Sitka was my favorite port. We did a wildlife viewing excursion & saw lots of sea otters, bald eagles, humpback whales and even a gray whale. Gray whales are very rare in these parts this time of the year, so we were very lucky to find one while he was feeding. We visited a bear orphanage with two 2-yr old bears that had been raised since they were cubs. This was the closest I got to seeing a "wild" bear & that's ok. It was great to see them playing in a large, semi-natural habitat.