3 hr. Private tour with destinations for bears, eagles, salmon, starfish, crabs, sea anemones… Waterfalls, rainforest, Totem poles, salmon ladders and friendly local tour guides!
EXPERIENCE:
Emerald Forest Tours specializes in private tours of Ketchikan, guaranteeing your family and friends have the tour van all to yourselves! Offering ease, comfort, flexibility, and a relaxed pace!
Advantages of a Private Tour
Comfort: Experience the ultimate comfort of having the entire tour van reserved just for your family and friends! An exclusive and personalized adventure, with a relaxed pace!
Relaxed Pace: Explore at your own pace, without rigid time restrains at each stop! Spend more time at places of interest, by customizing the itinerary on the go!
Flexibility: Enjoy the flexibility to request unexpected stops during your tour! If it’s to capture spontaneous photos, veering off the planned route, or stop for snacks, coffee, or a bathroom break!
Local Guide: Journey with a local guide, providing knowledge and experience unmatched by most competitors! Engaging in open conversations with your group and ready to answer any questions you have of Ketchikan!
Extra care and attention: With extra care and attention from your guide on this private tour, can be especially helpful with those traveling with young children, elderly relatives, those with medical conditions, special needs or mobility challenges!
Many of our guests have left telling us it felt like a tour with friends!
Our goal is an experience that is fun, friendly, authentic, and not scripted!
Full Tour Itinerary
Experience the thrill of wildlife at our first location with the chance to see bears, bald eagles, salmon, seals, Canadian geese and Steller Jays! Please note the diversity of wildlife may vary depending on time of season.
Explore our diverse tide pools along the coastal inner passage! Discover purple and orange starfish, crabs, sea anemones, sea urchins and more. With a bit of luck, we may even see a whale swimming through the passage.
Capture stunning photos and videos of a beautiful waterfall just steps away from where you exit the van! Plus, walk inside our lush rainforest for more spectacular views and vantage points of this waterfall!
Take a guided stroll through Totem Park as we walk alongside magnificent indigenous totem poles. As your guide explains the significance and fascinating stories of the Tlingit, Tsimshian and Haida tribes! (Note: This location charges $5 per person at entry)
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
Ease, comfort, flexibility and relaxed pace!
Local guide providing knowledge/insights only a local would know!
Providing an experience that is fun, authentic, and not scripted!
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