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#17 of 18 top-rated excursions

Sitka Sound Private Seaplane Flight

An hour-long private floatplane flight over the sound, islands and mountains, leaving from the cruise terminal itself.

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By Greg Peters, editor · Updated October 2026 · Ratings checked October 19, 2026

#17 Highly rated · ranked 17 of 18 Sitka excursions

An hour-long private floatplane flight over the sound, islands and mountains, leaving from the cruise terminal itself. A reviewer describes a three-seat Cessna Skywagon.

Tour details

OperatorHarbor Air Services
TypeFlightseeing
How long1 hour
SeasonCruise season, weather permitting
Good forSmall private parties (aircraft size from one review only).
Rating5 / 5 from 25 reviewsViator (Viator and Tripadvisor reviews combined), checked October 19, 2026
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Times and policies from viator.com, tripadvisor.com, checked October 19, 2026. They change; the booking page has the final word.

Harbor Air lists its address as 4513 Halibut Point Rd, the cruise terminal.

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How we ranked it

We checked every Sitka tour on this list on October 19, 2026, reading the star rating and review count shown on its own Viator, Tripadvisor and GetYourGuide product pages rather than any operator-wide score. Viator's totals already include Tripadvisor reviews, so for each tour we keep the larger single-site count instead of adding the two together. Tours then fall into three bands: Top rated (4.9 or better on at least 120 reviews, or 4.8 on at least 350), Highly rated (4.7 or better) and Popular. Within a band, the tour with more reviews ranks higher, so a long record counts for more than a handful of perfect scores. Many of these trips meet at Harrigan Centennial Hall downtown, which since 2025 means reserving a seat on the free dock shuttle first. No operator paid to be included, and the review links go straight to the booking sites.

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