Haida Culture Tour: Explore Ketchikan's Heritage

Immerse yourself in Haida traditions and wildlife on an Alaska Native Cultural and Wildlife Tour in Ketchikan. Discover the Tongass Rain Forest, learn about totem poles, and spot eagles, whales, bears, and more.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ketchikan - Enjoy a city highlights drive through Ketchikan.
  • Salmon Ladder - Witness Ketchikan’s renowned Salmon ladder and observe salmon migrating upstream to spawn.
    Note:
    The total duration includes travel time.
  • Rotary Beach - Look out for potential sightings of whales, sea otters, seals, and sea lions, and explore the tide pools.
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What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • Entry fee to Totem Heritage Center (Applies to groups of 1-7 people)
Additional Information

Experience the beauty of Ketchikan, Alaska, with our Haida Alaskan Native Owned and Operated Guide Service. We invite you to explore our culture and lifestyle as we guide you through Ketchikan and its surrounding areas. Discover how to identify medicinal plants traditionally used by the Tlingit/Haida peoples for millennia and learn about their healing…

Location
131 Front St
Front Street
Departure Point: Ketchikan Rain Gauge or "Liquid Sunshine" gauge Directions: 131 Front street (berth 2), Ketchikan. A guide will be standing next to the Rain Gauge or "liquid sunshine" gauge, located outside of the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau, holding a "Clan House Tours" sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Tony_y
Sep 21, 2025
Ketchikan tour - Rebecca (Holland Jáat) was a fantastic guide. She shared a lot of interesting information. We saw salmon, a bear catching a salmon, a massive waterfall and a lot of Totem poles with accompanying information. Highly recommend this private tour that is operated by a local family.
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Barry
Sep 10, 2025
Clan House Tours - Rebecca, wow what a lovely person not only was she a fantastic tour guide she was an amazing teacher, her knowledge was nothing short of incredible, she shared so much about her own culture but the culture of the surrounding people, the tour was so amazing we even got to see a black bear fishing for Salmon, such an amazing experience, thanks so much Rebecca, Baz and Shaz the Australians 🇦🇺
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Marty_h
Sep 6, 2025
Great tour! - Fun way to see Ketchikan. Dan has over 50 years of local knowledge. We enjoyed our morning with him.
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John_o
Aug 15, 2025
Aweome tour. Our local... - Aweome tour. Our local tour guide, Hannah, was very knowledgeable and a pleasure to talk to. This is a must do private tour!
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Susan_s
Aug 8, 2025
Nice way to experience Ketchican - Knowledgeable tour guide. Nice combination of nature experiences a native heritage information. We saw one bear way off in the distance. We enjoyed our time at the shore. The kids liked hunting for crabs. Information about Alaskan indigenous people was important to learn. We liked hearing about totem poles.
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Nancy_s
Aug 2, 2025
Sights of Ketchikan - I loved it was a Native of Ketchikan and he knew all the history. Salmon ladder was cool and the history of the totem poles.
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Steven_m
Jul 31, 2025
Great introduction to peoples of Alaska. - This was highly informational and provided a wonderful introduction to Ketchikan but also to the indigenous peoples of southern Alaska. Strongly recommend.
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Acinom0330
Jul 30, 2025
Great local tour! - Our whole family loved our tour of Ketchikan! Nina, our guide, took us to all the highlight spots and provided us with tons of information on local history, scenery, and native culture. Our group ranged from 1.5 to 65 years old and everyone had a blast! We saw lots of eagles and two bears, including a mama bear and her cubs!
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Paige_p
Jul 24, 2025
Great...particularly from Norwegian/ward cove - Great tour because flexible. We could pull over to the side of the road when we saw wildlife. Also, our boat return time changed and they hurried through for us. Also really great because they will pick up and drop off at ward cove (Norwegians dick area).
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Deisha_b
Oct 6, 2025
An approach to native culture - We delved into the native culture and cultural experience, but lacked a bit of city tour maybe, we learned a lot as a fully recommended experience
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From $699 (Per Group)
up to 15 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).