This is a great excursion! To be honest, at first, I thought about skipping this excursion and just staying in town to shop, but I'm really glad I decided otherwise. You learn a lot about Tongass National Rainforest and get to see plenty of wildlife along the way. At the end, you get to meet the man that makes the totem poles and watch him carve a totem pole.

Eventhough it was raining all day, this was one of our best excursions of the trip! We had a great shuttle driver that knew a lot of history of the city and Rainforest guide was also very educated and informative. We were even fortunate enough to see 3 black bears up close (within about 50 yards away) It was a great tour!

Really enjoyed our walk in the rainforest. Kyle was our guide and did a fantastic job. He made the walk educational and very fun. Highly rated!

Our tour guide was entertaining and knowledgeable. The walk was not that long and it was at a pretty easy pace. The Tongass rain forest is a place not to be missed.

The Rainforest Sanctuary guide was very knowledgeable and friendly, and the short hike was educational and enjoyable. The Totem Park part was a Q&A with a totem carver. The Eagles part was 3 rescued birds on display. We enjoyed our time.

The forest was amazing. We were lucky and had amazing weather so we were able to see a lot. Brolin was our guide and he was so kind and patient with our kids. We saw lots of eagles, amazing birds being rehabilitated, a salmon run (late June), and learned about the incredible landscape. We also got to see an artist creating a totem pole and learn about the process. We really enjoyed this excursion.

Leroy was an EXCELLENT guide. His ability to walk backwards during the entire excursion was extremely impressive.

Enjoyed this- loved learning about different flowers/plants etc.

My favorite excursion by far on our trip to Alaska!

Very informative, Brynn was a super tour guide. She was funny and very knowledgeable.

The people that take you through the tour are top notch and have a great explanation and knowledge of the rainforest. However, I thought it was really over priced for what we experienced.

The tour guides and van drivers were all very nice. The tour guides were very knowledgeable. We even got a treat and saw a Black Bear on our walk through the rainforest. It was an awesome experience. Thank you!

Guide was very knowledgable about the rain forest and the wildlife around including bears. We were lucky enough to see bears on the tour. The raptor center was a little disappointing with only one bird but all in all a good excursion.

Great guide. Great opportunity to see a Black bear safely up close.

Great excursion. The guide was fantastic. A nice walk through the forest with some good observations about plants and trees. We got to see 100's of Salmon swimming in the creek. And the best part was that we saw 5 bears eating the salmon. A mother and her 2 cubs came up real close to us. Highly recommend for the price and what you get. Only a 2 1/2 hours which was just right. From the boat, there is 15 minute bus ride.

This was a very educational tour.

Great experience enhanced by informative guide

Tour guide was wonderful and the day was perfect weather-wise.

Best story teller and great experience.

Excellent tour guide. Perfect for a multi-generational group.

It was educational and fun.

Our guide was awesome. I think her name was Angie, but not 100% sure. Kudos to her. She is knowledgeable, friendly, ecologically involved, excellent in her work.

Joseph was an excellent guide and SO knowledgeable! We loved seeing the eagles in the estuary most.

Our tour guide was exceptional.

The tour of the rain forest was informative and the guide was pleasant. The walk through the forest was clean and beautiful. I would give that portion a 5 star. The eagle sanctuary was a joke. There were two birds and the 'expert' told us nothing about the birds. The advertisement made the sanctuary sound like there would be dozens of birds and a lot of information.

Our guide Tracy was great! She s very passionate of what she does and very knowledgeable of the area.

Our guide was amazing! She had so much knowledge to share and patiently answered all of our questions. We were lucky enough to see a bear! We wished that there were more birds at the raptor center but everything else was wonderful!

This is a tour that should not be missed. It was well done with plenty of interesting facts, knowledgeable guides, and lots of wildlife. Indian totem poles being created were also a real plus. Need to put this tour on your bucket list!

Great walk thru forest. Very informative and fun. Small groups and easy stroll.

After a delayed start due to a mix-up at the meeting place we had a great tour of the rainforest. Our guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. I must admit that we expected to see more eagles from the Sanctuary at the end of the tour but otherwise a great excursion

Your guide was very knowledgeable and conscious of the age span and capability of the group. The tour was paced very well and the placement of the benches assisted some in the group to be able to finished the tour without hold everyone up.

Great time, knowledgeable guide. We saw bears in the field in addition to the falcon and bald eagle at the aviary, met the guy who makes the totem poles. We wanted to go the salmon fishery, but it's not part of the tour ... Later in summer, the guide said salmon fill the stream which would have been cool to see

the guide was lovely and we learnt a lot but it wasnt what i thought, as i thought there would be more birds to look at in the sancuary and not just a 2 minute look

Clara our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly A bit disappointed that there were not as many eagles to view but overall quite enjoyable.

Interesting tour but lacking content. The guide was reasonably knowledgeable but really not a lot to see and do on this tour. We spotted a young bald eagle on a low tree branch but the guide would not allow us to go further on the board walk as that part of the board walk was for the Salmon viewing area for a different tour which was closed. I would have seen no hard in having the gate open and board walk extended. I would not really highly recommend this tour.

It was a nice tour. For our third time to Alaska it was a bit dull. I expected more with the Eagle Sanctuary. One eagle on a perch inside of an enclosure, I was not impressed. However the description of the tour is 100% accurate. It was good way to kill a couple of hours.

A nice short hike to see salmon, eagles, plants, the environment bears and salmon live and totem poles carvings.

Enjoyed this rainforest tour,the guide was amazing with lots of knowledge of the area,very informative. Glad the walk was no longer though,being older citizens it would have been to much for us.

This was a wonderful experience. Driver Ed kept us informed and entertained on the way from the dock to the Sanctuary. Guide Red was informative, interesting, funny, and very patient with all the questions we had. The Sanctuary birds make you realize how important it is to donate to these types of places. They were regal and beautiful and clearly well cared for!

Great excursion, informative guides .

If you come to Ketchikan, AK, come prepared for rain. Wear a waterproof outer layer with a hood. All the locals are used to the rain so are unfazed?it was the unprepared tourists that were all complaining). The walk through the rainforest was along a paved path, very easy and at slowish pace. There was no rush. We saw a lot of the variety of the plants that make up the rainforest. We were also lucky enough to see a black bear and her cub. Our naturalist, Clara, was informative and stopped every few feet to point out something. If someone had a question off script, she answered it.

Nice walk through rain forest and were able to view black bears feeding on salmon.

We loved this trip. Our guide Joe was deeply connected to the forest and so passionate about all things in it! His enthusiasm, knowledge and pure excitement in his job was infectious and a joy to experience. We even had the added bonus of some bears up close and personal. Well worth a visit.

Great walk. Very informative.

Very enjoyable and great variety of things to see.

Excellent experience! Our Tour guide, Mr.Joe, was extremely knowledgeable and explained everything nicely!

This excursion was ok, the guide was very knowledgeable but I thought the walk through the forest would have been longer. The animal sanctuary was really small

Lack of rain for a week coupled with low tide meant the salmon were not running and the bears not "fishing", The rainforest walk and sawmill OK; the Raptor center held two eagles, an owl and a hawk.... only there for a few minutes.

The introduction of the tour guide is great, we gain a lot of knowledge of the plant and animals in this area. The eagle section introduction is a bit too simple. Another regret thing is that we only see the sign of bear but didn't really see one.

All excursions beautifully organised!

Our guide didn't speak clearly or loud enough much of the time. She was pleasant and knew what she was presenting when we could hear and understand her

Great tour! Guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable.

Our guide, Sarah, was fantastic. Knowledgeable and personable. Highly recommended.

It was a easy walk & informative. we got to see black bear towards the end of our walk, which was very exciting. Also saw a lot of bald eagles.

Our guide was very knowledgeable. We enjoyed his enthusiasm over the banana slug. We especially liked the raptor rescue center at the end. We were able to see a bald eagle up close.

Excellent experience on the excursion. Our drive was great and a continuous source of information and humor.

Very informative tour leader during the rainforest tour - the Eagle Sanctuary was the highlight.

I can not remember the cute little blonde headed girl who was our tour guide but she was very informative and had such a great personality that came through during our tour.

Great and I loved the totem pole carving.

This was a great excursion, the young women that was the guide had both a terrific personality and very knowledgeable. She had an answer for every question and told us some things that we would never have found out otherwise. Well Done

Enjoyable walk through the forrest. A bit pricey for this activity.

Great tour lead by a knowledgeable guide. The bald eagles flying above was the highlight of the day.

Savannah our guide was very engaging and gave us lots of interesting information about the Alaskan Rainforest plants, trees and animals. The banana slug was huge and yellowy, we saw evidence of Black Bear presence. In the river we watched King Salmon swimming upstream, the start of the salmon run. At the eagle sanctuary we got up close to a female bald eagle, a hawk and an owl. As a bonus on the drive back to Ketchikan we saw orcas in the bay. A group of 6, so a really personal friendly tour.

Really great half day. You get out into the real rainforest and learn so much about the area. Joe was a great guide, interesting and informative. We managed to see a bear, eagles and a seal plus the rescue birds and totem centre. Highly recommend getting out on foot like this.

Another very interesting and informative few hours about the forest and its trees and plants, we also saw plenty of eagles, salmon swimming up the river and a bear feeding near the lodge.

Great tour. Knowledgeable guide and very interesting.

Had a great time! The guide was really knowledgeable and did a good job of pointing things out. This is more of a walking tour and not a hike, so keep that in mind for expectations. Overall a fun experience and just the right amount of time.

We had a great time in the rainforest, and the eagle sanctuary was the best.

Awesome tour through the rainforest and the guide was very knowledgeable and helpful.

The pace of the guide was a little slow. Other wise I really enjoyed the visit.

Very enjoyable; Savannah was the nicest tour guide and knowledgeable on all scores.

Saw two captive bald eagles and two wild flying eagles.red squirrels and plenty of salmon and a BEAR eating salmon for about 10 mins. Tootsie our guide was great, she gave us lots of information about the rainforest and inhabitants, really recommend this tour,

We really enjoyed our walk in the rainforest and spotting some bears eating salmon was exciting. Our guide was full of some much knowledge about the plants and trees. Didn't see any eagles in the wild but the talk on the injured eagle was very interesting.

We enjoyed the sanctuary, and were thrilled that we got to see several bears while on our tour. It would have been nice to have a little more time at the end of the tour to explore the grounds/giftshop. But other than that we really enjoyed this excursion.

Great walk thru the Sanctuary! We saw black bear fishing for salmon, eagles, a family of otters, among other wildlife. Easy walk with excellent, educational narration from guides who really love their jobs! If you have a few hours, it's well worth the $$.

Very good tour, knowledgeable guide, very interesting, eagle conservation, totem carving and four black bears

Smoth transfers from cruise to rainforest and back to town. Guides at the Rainforest were fun and knowledgeable.

Our guide was great

This was a last minute compromise we made with the kids and I think we didn't have very high expectations of it. We sort of thought it was a place where we'd see a bunch of injured animals being cared for, but I think this turned out to be our favorite thing we did! The guide was great. Can't remember his name of course but a red head with a beard, big guy, really knowledgeable, funny, accommodating, and enthusiastic. The rainforest was amazingly serene and beautiful and we got to see a bear (which was up to that point the only thing on my list I hadn't seen in Alaska) so we were pretty excited when the bear showed up...actually two bears showed up. We saw tons of bald eagles too. Even the bus driver (also a red-head oddly enough) was great and full of interesting stories and history. I highly recommend this tour for both the experience it provides as well as the value of the excursion.

Clint did a great job. Really enjoyed this tour

Rylee was awesome!! She is very friendly, knowledgable, and kind. Leanne, our transport driver, was also very kind. We had a blast!

Exelent guide very interesting

It was great! our guide was terrific.

This was a good tour for families. Good length, good walk which let us see nature but not too long, especially since it was cool and rainy. We really enjoyed seeing the eagles at the end. My toddler enjoyed the whole tour as well as his grandparents.

This was an excellent tour with an extremely knowledgeable and entertaining guide. Who else could go into raptures over banana slugs? The forest development was well explained, eagles on trees and other birds pointed out and it was a real thrill to see a bald eagle close up. Also feeding banana to reindeer was surprising and unexpected. Many thanks for making a rain soaked day pleasant.

Great tour, our guide was Kevin and he was so passionate about the rainforest, had all kind of amazing information and fun facts, the day was rainy ( as usually is in Ketchikan) but we still were able to do it. We saw 2 black bear cubs with mama bear like 2 mts from us!!! It was awesome and a little scary but they didn't pay much attention to us since they had a river full of delicious salmon to feast. Totally recommend this activity!

This was the best excursion. I wish it had been longer. Our guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. This was the kind of excursion I came for! Thank you!

Loved walking on the improved trails through the rainforest, and learning all about the flora and fauna in the area. My only complaint was that our tour guide (a young female, I can't remember her name) was a bit flippant and acted like the info she was giving out was not important. Might just be her way of communicating. She DID give us good, important info.

Very knowledgeable tour guide for this adventure. It poured the day we were there, but the guides were ready with appropriate gear. We didn't see any bears, but did learn a lot about the Ketchikan area. The eagle sanctuary is a great benefit for our world, and it was nice to see the rescued eagles.

Tour personnel, structure and area were excellent - on the day of the tour, I was not feeling well (got extremely wet & cold and left the group prior to the end). Even though, I would still rate this venue / tour outstanding!

Really enjoyed this excursion, being that close to an eagle was so awesome.