Rainforest Walk and Totem Park, Ketchikan

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

#10 Highly rated · ranked 10 of 18 Ketchikan excursions

Up to 11 guests spend an hour at Potlatch Totem Park, a set of carved poles and clan houses north of town, then walk about a mile and a half of gravel trail with stairs through the rainforest at Settlers Cove. The guide points out plants and wildlife along the trail.

Tour details

OperatorWild Wolf Tours

TypeNature

How longAbout 3 hours

SeasonSummer cruise season; dates not stated on the pages checked

Good forWalkers with moderate fitness; uneven trail with stairs. A 2-hour version without stairs is sold separately. Not wheelchair accessible.

Rating4.8 / 5 from 340 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.

The operator may switch trails or totem park depending on conditions. Pickup at Berth 2 or the Ward Cove Welcoming Center; give your ship name when booking.

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Map: where this excursion meets

The 3D map shows the walk here from Berth 2. Expand it to pick your dock and explore.

3D walking map with times →

Map: USGS elevation; streets and buildings © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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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