Northern Lights and Chena Hot Springs Tour from Fairbanks in Fairbanks booking from $195.00

Northern Lights and Chena Hot Springs Tour from Fairbanks

Overview

Discover the ethereal beauty of Alaska’s famous celestial display, impressive ice sculptures and the state’s ancient healing waters on an evening trip from Fairbanks. Throughout the night, admire the artwork inside Aurora Ice Museum and a dip into Chena Hot Spring Resort’s outdoor mineral water baths before chasing the lights. Your guide will lead your small group out to ideal northern lights viewing locations, where you’ll wait with warm beverages for a chance at glimpsing the multicolored display in the sky. Round-trip transport from Fairbanks or North Pole hotels is included.

City: Fairbanks

Mon 23 Sep

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What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Local Guide

Access to Chena Hot Springs Resort's hot springs, hot tubs and swimming area

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operates in cold weather conditions; please dress appropriately
Please don't forget to bring bathing suits, bath towels, at least 2 quarter for each locker and a photo id for the cocktail in the ice museum. (has to be purchased separately)
The outside rock pool is only allowed for Adults 18 years and up. However, children are allowed in the inside pool.
Pregnant travelers are not allowed in the outside rock pool.
We have enough room for a foldable wheelchair. The hot springs are wheelchair accessible.
We can only pick up from inside the city limits of Fairbanks or North Pole. For other locations, you will need to go to an agreed location (eg Walmart), please contact our office to discuss if you are staying outside the city limits.
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
To be in compliance with the CDC and the State of Alaska: Guests are not required to wear face masks, but may if they wish. We also urge you to review the updated Health Advisory Number 2 at https://covid19.alaska.gov/health-advisories/ .

What To Expect

Chena Hot Springs Resort

After wandering through the cool museum, don your bathing suit and enjoy the resort’s legendary namesake. The revitalizing mineral water soothes muscles with its warm temperatures of 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) year-round. You can also soak under the stars in an outdoor hot tub, or indoors in the heated pool. In between, slip away to the Aurora Café or the historic Resort Restaurant, where you can purchase meals, snacks, or beverages. When ready, join your expert guide for a small-group outing to view the Aurora Borealis. Your guide will lead you through one of the best places on earth to witness the green and purple illuminations loop across the night sky. Wait and witness the celestial wonder with hot beverages in the late evening, when viewing opportunities are the highest. The lights are also visible inside the cafe's Aurora Room, which serves as a comfortable and warm location for viewings. Note: We can never guarantee the Northern lights sighting.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (460)

kauaisue

Sep 2019

This tour was the highlight of our Northern Lights vacation! Ken was a wonderful guide, very passionate about Fairbanks, Alaska, about the Alaskan culture and loves the Aurora as much as we do! We enjoyed the Ice Museum and the hot springs, but seeing the Aurora was a bucket list moment!! Highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host

Nov 2019

Hello from North Pole, thank you so much for leaving us and Ken such an amazing review. We really appreciate it and are glad that you had a great time and even saw the beautiful Lady Aurora. Kind regards

Susan P

Sep 2019

Our tour guide, Grace, was prompt in picking us up at the hotel. She was very personable, telling us many interesting facts about Alaska, it’s wildlife and the culture of Alaska. The Chena Hot-Spring was relaxing, the ice house interesting. We were surprised to see a female moose with her calf while trying to see the northern lights! Grace was quick in getting us to a safe area, where we observed the two of them for about10 minutes. We eventually got to see the Northern Lights, but only for a few minutes. I would recommend this tour!

Response from Host

Nov 2019

Dear Susan. Thank you for leaving us a review. We are glad that you had a good time with Grace on your tour. We are sending you Greetings from North Pole

lisehsmith

Sep 2019

Went to Chena Hot Springs, ice Museum, and Northern Lights. I knew there was no guarantee that I would see the Northern Lights, but we did see them. A big check on my bucket list. The hot springs was good but you must do the outside one. I didn’t like the bright lights in my eyes though. I was not impressed with the ice museum, but I did have the martini in the ice glass which was interesting. The driver however was not very talkative. We had hoped to have gotten information about the area we were going to. He gave us some of his political views while we waited to see the Northern Lights.

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Hello from North Pole, we are sorry that you did not have a 100% great experience with us. We are still glad that you overall enjoyed your trip and we did have a talk with the tour guide. We can guarantee that this won't happen anymore. Warm regards, your AWG team.

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