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A Taste Of Ketchikan

Day Trip, Group Tour
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Feast on freshly caught Alaskan seafood, shop for tasty Alaskan favorites and more with this 1.5-hour fully escorted epicurean adventure. Along the way you will see the famous Ketchikan Welcome Arch and other significant monuments.

A Taste of Ketchikan

Calling all foodies! This small, intimate group tour is a must-do while you are in Ketchikan. Join your local guide for a leisurely walk along the waterfront of this artist enclave, passing by sculptures and mosaics as you learn the history of this beautiful town. Take a photo by the Welcome Arch and keep your camera out as you make your way to one of the town's most famous eateries nestled in a small boat harbor.

You will feel like a VIP as you are escorted to a private dining room where you will dine on a delicious array of fresh seafood surrounded by authentic Alaskan decor. Your menu will vary dependent upon the catch of the day and may include homemade chowders, smoked salmon cornbread, cod, halibut, salmon, blackened salmon tacos with homemade slaw, or Dungeness crab with hot melted butter. Perfectly paired Alaskan beer, locally brewed coffee and decadent desserts round out your meal.

Once you are satiated you will be provided with a map to walk off your repast while enjoying other samples around town. Here is your chance to stock up on many Alaskan favorites such as smoked salmon, reindeer sausage, Alaskan wild berry products, kelp pickles and salsa, local teas, locally roasted coffees, confections and so much more.

This excursion is a pure delight from beginning to end as you discover what makes Alaska's First City so delicious! Reserve your spot today.

Interests
  • Culinary and Cooking
About Shore Excursions Group
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ABOUT US
Shore Excursions Group was created with one goal in mind: to provide exceptional travel experiences to cruise passengers in the ports they visit around the world. To accomplish this, we have compiled an exceptional array of tours delivered by local experts with decades of experience serving travelers and delivering excellent tours. Our owners and management team are comprised of seasoned travel industry executives who leverage their considerable experience to deliver memories of a lifetime.

We are experts in providing exceptional shore excursions. We understand that in today's fast paced world, vacations have become an increasingly important way to relax, reconnect with family and friends, and experience new and interesting places. With this in mind, we provide the highest quality tours by performing extensive research, and detailed reviews. While other companies also offer excursions, we strongly believe our expertise and approach set us apart. The large cruise lines sell shore excursions - typically in very large groups visiting high traffic sites. We focus on smaller groups visiting more interesting and authentic locations using more personalized local operators. While the cruise lines are experts in delivering cruises, we are experts in delivering shore excursions.

Our Approach
We believe quality service is not only highly valued by customers, but ultimately leads to better experiences and higher satisfaction. Unlike the cruise lines and other tour companies that rely almost entirely on websites, we encourage customers to call us. We want to invest our time answering your questions, providing input, and selecting the excursions that best meet your needs.

Our Tours
Our goal is to provide customers a wide array of exciting, appealing, and enriching tours. For those customers who prefer to travel in smaller groups with more personalized service, we offer a wide variety of small group tours around the world. These tours generally range in size from 2-12 people compared to larger tours which can number up to 50 people. While exploring the destinations and ports on this website, feel free to search for these "Small Group Tours". For those customers interested in private tours, we offer many outstanding excursions that allow you to travel with your party alone and, in many cases, to fully customize your tour. Search for "Private Tours" if you are interested in this experience. Our "Scenic" tours provide up close and personal access to some of the most spectacular natural environments on Earth from majestic glaciers in Alaska to spectacular reefs in the Caribbean. Our "Cultural" tours allow customers to experience local customs, entertainment and culinary delights ranging from tribal dances in Alaska to an outstanding local meal in Santorini, Greece. Our "Active" tours offer a multitude of exciting and adventurous ways to experience our destinations. Our customers can kayak the turquoise waters of the Caribbean, hike to a spectacular waterfall in Hawaii, or bicycle through quaint villages in France. Our "City" tours allow travelers to see the highlights of great cities around the world with unique insights provided by our expert tour guides.

Our People
In our experience, exceptional travel experiences are almost always delivered by exceptional people. With that in mind, we utilize a comprehensive approach to select and employ the leading tour guides and tour providers around the globe. We hold our people to very high standards which we measure by our comprehensive Quality Control process and, most importantly, by our customer feedback, which we will actively seek from each of our customers.

Our Owners
Shore Excursions Group is owned by seasoned travel executives possessing extensive experience across many sectors within the travel industry.

Bradford J. Miller
Mr. Miller is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer for Abercrombie & Kent, the World's leading luxury travel company. In that role, Mr. Miller was responsible for contributing to Abercrombie & Kent's international growth through the development and acquisition of tour products and travel experiences around the world with a specific focus on cruising and land based experiences. Prior to joining Abercrombie & Kent, Mr. Miller held a variety of executive positions with Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises for more than a decade. These positions included Vice President of Guest Sales & Service, Vice President of Brand Development, and Vice President of Onboard Revenue (which included shore excursions). Mr. Miller also led Celebrity Expeditions, a collection of outstanding and unique tours around the World.

Michael Bonner
Mr. Bonner has over a decade of experience working in the cruise industry in a variety of roles for both Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Viking River Cruises. Most recently, Mr. Bonner was the Chief Operating Officer for The Scholar Ship, a Royal Caribbean program aimed at providing college students onboard educational programs in conjunction with enriching shore excursions around the world. Mr. Bonner also helped co-manage Viking River Cruises U.S. Operations, and he ran the corporate, strategic, and deployment planning functions at Royal Caribbean. While at Royal Caribbean, Mr. Bonner was responsible for forming Royal Celebrity Tours, Royal Caribbean's land-based tour operation in Alaska, which takes cruise passengers on multiple day tours through the interior of Alaska either before or after their cruises. Prior to working at Royal Caribbean, Mr. Bonner was a consultant for Booz Allen & Hamilton.
Starting At
$160.00 USD
Per Person
 
Tour Type
Group
 
Group Size
Small
 
Activity Type(s)
Cultural, Active, Scenic, Walking
 
Tour Duration
1.5 Hours
 
Activity Level
Easy
 
Tour Leaves From
Cruise Ship Pier
 
Food/Beverage Provided
Snack, Beverages
 
Special Instructions
We recommend wearing comfortable, casual, seasonal clothing and comfortable walking shoes.
 
Restrictions
Guests should be reasonably physically fit, walking is on all flat surfaces, no stairs. Guests must be a minimum age of 16 years old to participate but must be 21 years old to drink. This tour can accommodate a collapsible wheelchair.

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