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Amazing tour guide. Relentless in trying to get us better views of the bears. We saw a mother and a cub. He is very knowledgeable as a native. A very nice person. He showed us eagles and bears. Took very good photos of us. He listens very well to what we wanted to do and dropped us off where we wanted for our next stop. To address the reviews about his friends house, the bears live right next to his friends house. There are paw prints and trails they have to their dens on the other side of the house.

Rich was great!! He looks us to quite a few spots. We saw bears and one caught a fish. We also saw eagles. He told us lots of interesting facts. Overall we are happy to recommend Rich.

Our tour with Rich was great! So much cheaper than cruise ship excursions. We travel a lot and try to seek out locals to learn about the area. We really enjoyed our time in Ketchikan because of Rich. After seeing bears, eagles and otter, he took us to an amazing waterfall! It was beautiful! We saw more on this tour than we did on the one we booked through the cruise ship for Skagway and paid 3 times more. We decided we would grab some lunch when we got back into town but It began to rain heavily on our way back. Rich dropped us off in front of the restaurant we decided on so we didn't have to walk in the rain! If you are looking for a laid back adventure with a local native, then Aurora tours is the way to go.

Owner and Alaskan native Rich took us on an amazing tour to see bears! He knew exactly where to take us for the best viewings. He is very knowledgeable and we had several locations of bear sightings! Would highly recommend!

If I could give it a zero rating I would. This was the worst tour & sight seeing I’ve ever experienced. Richard sure did talk himself up. We’re going to see bears, eagles, & whales.. (didn’t happen). He drove us up and down the road next to the boat dock. Stopped on the side of the road a couple times to “look” for wildlife. Took us to some ugly place where drainage pipes from a salmon place were pouring out & stopped by his friend Scotty’s house twice to stare at his yard. He never shut up, just constantly talked about himself. He was also eating cough drops & said his throat was dry from talking, my boyfriend woke up the next day with a sore throat & today (2 days later) coughing & hacking with a chest cold. Richard is a liar. He told us a story from his trip to Texas that was obviously bs. Every one of his stories were completely embellished, except maybe the one about his wife being a bad alcoholic. What a waste of time this man was.. more than a waste he was a deficit.

I was so keen to see a wild bear and this tour (which wasn’t prebooked), with Rich really bigged himself up. We paid $75 cash each and I can’t dispute that we did see a bear and many eagles, however we found out that all he did was to take us to the back of a bear sanctuary - not the authentic trails that only HE knew as promised. He also drove us to his mate’s house to see bears but none there. He also said we’d see whales - not. It would have been more authentic to go to a zoo! Just want to warn you guys who are keen to see the wild life to do your homework first. Rich - you let us down, but you can do better for your future customers. I won’t be recommending you.

Rich Lee was the best. We landed in Ketchikan without a plan. The city was not as walkable as we thought. We luckily found Rich and he did not disappoint. He was local and very knowledgeable about the history of Ketchikan and its inhabitants. He found a mama bear and her two cubs that came right up to our vehicle. I believe mama knew him and knew he wasn’t a threat. We got great photos. I highly recommend.