Embark on a Sitka exploration that includes the Fortress of the Bear's wildlife viewing, totem poles at Sitka National Historical Park, plus get up-close with bald eagles at the Alaska Raptor Center. Among the evergreen tree canopy of Tongass National Forest, you'll stand on a covered viewing platform at the Fortress of the Bear, an animal rescue center where you'll get within 25 feet of brown and black bears living in their natural element. An educational video, along with knowledgeable staff stationed throughout the center provide bear insights. Moving on to the Sitka National Historical Park, you'll learn about the Battle of 1804 and see Tlingit totem poles hand-carved in the traditional way. Finally, the Alaska Raptor Center equally impresses with its outside deck habitats where rescued birds of prey including bald eagles are rehabilitated. Gaze in awe as you watch raptors soar around the flight center in the most majestic of ways.