#11 of 18 top-rated excursions

Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show and Axe Throw

Rival lumberjack teams chop, saw, climb and roll logs for about an hour under a covered grandstand a short walk from the cruise berths.

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By Greg Peters, editor · Updated October 2026 · Ratings checked October 18, 2026

#11 Highly rated · ranked 11 of 18 Ketchikan excursions

Rival lumberjack teams chop, saw, climb and roll logs for about an hour under a covered grandstand a short walk from the cruise berths. This ticket adds a lesson afterwards where you throw a double-bit axe at a target yourself.

Tour details

OperatorGreat Alaskan Lumberjack Show

TypeShow

How longAbout 2 hours 15 minutes including axe throwing (Tripadvisor); the show itself runs about an hour per reviews

SeasonSummer cruise season; dates not stated on the pages checked

Good forFamilies and groups. Axe throwing needs full use of both arms. Viator says not wheelchair accessible, though one reviewer reports staff helping guests with limited mobility. Up to 40 on this ticket.

Rating4.7 / 5 from 269 reviewsViator (Viator and Tripadvisor reviews combined), checked October 18, 2026

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Times and policies from viator.com, tripadvisor.com, checked October 18, 2026. They change; the booking page has the final word.

Listed venue is 420 Spruce Mill Way downtown. KRBD (May 8, 2026) reports the show opened a second, larger venue in Ward Cove in 2026 while the downtown show continues; confirm which venue a booking uses. The Viator page shows a garbled duration ('+12 hours 15 minutes').

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How we ranked it

On October 18, 2026, we pulled up each Ketchikan tour on Viator, Tripadvisor and GetYourGuide and wrote down its star rating and review count for that specific product, ignoring operator-wide totals. Tripadvisor reviews are folded into Viator's numbers, so a tour counts once from that pair, with GetYourGuide kept separate. The list is split into rating bands, and inside each band the tours with the most reviews come first; that keeps a brand-new trip with a few perfect scores from leapfrogging one with a long track record. Several Misty Fjords and Saxman products showed as unavailable for the rest of 2026 on the day we checked, which looks like the season ending. Reviews live on the booking sites, and our links go straight to them. Nobody paid for a spot on this list.

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