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

Fri 27 Dec

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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)

MARIANNE B D

Dec 2017

We went on this tour to see the lights and did see some faint ones so are looking forward to our other nights here in Fairbanks to see more. Our guide Dave was very good and lots of fun. The Ice Museum at Chena Hot Springs was beautiful and the apple martinis were great. The resort itself is only so - so glad we did not stay there - it is a two hour drive each way from Fairbanks and more like a summer camp than a spa - nothing there but the resort. The food in the restaurant was only ok. The Hot Springs is a wonderful place to float around and relax but if you have children up to 18 they can't go in so they can only go in the inside pool which is nothing special. I'm glad we saw the ice museum and 1st Alaska did a great tour for us but wouldn't go to the resort again.

Hector T

Dec 2017

We had a great time and our guide Bill was great company and very knowledgeable about Alaska. The ice museum and hot springs were great. Despite the fact that we had a small blizzard Bill took the time and care to go Aurora chasing on the way back. We got lucky and got clear skies on a good spot to see the lights dancing around. Overall a great and complete experience!

Response from Host

Jan 2018

Hello from North Pole, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a great review. We are very glad that you had a great time, which is our number one priority. The best thing is that you got to see Lady Aurora. We send you lots of greetings from Alaska.

Canny

Dec 2017

Nothing much to shout about the hot springs in Chena as compared to the Blue Lagoon in Iceland or I couldn't have seen much as I only arrived after sunset at approximately 1815hrs, total darkness. Mediocre changing facilities but it was relatively affordable, only cost a quarter per use and a new quarter got to be inserted after each opening. However, the facilities provided for the watching of aurora was excellent with 2 indoor waiting areas, an activity room and an aurora watching room besides the outdoor, and was an excellent night when I visited on November 17th, managed to see it twice in one night, simply awesome. The tour price paid was inclusive of admission to the Ice Museum and the hot springs, excluding the Appletini served in ice glass at the Aurora Bar in the former. The Appletini would have cost USD 15. The restaurant served good food with efficient service. Unfortunately, didn't manage to visit the Dog Kennel as it was closed at 1600hrs.

Response from Host

Jan 2020

Dear Canny, We are sorry that you didn't have a great experience with us. To clarify a few things, the dog kennel is not included in our itinerary and yes, during a few months in the winter, it will be dark after arrival. We don't have much daylight in November, December and January and due to it being a Northern Lights tour, we have to start later in the day. We are still glad that you had an overall good visit and we send you greetings from North Pole. Your AWG team.

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