly bears, whales, certainly eagles and more.

You will be able to take advantage of the many photo opertinities of the incredible scenery throughout the trip.

What's Included
  • Bottled water included
  • Complimentary snacks
  • Climate-controlled transportation
  • All applicable fees and taxes covered
  • Tea and coffee provided
Additional Information

Discover Alaska in the company of a local guide. Stray from the well-tread tourist paths for a more personalized adventure. Let us take you to your desired destinations to enjoy the activities of your choice during your trip. This unique holiday offers an experience specially tailored to your tastes and includes suggestions from your tour guide.

Possible activities include observing totem poles, visiting museums and a Native American clan house, identifying and collecting wild, edible, medicinal flora, going to a dispensary, shopping for art or jewelry, watching wildlife such as salmon (during the spawning season), perhaps encountering bears, definitely eagles, and much more.

Location
Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Front Street
Please call and I will come to you.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(29 Ratings)
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Eileen_v
Oct 28, 2023
Great tour. Highlight of our trip. - Paul our guide was very knowledgeable and flexible. He obviously loves his town. He showed us all the sights we requested while cheerfully adapting to any requests. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
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304mishap
Oct 12, 2023
Awesome day in Ketchikan! - Matthew was an excellent host! First he picked us up at the door at the Cruise terminal. We were a group of 10 ( 5 adults & 5 children), He was very knowledgeable and explained everything we needed to know about Ketchikan! He took us everywhere we wanted to go and showed us some must see places in the short period we had there. Although it was a rainy day he made our day sooo worthwhile. The children were very curious and Matthew had answers for all their questions and he has a lot of patience 🤣. He has a large van that can accommodate up to 14 guests and had water & snacks for us. We recommend him 100%! Greetings from Aruba🇦🇼 Raymondt, Misha and Family!
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Christopher_b
Oct 11, 2023
Simply Amazing!!! - We had the pleasure of having Matt drive us around Ketchikan Alaska. Matt was great to communicate with and quickly picked up our family at a local shop. Matt was able to give us an amazing history of the city along with the best places to catch the scenery and pictures. Matt picked us up in a 14 passenger van that had a speaker system that was easy to hear him throughout the tour. Matt provided us with snacks and drinks along with binoculars. Matt even had a step stool to easily get in and out of the van. Alaska is an amazing, must see destination and we highly recommend using Matt to see it!!!
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Kim_b
Aug 19, 2023
Our guide Matthew was... - Our guide Matthew was very personable and quite knowledgeable about Ketchikan. The sites we saw were amazing, from the Indigenous Totem Bight State Historical Park, the Potlatch Park , beautiful waterfalls and watched with excitement the bears in their natural habitat catch8ng fresh salmon for their dinner.
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Chuck_b
Aug 8, 2023
Our three hour tour. - Our stop to view the salmon was special. Our driver mat did a wonderful job and was very informative. Our hike up to the second level of the waterfalls.
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Christine_c
Aug 7, 2023
WOW - Amazing tour! Loved every minute of it! Highly recommend We saw beautiful scenery and a big black bear!
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Janet_d
Aug 5, 2023
Thoroughly enjoy the tour! - Great experience! Paul was very knowledgeable. Only problem we encountered is that he needed a better microphone so the people in the back of the van could hear him.
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Geneva_p
Aug 2, 2023
Group from Missouri loved this tour - Our guide Matt who was so pleasant and shared his knowledge of the areas. Such a beautiful tour of Ketchikan. We loved the visit to Potlatch Park. Thank you Matt!
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Patrick_k
Aug 20, 2023
Fun with Dale - Dale was such a great guide! We really enjoyed the stops and learned a lot about this island. I would recommend friends to request Dale
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Marsha_l
Aug 14, 2023
Book early for a great price and you can't beat the deal especially if you have a larger group. - I booked a 3 hour tour and was able to take 10 people in my family for almost the same price that the cruise tours were offering for one person. Our guide picked half of us up at the Lumberjack show parking lot (we had just gotten out) and then swung by our pier to pick up the rest of the group. He was very friendly and informative about the area. Also he was very attentive to my in-laws which use a cane and walker and helped them in and out of the vehicle which took extra time. He took us to Herring Cove where you can see salmon in the river and we sighted several adult and younger bald eagles. We were hoping to see bears there but they weren't there unfortunately. He then took us to a hidden waterfall right off the road which was really cool. He then took us to Potlatch park which has replicas of native clan houses and totem poles (that was really neat). I was a little disappointed that we didn't get Matthew as our guide because he has such great reviews but his sub did a decent job.
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