Sitka, Alaska Port Reviews

It was nice to walk around, but clearly the city is entirely for tourism. Feels like walking around downtown Disney. The library has free wifi!

We did a Salmon fishing tour but they were not quite out.

Not much to see in Sitka unless you go on a sighseeing trip.

We enjoyed our time ashore on the Birds, Bears, and Barnacles shore excursion of the Raptor Center, Marine Science Center, and Fortress of the Bear. We did have some time afterwards to explore downtown Sitka, but would have liked some more time.

We had the best excursion here! We did a sea otter and wildlife search here through Allan Marine. They did an AMAZING job! We saw several rare sights on this trip. 2 male orcas together, a minke whale, harbor porpoises, Grey whale, sea lions, bald eagles, sea otters, and the best to my mom, 2 Humpback whales. We found the Humpbacks near the end of our time frame so the captain of our boat called the captain of the cruise ship to tell him what we had found and to get permission to stay out a bit longer. We were already cutting it close to gangway up. Cruise captain said yes and we spent some extra time with the Humpbacks. It was the best!

July 4th, Too crowded

Better quality merchandise than other ports

Less time in Sitka and more time in Ketchikan

I'd rather spend an extra day in Juneau than have Sitka as a port; however, that is based upon the fact that we didn't book a shore excursion here. Weather differs at this point and can cooler with more rain. Not a bad thing when your pack accordingly for weather conditions; however, nothing different to select from than other ports. Option to get in to town is via the pier buses, which are free; however, the hour wait to get on a bus into town was too long for the town experience for me. Bus ride was easy though on the way back. This one one port that I wished I would have slept in and stayed on the ship.

Too many ships in port making this small town very busy, very few excursions were available had to book outside of the cruise line. Raptor center was ok, bears were ok, totem pole park was cool and close, should have saved money and just walked there from the ship