FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Our tour is 2-1/2 to 3 hours, depending on your origination port. If arriving in downtown Ketchikan, it is inclusive of your narrated bus or van tour to our private dock. Regardless of where we meet you for the tour, expect to spend approximately 2 hours on the water.

We’ve been operating since 2001, so we’re happy to report we have our transportation and timing dialed in! Whether you’re joining us as a direct booking or through the cruise ship, we coordinate all timing with your ship’s port-of-call, ensuring a stress-free tour experience.

Our tour is sold aboard most major cruise lines, and many guests especially appreciate the pier-to-pier service available when booking through the ship. You’ll still get the same high-quality tour experience if you purchase on board, but as a small company, we can sell out quickly. To secure a spot, we encourage you to pre-book by following the link to your cruise line below:

• Carnival
• Celebrity
• Cunard
• Disney
• MSC
• Norwegian
• Oceania
• Princess
• Regent
• Royal Caribbean
• Virgin Voyages

If you’re already underway,  please check in with your Shore Excursions team to join a departure allocated to your ship.

Yes, we have two on each vessel and one in the parking lot.

Not typically. We are well-protected along the majority of our tour route and experience relatively calm waters. On inclement weather days, the seas are occasionally a little bumpy for the 10-20 minutes spent around the lighthouse.

Guests rarely become seasick on our tour. However, please take the normal precautions (medications, ear patches, wristbands, etc.) if you are prone to seasickness.

We tour with up to 40 passengers aboard our U.S. Coast Guard-certified vessels.

The average temperature in Ketchikan during the tour season is between 55-65 degrees Fahrenheit. Please dress in layers to accommodate all weather conditions. We are in a rainforest, so we always recommend bringing a rain jacket or poncho!

While our summer months are more likely to produce a sunny, bluebird day, we live in the world’s largest temperate rainforest, the Tongass National Rainforest, which sees an average of 13 feet of rain per year. With the possibility to see wet weather on any given day, we operate rain or shine!

The beautiful, lush greenery you see around you can be directly contributed to our healthy precipitation and, as locals, we Alaskans take pride in the familiar adage: There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.

But if being out on an open deck on a rainy day isn’t your cup of tea, rest assured you can also enjoy the entirety of the tour relaxing in the comfort of the interior cabin.

No, the entirety of the tour takes place aboard our boat on the water. You are treated to full panoramic views of all of our beautiful tour attractions!