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Tillicum Excursion
4 h
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Itinerary
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Stop At: Argosy Cruises - Seattle Waterfront, 1101 Alaskan Way Pier 55 Ticket Booth and Reservation Center, Seattle, WA 98101-2981
The 4-hour adventure on the Tillicum Excursion to Blake Island State Park begins at Pier 54 on Seattle's central waterfront. Relax and enjoy the magnificent scenery during the 45-minute narrated cruise from downtown Seattle.
Stop At: Argosy Cruises - Tillicum Excursion, 1101 Alaskan Way Pier 55 Ticket Booth and Pier 56 Argosy Visitor Center, Seattle, WA 98101-2981
When you arrive to Tillicum, make your way up to the longhouse along the pathway strewn with clam shells bleached by the sun. Before you enter the longhouse, take a moment and enjoy an appetizer of clams and nectar. Be sure to crush the empty clam shells when you are finished as it is the tradition to help preserve the path!
Inside the longhouse, watch as whole fish is cooked over an alder-wood fire on cedar stakes in the traditional Northwest Coast Indian style. As you finish your buffet meal, the lights dim while the myth and magic come to life in the spellbinding performance featuring Tillicum dancers.
After the show, you have approximately 45-minutes of free time to browse the gift gallery featuring artwork of local artisans or stroll along the pleasant beaches and forest trails.
Finally, board the boat and enjoy the relaxing cruise back to Seattle.
Stop At: Blake Island State Park, Seattle, WA
Menu:
• Traditional Alder Baked Fish: Savor this centuries‐old treat! The fish, baked around alder wood fires on cedar stakes, is unlike anything you have ever tasted. Taking approximately one hour to bake slowly to perfection, the fish retains moisture and takes on a wonderful mild flavor unique to this style of cooking and is served with a signature Juniper Berry Seasoning.
• Signature Beef Stew: This thick meaty stew is full of flavors beef combined with root vegetables and potatoes for a mouth‐watering dish.
• Wild Grain Harvest Rice: Try this wonderful combination of wild and regular rice, cooked to perfection with onions, garlic and a fragrant vegetable stock.
• Warm Whole Grain Tillicum Bread: This rich, dark, slightly‐sweet bread is made with a hint of molasses and served warm with butter. This bread is so popular, in fact, you can even purchase an extra loaf to take home!
• Field Greens Salad: Seasonal greens, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, Oregon blue cheese and served with stone ground rosemary dressing or raspberry vinaigrette served on the side.
• Tri‐Colored Bean Salad: A colorful display of marinated creamy‐white cannelli beans and bright, fresh green beans tossed with cherry tomatoes, fresh basil and shallots in a red‐wine vinaigrette.
• Fresh Fruit Salad: Assorted melons, grapes, strawberries and pineapple served with a strawberry honey dipping sauce.
• Northwest Dessert Treat: A Northwest inspired finish to your meal.
• Coffee, Tea, Lemonade
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Argosy Cruises - Seattle Waterfront, 1101 Alaskan Way Pier 55 Ticket Booth and Reservation Center, Seattle, WA 98101-2981
The 4-hour adventure on the Tillicum Excursion to Blake Island State Park begins at Pier 54 on Seattle's central waterfront. Relax and enjoy the magnificent scenery during the 45-minute narrated cruise from downtown Seattle.
Stop At: Argosy Cruises - Tillicum Excursion, 1101 Alaskan Way Pier 55 Ticket Booth and Pier 56 Argosy Visitor Center, Seattle, WA 98101-2981
When you arrive to Tillicum, make your way up to the longhouse along the pathway strewn with clam shells bleached by the sun. Before you enter the longhouse, take a moment and enjoy an appetizer of clams and nectar. Be sure to crush the empty clam shells when you are finished as it is the tradition to help preserve the path!
Inside the longhouse, watch as whole fish is cooked over an alder-wood fire on cedar stakes in the traditional Northwest Coast Indian style. As you finish your buffet meal, the lights dim while the myth and magic come to life in the spellbinding performance featuring Tillicum dancers.
After the show, you have approximately 45-minutes of free time to browse the gift gallery featuring artwork of local artisans or stroll along the pleasant beaches and forest trails.
Finally, board the boat and enjoy the relaxing cruise back to Seattle.
Stop At: Blake Island State Park, Seattle, WA
Menu:
• Traditional Alder Baked Fish: Savor this centuries‐old treat! The fish, baked around alder wood fires on cedar stakes, is unlike anything you have ever tasted. Taking approximately one hour to bake slowly to perfection, the fish retains moisture and takes on a wonderful mild flavor unique to this style of cooking and is served with a signature Juniper Berry Seasoning.
• Signature Beef Stew: This thick meaty stew is full of flavors beef combined with root vegetables and potatoes for a mouth‐watering dish.
• Wild Grain Harvest Rice: Try this wonderful combination of wild and regular rice, cooked to perfection with onions, garlic and a fragrant vegetable stock.
• Warm Whole Grain Tillicum Bread: This rich, dark, slightly‐sweet bread is made with a hint of molasses and served warm with butter. This bread is so popular, in fact, you can even purchase an extra loaf to take home!
• Field Greens Salad: Seasonal greens, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, Oregon blue cheese and served with stone ground rosemary dressing or raspberry vinaigrette served on the side.
• Tri‐Colored Bean Salad: A colorful display of marinated creamy‐white cannelli beans and bright, fresh green beans tossed with cherry tomatoes, fresh basil and shallots in a red‐wine vinaigrette.
• Fresh Fruit Salad: Assorted melons, grapes, strawberries and pineapple served with a strawberry honey dipping sauce.
• Northwest Dessert Treat: A Northwest inspired finish to your meal.
• Coffee, Tea, Lemonade
Included
- Roundtrip Boat transportation to Blake Island State Park
- NW Buffet Meal with traditional native-style fire-roasted Fish
- Northwest Coast Native American storytelling show and dance performance
Not included
- Gratuities
- Bar service
- Hotel pickup and drop off
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Features
Tourism
85%
Cultural
60%
Aquatic
25%
Sport
20%
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The boat ride was lovely, the guide was interesting and informative, the salmon dinner was delicious, the storytelling and native dancing show was impressive, and our short hike took us on a beautiful nature trail past stunning trees and ferns. We thoroughly enjoyed this excursion.
Great time, beautiful people with an informative production. Top notch courteous crew and clean facilities.
Everyone was super nice and friendly. The salmon was the BEST! All the food was good. The rice could have been cooked a little more, but it was taste. The story telling and the dance was the best. I just wish there had been more! The island was nice. I liked seeing the eagle!!! The ship was very comfortable. I was very impressed with all your employees!
We really enjoyed our late afternoon trip out to Tillicum, the meal and show was great and it was lovely coming back to Seatlle on the boat in the evening as the sun was setting.
This was such a great experience! The northwest native culture displayed was all that I could ask for and beyond. I came from Chicago to experience Tillicum Village and the greater Seattle area, and it not disappoint!
It was a fabulous trip, well organized and so interesting. Highly recommend!!
I experienced this years ago when they had real dancers and a real drum show. It was, I think, called Thunderdrums and it was spectacular. Since that show, I have told so many people about this and they have to experience it. Then I went a week ago and was very disappointed. They now have digital people and only three live performers. NO real drum show and it was very underwhelming. Everything else was as good as before. The food, the boat ride, and the facilities. It was just very apparent they are trying to save money by having less live bodies. Such a shame. It's way overpriced for the fake show.