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Incredible Aurora Viewing Adventure
Badge of ExcellenceFairbanks, USA
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Venture away from the light pollution of Fairbanks and embark on an aurora chasing tour. Join a small group and travel in a heated van in search of the colorful natural phenomenon. Learn about the aurora and Alaskan culture from your guide and even get tips on how to capture the northern lights on your camera.
- Warm up around a campfire while you watch the sky
- A small group means more attention from your tour guide
- Enjoy coffee or tea and reindeer hot dogs during the tour
- Get an aurora portrait of your group courtesy of your guide
What's Included
- Keepsake Media - professional photography included, downloadable raw images
- Twilight Campfire Cuisine menu - Dinner over the campfire
- Borealis Brew Drink Bar - Featuring 8+ hot/cold drink options
- Edited Pictures - unlimited download of edited photos
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Meeting point
- 537 Johansen Expy, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA
Row 14
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Start time
10:00 PM
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Pickup details
Tours begin right at your Fairbanks hotel, so you don’t need to plan how to get to us and you will save additional taxi costs. Free guest pickup from 9pm to 10pm. Your guide will call/text when they are 10 min away from pick up.
What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 60 travelers
Operated by Aurora In Alaska
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Featured review
Lucas_L
One of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever had! The guides and the setup were very professional and high quality! Definitely worth the cold!
Reviews
5.0
406 reviews
Ed_N, May 2024
This was an excellent auroras tour, instead of going off to a set location, they monitor conditions to find the best place at the time and then setup camp with bonfires, tasty sausage snacks, and drinks. Also the guides are extremely helpful not only in taking professional pictures for download but also in assistance and tips using our own cameras. Vans are left running so we could step in to warm up when needed and the particular place we stopped at this night didn't have lights in the restrooms so they hung some up for us. If I ever make it out this way again for the auroras, this is the tour I would book again.
Bethany_Z, Apr 2024
Nick was our guide for the tour and he was fantastic! He was so engaging, funny and knowledgable about all things Alaska. We ended up having perfect sightings of the Aurora Borealis. Even the pictures from my old smart phone turned out really well. I cannot wait to see the ones that Nick took with a high-end digital camera!. We had a fun group of people and I really enjoyed sitting around the campfire talking with everyone, trying reindeer sausage, and popcorn made in a whirly-pop popcorn maker over the open fire. It was such a great night and experience for my very first trip to Alaska. Anyone looking to book an Aurora Borealis tour, do yourself a favor and go with this tour company!
Gustavo_G, Apr 2024
Our tour guide Nick was PHENOMENAL! He knew exactly where to go. He set up a coffee station and hot chocolate, cooked reindeer sausage and made popcorn over an open fire. The night was absolutely perfect!!! This is a once in a lifetime experience…except I will definitely return and hope Nick will be our tour guide!! OUTSTANDING tour- 10 stars!
Zach_S, Apr 2024
The guides at aurora in Alaska are the absolute best you can find In Alaska everything out there is beautiful if you are having doubts about visiting Alaska stop and just do go there stay at pikes and do this tour you will not regret it I promise you they take awesome pictures and have a 100% guarantee some nights but there is a 30-40 % chance you can see them with your naked eyes and most smartphones is tough to see them on the other nights but if you are there for at least 3 nights u will at least meet great people and have Great pictures even If you can't see them with the naked eye the group we had on 4-14-2024 are all great people and I wish i was still there and hope everyone had safe travels yall made it great for me thank you so much please I don't write reviews like this for nothing If you are in Alaska do this tour if you are solo or In a group!! They also have a fire and hot drinks and sausages and pop corn there ! Def dress warm too ! It gets cold especially if you are a fake philly girl 😂 or from Australia 😉 but do yourself a favor n do this tour!!
Lori_R, Apr 2024
Great experience with tour guide Tony. Got picked up at my hotel which is really convenient. The lights were beautiful and Tony and other guide helped us get some quality pics with our own cameras/phones. I highly suggest wearing warm boots. The only thing that got cold was my feet.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you for joining us and we do agree that Tony is a wonderful guide. I will agree proper attire is important and suggest all guests read our blogs on how to dress at different temperatures. Although we do have warm campfires and keep the vans running, once the body gets cold it can be difficult to warm up. We do hope the tour was exactly what you were looking for and hope that you cherish your memories and photos for a lifetime.
Ankitesh_G, Apr 2024
The team is very accommodating. We had our flights delayed (and then cancelled) from anchorage to Fairbanks on the day of the tour. We decided to road trip to Fairbanks but were unsure if we would make it by the tour time. I contacted the tour operator to see if they can move my booking to the next day. Nick was very prompt in understanding and helping me, he quickly moved our tour to the next day while also suggesting some awesome places in anchorage. On the day of the tour our guide was Tony, he was a very knowledgeable guide, not only he gave info about the aurora, but he also had tons of knowledge about Alaska, it was good to chat with him. We were able to see amazing views of aurora, they had a very nice setup at the view point to make you feel cozy in the cold. I would highly recommend taking this tour.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
We were more than happy to accommodate you and trust that the drive from Anchorage to Fairbanks was the adventure you didn’t know you needed. I hope those recommendations helped take your family’s mind of the delays in plans. You are an amazing human to take what could have been an awful experience and allow it to be something wonderful. We were happy to take you and yours out on this adventure and hope you many more wonderful adventures.
SaiSheetal_G, Apr 2024
I had a trip with this team on 03/05/2024. I should wait to let it all sink in, but want to get all my notes in.
1. The team typically carries a huge van of 8-10 people, if there’s more in the group, they have multiple vans and guides. This is great because your intimate group can always have conversations with your guide. We had Nick and Tony (and Brandon!!) such a fanstastic trio. Their energy and enthusiasm to ensure we were engaged was phenomenal.
2. We had a ‘not so great’ aurora forecast that day. We were informed all throughout the day by Nicole (again exceptional service) of the changing weather/prediction situations, she even offered different dates if we wanted to take it. We were eventually told there’s a pocket of clear sky we’d try out at and maybe there’s a 50% chance of seeing the aurora. We took the chance!
3. Nick and Tony drove us out 45 minutes north to find good viewing points with clear skies and to our surprise, we saw auroras right as we parked our camp. The sight was breathtaking, Nick and Tony continued to set up cameras, encouraged people in our group to get pictures and even took the time out to help shy/not very picture inclined folks like my husband and I with different portraits.
4. After the unexpected yet amazing sighting, they went on to set up campfires and foood/drinks for us. Again, exceptional service that I cannot recommend enough.
5. It was 12:30 by then and we had seen/captured plenty of auroral activity, they then took us to a few different spots where we could see auroras with different backdrops - trees, flat landscape, etc. ensuring we get the best experience.
6. We departed thoroughly spent yet so full in our hearts. The team led us from place to place with enthusiasm and gusto to ensure we had the best experience. They ensured we stayed out for as long as there was auroral activity. Idk, we wouldnt have known any different had we parked at a spot right? We saw the auroras! And yet they took us around and were incredibly patient and encouraging with pictures.
I cannot recommend these guys and the tour enough!!! Please go with them if you are in Fairbanks. Of all the tours I’ve been at, this is atleast in the top 3 of how amazing the experience was (and auroras were the bonus!) special shoutout to Brandon on moosewatch! We didn’t see/hit a moose so it’s a win!
Response from Host, Apr 2024
What a fantastic review! Our crew loves creating a fun and remarkable experience for all of our guests. I am so happy to hear it was everything you could hope for and more. Thank you for joining us and for trusting us to get you under the auroras. Here’s to many more adventures for you and your amazing husband! You’re welcome back with us anytime!
Tori_O, Apr 2024
This tour was so much fun! We pulled over in different spots as we were driving up and got to see the Aurora! Tour guides were enthusiastic to find the Aurora and take photos for us! I tried reindeer hot dogs and it was fun to roast them over the fire ourselves.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you for the 5-star review. We are so glad you enjoyed the fire roasted local reindeer sausage. We hope you treasure the memories made and photos for years to come! Thank you for choosing Aurora in Alaska
Kelly_S, Apr 2024
Great guides! This experience was more than we could have hoped for! Great memories made. Such experienced guides!
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you for joining us and for taking a moment to share your adventure! We wish you many more great memories and would love to take you out again in the future.
chintana_p, Apr 2024
It’s a wonderful My dream came true last night 😍so beautiful . And The bus so good ,the driver is so nice and kindness .I enjoyed the trip so much.Thank you for your take care.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Thank you for this five star review! We hope that it was everything you dreamed it would be and hope that you treasure those moments for a lifetime. Thank you!
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