Best port (Valdez, Juneau, Skagway, or Ketchican) for seeing eagles and wildlife?

[Cknman11]

Where is the best port to book an excursion for wildlife and eagle viewing? And recommendations on who to book with.

  We took one in 2014 but forgot where we did it. 

[Crew News]

Ketichikan:  Crab Fishing on the Aleutian Ballad stops and feeds the eagles.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by Crew News

[Greysandy]

Not on your list, but we saw the most eagles in Sitka, where they fondly call them Sitka chickens.

[islandchick]

No need to go looking for eagles, they are everywhere. If your cruise stops or starts in Seward, they have great wildlife cruises there.

[Glaciers]

As Crew News mentioned, the Bering Sea Crab Fishermen’s tour in Ketchikan has more bald eagles than any other tour we’ve been on.  Juneau is the spot for humpback whale tours with guaranteed sightings. Depending on when you’ll be there, Valdez has frequent bear sightings at the Solomon Gulch Fish Hatchery when the salmon are running.

[Italy52]

Love the Bering Sea Crab Fishermen's tour.  Have taken it a couple of times -- best part of the tour for us is the feeding of the bald eagles.  Had a hard time keeping up with the swooping eagles even while shooting in "sports mode."  Agree with Crew News and Glaciers -- good tour.

[pdmlynek]

On 2/6/2023 at 11:07 AM, islandchick said:

No need to go looking for eagles, they are everywhere. 

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This is correct. Most of us over 40 have grown up at a time when seeing eagles was a rarity. It took several decades after the DDT ban for the eagle population to recover. Now, bald eagles are no longer a uncommon. 

 

Go Eagles!