Cable Car Trolley Tour: Exploring Totem Park, Wildlife, and City Highlights in San Francisco

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: 1 day learn more
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 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
What's Not Included
  • 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
Location
Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Front Street
Cancellation Policy

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

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Steven_a
Jul 30, 2024
Almost bear- less! 😆 - Was a wonderful drive out of town. Saw a bear in the distance in the blink of an eye it was gone before I could capture a picture. Sad for not seeing more but that’s the way it is.
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Jennifer_c
Jul 25, 2024
Awesome guide and had a lot of fun. - All of the tour was great. Guide was knowledgeable of the area history. Just enough time to see everything.
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Hetmangmk
Jul 21, 2024
Well worth it - Great tour! Knowledgeable tour guide. Good venues. Saw bears and eagles. Humorous presentations. Good, caring customer service.
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Exploration657625
Jul 11, 2024
Awesome day and tour - The guide Jeff was really knowledgeable and helped us see tons of wildlife. The trolley was awesome and they had blankets and binoculars we could use the entire time. It was a great day in Ketchikan.
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Carla
Jul 11, 2024
Fun and unique tour in Ketchikan! - We had an amazing time! The reservations were easily made, and the trolley was a fun and unique way to get around. We especially loved getting to see a bear and tons of eagles. The stops were beautiful and perfectly timed, and our guide Jeff was super knowledgable and funny. Overall we had the best time and highly recommend this fun tour of Ketchikan!
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Janetfq8078nw
Jul 6, 2024
A late morning in Ketchikan - Fun day riding around Ketchikan. Saw a ton of bald eagles and salmon swimming upstream. Guide was informative and fun. Good value. Would recommend
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Hisham_a
Jul 6, 2024
Fun excursion! - The Guide was great! Saw some bears and a lot of eagles. Learned about Alaska too through trivia. Overall fun experience.
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Patricia
Jun 7, 2024
Waste of time - What a waste. Zooming past the city and past small openings in the trees to "possibly" see whales. Off-season salmon runs so very unlikely to see bears. Totem stop with all varying stories from tour guides. Lies lies lies from the moment the sales pitch started. He Said, "The fish Runs started early" I questioned him and he flat out lied. "Because there are no guarantees"
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Maris_l
Jun 29, 2024
Waste of money! - First of all, we were not told that there would be a 20 minute ride on a bus to the town to get on the trolley. Although the tour guide tried his best, this is dirty working fishing village and there is nothing to see here. No bears, no fish and a few totem poles. A total waste of money!
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Kimberly_m
Jun 5, 2024
Skip the tour and just walk around town - Maybe we came too early in the season. I know our tour guide said the same about 5 times during the "tour". He was a nice enough man, and I think he was trying his best. However, the part of title of "Totems, City & Wildlife by Cable Car Trolley" is a stretch. It's a bus that is dresses up to look like a trolley. The windows are plastic sheets that are generally covered in rain drops so picture taking through that is difficult. There are blankets for passengers because of the heat gets turned on the plastic sheets fog up and you can't even see the rain drops let alone take pictures through it. The "City" portion of the tour is just as you are driving out of the one street in/out of town. Don't blink. You are then taken to an Overlook stop where "In about two weeks the salmon will be spawning and the bears will be here. In the mean time here is some video on my phone I captured." Again, he was trying but really? I don't want to watch his phone videos anymore than I liked watching slideshows as a kid of other people's vacations or flipping through the mountain of pictures people took and got developed at the Kodak Shack. The Totems part and Park, so, we drive out to a rest area style park that has approximately 5 totem poles and a general store across the street. A history lesson about someone that apparently had something to do with settling the area so Alaska could become a state. And then you are free to walk around for 15-20 minutes before we get back on the bus. The only reason I figure we stayed for that time was so we could all mill about in the store that was stocked with nothing. Again, maybe we were too early in the season. Back on the bus, heading back to town, brakes are tapped a little too hard, passengers "took a bow" because there was an Eagle on a pole behind the houses we were passing and if we were quick we could get a picture of it in between the homes; No one was quick enough. I will say again, our tour guide tried, but I believe even HE didn't think this tour should be happening yet. That's it. That's all and Good Night.
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