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)

Tny8mw

Jan 2019

Great trip all around. Our tour guide, Bob, was friendly and knowledgable and gave us extra info about Alaskan culture. The facilities were spotless, the Chena staff were great. The trip would have been amazing on its own but seeing the aurora on the way home was the icing on the cake. Highly recommend this company and trip!

Response from Host

Jan 2019

Hello from North Pole, thank you so much for leaving Bob and us such a great review. We really appreciate it. We are glad that you had such a good time and that you got to see the Aurora. We send a lot of greetings from Alaska, Sylvia

GhadahMostareeh

Jan 2019

GUIDE: Lynley was excellent and very knowledgable. She was funny and excited for conversations. ICE MUSEUM Was fun, especially if you appreciate art and the hard work of the artists. HOT SPRINGS: personally, they were the highlight of my trip (even though I initially booked the trip for the northern lights). I was ready to spend the rest of my life in the water! haha (warning: never take your flip-flops and towel outside. They will freeze! Keep your towel in the locker and your flip-flops in the indoor pool area) NORTHERN LIGHTS: Although the KP index was pretty low (2) and we were at the end tail of the aurora band, Lynley made sure that we would see it. She could spot the faint low light. FOOD: there was a restaurant in the resort, but my friend and I decided not to waste any time and headed straight to the water. We packed our snack and ate them at the pool house. There was also a drinking water fountain at the pool house, so we could fill our water bottles.

Response from Host

Jun 2019

Hello from North Pole, Thank you so much for leaving us and Lynley such an amazing review. We really appreciate it and are so glad that you had a great time at the Chena Hot Springs. Kind regards, Sylvia

Utahroz

Jan 2019

We felt that our whole tour was extremely lucky. We were picked up on time with another twosome from our hotel. The ice museum was fun and the apple-tini really good. Dinner afterwards was wonderful and good value. The hotsprings was so romantic and we felt like we had the place to ourselves. We got to check off a bucket list item of soaking in a natural bath while our hair and lashes were frozen atop. The true highlight and bucket item was to witness the play of the northern lights in person. It was cloudy all day and the index was low but our guide, Suzy, brought us out into the dark night at just the right time. We stopped at multiple places with all good views of the aurora borealis and Suzy was good enough to capture the lights for us on her dslr, which I didn’t bring. She allowed us to experience a magical night. Thank you!

Response from Host

Jan 2019

Hello there, thank you for leaving Suzy and us such a great review. We really appreciate it and are very glad that you had a great time. We are sending a lot of greetings from Alaska. Sylvia

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