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

Sun 22 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)

Bernie M

Mar 2018

Such an amazing experience from pick up to drop off. Our tour guide that night was Ricky. You can tell he’s such a genuine and amazing person and he did every thing in his power for us to see the lights. It’s hard to find tour guides like him who are really invested in your time and experiences. He was very knowledgeable of the state, the animals, the lights you name it. Very personable and funny. On the trip to Chena hot springs we all kept a look out for wild life and did get to stop to see some moose. First stop was the Aurora ice museum which was really “cool” and they offer an “appletini” served in an ice glass for those who wanted and was of age of course. Right after we had dinner at the restaurant located there. The food was good and there was no wait time luckily. After dinner we changed and went into the hot springs which was super relaxing and then off to see the lights. Filled up on some caffeine at the shop inside and off we went. Mind you that the entire time Ricky gave us tips and suggestions on what we should do first and he offered to put our name down on the waiting list for the restaurant so that we didn’t have to wait long to eat. One of the guests with us had a piece of her boot start falling off and Ricky right away went to help fix it for her. While we were all enjoying ourselves Ricky was on lookout for the lights and was ready to come get us anytime he saw something. When we left Chena, Ricky took us to some of the best spots for viewing. Finally around 1:30 am the lights started showing and we stopped to soak it all in. It’s honestly such an indescribable site and pictures definitely don’t do it justice. Overall had the most amazing time and it was worth every minute and penny of it. If I could give Ricky 10 stars I would. If you are able to pick a tour guide Ricky will not disappoint and if the lights are out there, he will find them. And if you do book and get him.. ask him about the wooly mammoth story 😂

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Hello from North Pole, thanks for taking the time to write this great review. We are glad that you had a great time on your tours and that you enjoyed your trip with Ricky. warm regards, your AWG team

Debbie_P

Mar 2018

This tour is awesome, particularly the hot springs! The ice museum is pretty neat, although it's rather small. The on-site restaurant serves a really good meal too. Our driver was super friendly and even joined our group for dinner at the restaurant.

Annie W

Mar 2018

We had a great hot spring tour with Ricky. The hot spring was awesome, I've been soaking in the spring almost 3 hours. However, it's cloudy at that day, we couldn't make the northern light tour. But the hot spring tour was awesome, and Ricky is a great tour guide, humor and talkative.

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Hello from North Pole, thank you for leaving us such an amazing review. We really appreciate it and are glad that you had a good time, even without seeing the Northern Lights. warm regards, your AWG team

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