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Cable Car Trolley Tour: Exploring Totem Park, Wildlife, and City Highlights in San Francisco
3.9
142 Ratings
Ketchikan
Embark on a 2-hour deluxe city tour in San Francisco, exploring Totem Park, wildlife, and city highlights. Ride in a San Francisco-style cable car trolley and visit the Fish Ladder, Herring Cove Wildlife viewing area, and more. Experience the beauty of nature and learn about the local wildlife. Book now!
Embark on a 2-hour deluxe city tour in San Francisco, exploring Totem Park, wildlife, and city highlights. Ride in a San Francisco-style cable car trolley and visit the Fish Ladder, Herring Cove Wildlife viewing area, and more. Experience the beauty of nature and learn about the local wildlife. Book now!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Saxman Native Village - Saxman boasts the largest array of genuine Native Totem Poles in the world. Discover the ancestral tools and methods while observing the artisans during their carving process. Absorb the tales and myths as they are recounted by your tour guide.
- Herring Cove - Journey 9 miles south aboard your Trolley to Herring Cove, a…
- Saxman Native Village - Saxman boasts the largest array of genuine Native Totem Poles in the world. Discover the ancestral tools and methods while observing the artisans during their carving process. Absorb the tales and myths as they are recounted by your tour guide.
- Herring Cove - Journey 9 miles south aboard your Trolley to Herring Cove, a natural habitat where black bears, eagles, herons, and various other creatures are frequently seen feasting on the abundant salmon of Alaska. Keep an eye out for whales that may be visible during the trip.
What's Included
- Inclusive of all taxes, fees, and handling charges
- Inclusive of all taxes, fees, and handling charges
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
2-hour Deluxe City Totem Park and Wildlife viewing tour by San Francisco Style Cable Car Trolley. This tour includes City Highlights and Herring Cove Wildlife viewing area where Black Bears, Bald Eagles, Salmon, and Seals often inhabit the area during the summer season. All park fees, admissions, and taxes are included in this tour. Fully narrated and guided tour.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
2-hour Deluxe City Totem Park and Wildlife viewing tour by San Francisco Style Cable Car Trolley. This tour includes City Highlights and Herring Cove Wildlife viewing area where Black Bears, Bald Eagles, Salmon, and Seals often inhabit the area during the summer season. All park fees, admissions, and taxes are included in this tour. Fully narrated and guided tour.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Front Street
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(142 Ratings)
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Sightsee39929063588
Sep 2, 2025
Great Experience! - First off, a great shout out to Jo!! She was so helpful, she went above and beyond to help us with a family member getting to the meeting place. We are a family of 6, and we were on a trolly with an older gentleman in a wheelchair with his family. Jeff very good about helping the man in a wheelchair get on and off the trolly. Jeff was awesome! Very knowledgeable and willing to share his knowledge. He took us to a bridge where we saw 3 bears feeding on salmon. It was amazing how many salmon were there. I felt fortunate, because no one can predict if there will be bears or not. On the way back to the trolly we saw several eagles. He was very informative about the totem poles and the stories behind them. We also saw a whale on the way to the bears. Great Experience with great people!
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Willem_v
Sep 26, 2025
Be prepared for rain. - It was an interesting and informative outing. The guide was personable and didn’t let the drenching rain dampen his mood or get in the way of taking us to the wildlife viewing spots. It was just difficult to get beyond the cold rain and being soaked, even with rain repellent clothing. Can’t control the weather.
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Deborah_a
Sep 1, 2025
This was good but trolley... - This was good but trolley very crowded for sitting….guide was good and we lucked out with sunny day.
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Sylvia_c
Aug 30, 2025
OK, but check out other options - The tour itself was OK. They take you out to the totem pole park, which is a distance from downtown so it would be hard to get there otherwise. We could only look through the window at the woodcarver whereas I saw other groups going inside that building. I guess there’s a price difference on that. The main downside of this tour was the guide himself. I think he was just done for the season. He seemed to lack any enthusiasm for his job and only provided basic information. At the totem park, I could overhear other operators who spoke at length and enthusiastically while describing the totem poles. Stopped and saw an area where the salmon are spawning so that was interesting. We were running short on time to catch another tour so he was amenable to dropping us off quickly.
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Terry_g
Aug 13, 2025
The meeting place wasn’t... - The meeting place wasn’t specific. I thought I read that we were to meet at berth 2 when actually he was all the way on the other side of the visitor center past berth 1. After being 15 minutes late the tour guide called us. Other than that the tour was good.
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X819jfroyj
Sep 3, 2025
There are probably worse options but that isn't saying much - They drove us 8 miles out of town where we walked on the side of the road to the where the hatchery dumps salmon into the town creek. We stayed there about 45 minutes hoping to see a bear or other wildlife. We saw salmon, a otter in the water and seagulls. We then drove 4 miles back towards town and stopped at a small totem pole park. Stayed there about 15 minutes and then went back. Didn't really get what I would call my moneys worth.
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Beverley_o
Aug 16, 2025
Did not leave on time.... - Did not leave on time. Waited for late arrivals, so had to hurry through tour to get back to ship on time.
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Andrew_n
Sep 27, 2025
Not worth what we paid - Our driver was very engaging, but accepted that it was late in the season. As a result there was very little wildlife to see in the creek he took us to approx 8 miles away. A stop at the totem pole park on the way back was OK, but he couldn't get us into the workshop (which took in other visitors) to see a new totem pole being crafted.
Overall, very disappointed.
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Seattleben
Sep 7, 2025
What a waste - This tour consists of driving eight miles in an open air bus. You go to a parking lot next to a bridge, walk 200 yards over the bridge (public road), and then 100 yards up a dead end street. From there you look another couple hundred yards away. You could just take a cab to the dead end road (considerably cheaper and you wouldn’t have to walk).
For the first 20 minutes at the dead end, we saw nothing. Jeff, the guide, kept saying that there must be a bear there. He could tell that, not because he could see the bear, but because the people who had paid for the high price tour on the catwalk, were all looking in the same direction with their binoculars and cameras. Eventually, the bear became visible to us – at a distance of 200 yards away. It was a little brown dot from that distance.
Jeff appeared to love the sound of his own voice. He talked and talked and talked. If you like that sort of thing, I suppose it adds character. I didn’t find it amusing or particularly interesting.
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Alreac
Aug 25, 2025
Terrible experience - We were told that this was trolly it was abus that leaked water all over us. They took us to a ran down overpass to look at bears and told us that we would go to main totem area . LIED do not book with them
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