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Sitka Sunshine Kayaks offers a variety of guided tour options, including Silver Bay, Blue Lake, and Back Beach across the channel to the Galankin Island Group.
STAY ANOTHER DAY
Since all of these cruises begin in Sitka, it’ s worth extending your trip to spend a day visiting attractions, browsing locally-owned shops and galleries, and sampling Sitka’ s food scene. With a two-hour direct flight from Seattle on Alaska Airlines, and connecting you to more than 10 Southeast Alaska communities with Alaska Seaplanes, Sitka offers you the flexibility to explore the ABCs at your leisure.
Call Out Box Bear Fact!
The brown bears on Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof are a unique subspecies, the Sitka brown bear( Ursus arctos sitkensis), genetically tied to both brown and polar bears. You can meet a few up close at Fortress of the Bear, an educational bear rescue center in Sitka.
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