Herring Cove — Attraction in Alaska

We came here on a trip organised by our cruise ship. The guide was really knowledgeable and showed us through the forest pointing out lots of flora and fauna, we tried some berries that she recommended which were great and showed us all sorts of bugs and slugs, it really was good.

As we left the forest we walked onto a raised walkway which was above the marshy type land and the creek. Whilst were were not guaranteed to see bears, we were very lucky to see a couple, and one which caught and ate a fish whilst we watched.

This walkway led to a workshop where there was someone who was carving a totem pole and he talked us through the process whilst his squirrel friend was watching & being fed, so cute.

The gift shop was excellent, we don't usually buy things, but did pick up a couple of things that we couldn't resist.

Perfect end to...

Took a tour with Aurora Birds and Bears. Stopped at Herring Cove trying to spot one. We saw bear scat and bluejays but no bears there. Rich (Windy) took us around looking for bald eagles (which we saw), bears (which we didn't, except a flash into the woods which we think was a bear). According to Windy, this is the spot to go when the salmon are running to see bears. We enjoyed seeing the bulejays dart down to eat some bread or crackers, whatever a lady there was feeding them. We enjoyed trying but we were just a little early in the season or just not there at the right time. We stopped coming from the ship terminal and then going back...

This is where the action is being a local I have the time to wait for the bears. Unfortunately what happens is getting cove gets overpopulated with touring and it scares the animals and then if a tourist doesn't get to see what they want instead of enjoying the beauty they beat up local your vendors trying to show them an ausome experience. And then there's those tourists that get to see everything. they came for. But tourists keep in mind when you're review that you can ruin companies that most of the time just locals doing there best to show you the best experience in our town. We cannot control...