Totem Bight State Park & Ketchikan Highlights

This two-and-a-half hour guided tour brings you the highlights of Ketchikan as well as showing you some of the more colorful traditions of Native Alaskan culture. You'll depart your ship for a scenic motorcoach ride around the city. Along the way you'll see Alaska's busiest waterfront, bustling with floatplanes and boats; drive by infamous Creek Street, Ketchikan's former red-light district during the Gold Rush; and travel along beautiful North Tongass Highway, passing salmon canneries and a pulp mill that was once the largest of its kind in the world. Then, you'll visit Totem Bight State Park for a glimpse into the native Tlingit and Haida Indian cultures. You'll see 14 colorful, traditional totem poles, each one telling its own fascinating story. Then, you'll visit a replica of a 19th century clan house where you'll learn more about Native Alaskan society.