Sitka Wildlife Tour: Discover Bears, Totems, and Scenery

Discover Sitka’s wildlife and history on a 2-hour tour. Visit totem poles, watch brown bears, and explore scenic landmarks with expert local guides.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sitka National Historic Park/Totem Park - Learn about our totem poles, local plants and see a eagle nest
  • Fortress of the Bear - View our local resident bears
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Customizable, small-group tour
  • 2-hour scenic tour of Sitka by 10-passenger van
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore the wildlife highlights of Sitka on a 2-hour tour with knowledgeable local guides who share their expertise on this remarkable and beautiful area. Walk among the towering totem poles of Sitka National Historical Park, watch the antics of the brown bears at Fortress of the Bear, and gaze at the breathtaking scenery around Sitka. You’ll also see…

Location
Harrigan Centennial Hall
Harbor Drive
330 Harbor Drive
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Claudialq4109iv
Oct 10, 2025
Amazing Sitka - Really great experience, I booked directly on their website and I have no issues, they were on time on the meeting point. Our tour guide - cannot remember her name - was awsome, she is part tlingit so she gave us a lot of intormation regarding heritage and nature of Sitka, the Fortress of the Bear was amazing, we were able to see both black and brown bears. On one stop along the way, we saw seals on the sea. Totem park is beautiful, is a great place to be surrounded by nature. Our lovely tour guide took us some great photos!
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Shannon
Sep 12, 2025
Fantastic day fantastic team! Highly Recommend! - Awesome Experience Great information. Entire trip was amazing start to finish! Very professional booking process! Great tour with our tour guy Larry. He was very informative about Sitka made the trip fun and enjoyable for everyone. Would recommend this for anyone looking to see the best of Sitka and great information of the town!
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Lee_a
Aug 26, 2025
Very Interesting Tour - We had a wonderful time on this tour! We had a small group of seven people, and Bon, our guide was fantastic. He's a retired Forest Service employee and knows a lot about the flora and fauna of southeast Alaska. We stopped to see fish processing factories, Fortress of the Bears (a home for orphaned bear cubs), Silver Bay, and salmon spawning at Totem Park. Highly recommended!
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Grace_l
Aug 15, 2025
Informative and fun tour - Larry was an awesome tour guide and really made the tour fun and informative. He was on time to pick up our family of 10 in a comfortable van. He shared about his life in Sitka, and drove us around to all of the cool sites. We especially loved learning about the edible plants and seeing the gorgeous Sitka National Historic Park with the salmon swimming upstream. Fortress of the Bear was so fun!! I don’t know how else we’d get to observe black and brown bears so close and safely. The tour is the perfect amount of time, great for our group of young kids and seniors.
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Inspiruption
Jun 11, 2025
Whales, Bears, Eagles, and Totem Poles, Oh My! - My day in Sikta with this tour was absolutely wonderful! It started out on a boat tour of the bay, where I got to see a humpback whale crest, eagles, otters, sea lions and more! After that, we were shuttled, via tour bus, to Fortress of the Bear, which was so wonderful to learn about these rescued bears and how the whole community pitches in to take care of them. On our way to Sitka Historical National Park, we learned so much about Sitka from our wonderful tour guide and while at the park, learned so much more about the Tlingit tribe. Our guide was absolutely fantastic - I will never forget my time there!
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Carol_j
May 25, 2025
Small Group, Sitka - Small group, so much better than the large bus experience! Rainforest, eagles & bears Guide was knowledgeable and the small group allowed time for questions and photos
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Amyma3443al
May 17, 2025
Great excursion - Our driver/guide Von was great. The totem poles were really interesting but the best part was the Fortress of the bears. Got some great photos
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Edwardh710
May 12, 2025
Sitka Wildlife Tour - Yvonne did a great job and very responsive to everyone on the tour. Company charged a fair price for a very interesting tour. I would definitely recommend this company to my friends as a worthwhile opportunity
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Joyce
Sep 19, 2024
Sitka Splendors - Informative guide Yvonne. Very helpful & friendly. A small group tour is the way to go. It was relaxing being transported in a small van & seeing & learning as much as we did because of keeping the group on the smaller side
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943wesw
Oct 3, 2025
A shore excursion worth the trip - This was a very good shore excursion. The bears were all healthy and well cared for. We particularly enjoyed the informative talk about the bears.
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