Learned quite a bit about the local culture, plants and habitats. The scenery from pier to Fortress of the Bear was beautiful.

Had a wonderful trip, our guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgable, took great care of us. A very enjoyable morning followed but another trip with the same company whale watching on o catamaran with six other tourists, saw about thirty whales, sea otters, sea lions and eagles. A wonderful wildlife experience. All the arrangements were excellent. Thank you for a memorable day. Daphne and Pauline

great tour. a great tour through Sitka. Bears were amazingly entertaining.

If you get Maria as your guide you've already got your monies worth. Her enthusiasm, knowledge, common sense, and love of Stika is contagious.

What can you say about Fran?

One of the the most personable tour guides and a great tour of Sitka with a tremendous amount of local knowledge.....

5 stars isn't enough. Would do it all over again tomorrow.

The guide was very good and knew what she was doing.

Our tour guide was from Sitka and you could tell she loves her home. The bears were amazing and their habitat better than expected. I really enjoyed walking the National Park and seeing the totem poles.

The tour was interesting and showed us some very scenic areas around Sitka. The guide explained a lot of local history and landmarks dating from when the Russians owned Alaska. The tour also stopped at a park where Tlingit Totems were on display. The highlight of the tour was the Fortress of the Bear. We had nearly an hour to observe rescued bears that were living there. There were also many bald eagles there as well, feeding on the scraps of fish left over from the bears. One eagle picked up some fish and landed on a ledge only 3 feet from where we were standing! That was unbelievable! The only thing that could be improved was the vans used for the tour. They were small Nissan vans that held 9-10 people. The view was not very good, especially for the people sitting in the middle. It would be better if taller vans like those used by airport rental car shuttles were available instead.

Excellent tour guide Fran and the bear exhibit is well worth visiting.

This was a small group tour with an excellent tour guide who gave us lots of information and background on Sitka and then drove us up to the bear sanctuary explaining how it had come to be. It was interesting and the tour is certainly worthwhile. it leaves lots of time to then visit suggested Sitka landmarks on your own when you get back to the town site.