3-Day Arctic Circle of Alaska Northern Lights Tour From Fairbanks in Fairbanks booking from $1789.00

3-Day Arctic Circle of Alaska Northern Lights Tour From Fairbanks

Overview

Discover winter in Alaska’s Arctic! Experience for yourself the legendary hospitality and authentic interpretation that made the original Arctic Circle Drive Adventure famous. Travel north on the famed Dalton Highway. View the remarkable Trans Alaska Pipeline. Experience the mighty Yukon River. Explore up close the amazing arctic tundra. Cross the Arctic Circle and receive an official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate.
NOTE - each tour is unique with our ever changing daylight. Depending on when you are traveling it is important your day may be more "night" then day light".

Spend 2 nights in Coldfoot, Alaska -- located directly under the Aurora Oval. This is where the lights begin and branch out from here. While no one can guarantee you the lights, you can help increase your odds by travelling at the right time of the year (when our nights are dark), get yourself as close to the source as possible (in Coldfoot directly under the oval) and then stay up all night.

City: Fairbanks

Sun 23 Feb

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What's Included

Room at Coldfoot Camp for 2 nights

Local guide

Professional guide

Driver/guide

Guided ground tour from Fairbanks to Coldfoot

Live commentary on board

Two nights of accommodation

Additional Info

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Adult pricing applies to all travelers. Rates are based on per person double occupancy. Single supplement of $200 needs to be added for single travelers
Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark
Operates in cold weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
NOTE by choosing a tour experience one recognizes when one is traveling by plane, ground tour 6 feet of separation is not possible. As of July 1, 2021 Masks will no longer be required and will be optional for those who wish to wear one.

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (19)

Cindy R

Sep 2018

My title says, go with the best, Northern is the best! Rachel guided our journey to Coldfoot Camp, crossing the Arctic Circle with ceremony! She was informative, fun and provided wonderful customer service. Tim took over our Adventure to Wiseman wishing the weather would clear to see a light show. Although the clouds did not clear Tim told his Alaska stories and really kept us comfortable and entertained. Seems everyone in Coldfoot Camp treats each other like family! We loved just sitting and listening to guides, truckers and visitors come and go. All respect nature, encourage questions and love to have conversation. Tim was our tour guide to Atigun Pass, a crazy curving narrow steep pass! These guides treated us special, sitting, chatting at lunch or breakfast. Encouraged our walk to the visitors center which was another do not miss, it was great! Ranger seemed thrilled to have us visit, sit, chat, inform and Tim was right there with us. The best customer service! Our first experience on a small 8 passenger plane, fun, the pilot really had a great sense of humor as we teased, but he got us safely back to Fairbanks. We really wished we had booked more time, a continued adventure north. Maybe another trip, and it will only be with Northern Alaska Tour Company!

Response from Host

Sep 2018

Thank you Cindy R, your review and recommendation is greatly appreciated. We appreciate your kind words on the experience you had with both Rachel and Tim while on your Arctic Circle Overnight Adventure. We would love to have you come back and join us....perhaps join us all the way to the Arctic Ocean next time! Thank you, Kathy

michaelpJ5630FY

Mar 2018

Our first guide Ryan was great. Very knowledgeable and pleasant. His demeanor is very even and that's definitely a skill when having to deal with so many personality types. He was also an excellent driver. Felt very safe. Cold foot was great. The scenery is amazing. We didn't see the Aurora but we know that has nothing to do with the tour leaders. Sometimes mother nature makes up her own mind. Would definitely do it again.

Response from Host

Mar 2018

Thank you michaelpJ5630 for joining Ryan and the rest of the team for your Arctic Circle Aurora Overnight Adventure. We appreciate your endorsement of us as a company and Ryan as a skilled guide. Best wishes for a bright spring! Kathy

Rhys J

Mar 2017

My wife and I booked an excursion with Northern Alaska Tour Company during our escorted ‘Natural Wonders of Alaska’ tour with Titan Travel. We were based for 3 nights on a room only basis at the welcoming and comfortable Bridgewater Hotel, Fairbanks, located on the banks of the Chena River. We decided to book an optional evening excursion operated by this tour company, flying with Air Arctic from Fairbanks over the Arctic Circle to Coldfoot and then by road along the Dalton Highway to the small village of Wiseman. It wasn't a cheap excursion at $500 per person but ticked so many boxes and took me to places I would not have seen nor experienced otherwise during my tour of Alaska. Our 8 seater light aircraft took off from Fairbanks and we were fortunate to have a warm evening with clear skies offering panoramic views in all directions. Our friendly pilot was also our knowledgeable guide, providing us with facts, stories and anecdotes through our headphones whilst drawing our attention to the wonderful landscapes we passed over below...and safely flying our aircraft at the same time! As we approached Coldfoot he explained that it's a key stopping point for vehicles using the Dalton Highway and especially the large tractor-trailers and articulated lorries taking epuipment and supplies through to the oilfields at Prudhoe Bay on the Arctic Ocean. It also has an important airfiled where our aircraft landed and a minibus took our party the 13 miles north along the Dalton Highway to the small village of Wiseman. It's located at Mile 189 on the highway and about a further 5 miles down a narrow road along Wiseman Creek on the banks of the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River. It was only connected to the highway in the early 1990s and was originally one of a number of small mining communities in the Brooks Range. On our arrival in Wiseman, we were introduced to Jack Reakoff, a proud resident and very knowledgeable on the history of Wiseman. He led us through the village drawing our attention to a number of machinery including tractors and a bulldozer which had seen better days. He also discussed some of the historical buildings dotted around the village such as Henry Pingel Cabin, Carl Frank Cabin and the Wiseman Historical Museum. Our tour of the village ended inside the museum (which apparently is only open to organised tour groups) where he explained that Wiseman was established in the early 20th century after gold prospectors travelled north from Coldfoot in search of new mining deposits. The new community was originally called Wrights, was later changed to Nolan and finally became Wiseman in 1923. He also explained how important self-subsistence is to the residents of Wiseman as well as to many other communities in this remote area of Alaska. He discussed wildlife hunting and various hunting methods and showed a number of animal skins and skulls as well as various horns and antlers, representative of the wildlife being hunted in the Wiseman area. We then had time to explore some of the other objects on display in the museum including a sledge, skis and kitchen utensils as well as reading some of the many information panels on the walls illustrating the history of the area. As our visit came to an end, he invited us to return to Wiseman hoping next time we'd have a longer stay. We then retraced our route by minibus back along the Dalton Highway to Coldfoot and took our return flight to Fairbanks, landing at Fairbanks around midnight. I found the views from the aircraft on the return flight even more spectacular as the sun's light created some wonderful shadows across such varied landscapes and the glistening waters of the Yukon River in this land of the 'Midnight Sun'. I thoroughly enjoyed my wonderful trip flying over the Brooks Range across the Arctic Circle to Coldfoot and then by road along the Dalton Highway to Wiseman. I even have a certificate, issued after landing back in Fairbanks, to prove that I've flown over the Arctic Circle! This trip for me was money well spent, and should you go for it, I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!

Response from Host

Nov 2019

Thank you Rys J for your very thorough review of the Arctic Circle Air Adventure, the experience by air across the Arctic Circle during the summer months. (just to share with other readers there is a difference between summer and winter). But the detail you shared is spot on for summer. And yes, we have departures in the evening for travelers to take advantage of the midnight sun during the summer. I am sorry for the delay .. I had responded but this just came up with being rejected as a response...???. Thank you again for joining us and best wishes for a bright spring! Kathy

3-Day Arctic Circle of Alaska Northern Lights Tour From Fairbanks

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