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

Tue 24 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)

Susifina A

Feb 2017

Rene was our tour guide. He didn't speak much and spoke a few times. I dont think he was being rude I believe he is just a quiet person. He was really nice and watched all of our things while we were out and about doing our tours. For that he was fabulous we really appreciated it. We went to the ice museum, then off to dinner, after dinner we went to the hot springs which was great. It was in the negative degrees but the hot springs was warm or hot depending on where you were in the springs. It was cloudy cover when we came out of the hot springs so rene thought we could drive back towards fairbanks and check 2 other spots to see if we can spot it. We didn't so we ended our tour super early at 1am. We were kinda bummed and wondered if we just should have stayed at the lodge and waited it out since we ended back at our hotel so early. Regardless it's a must do tour.

IVONNE_R

Jan 2017

Chena is amazing! There was only one detail in hot springs, when paying for the appletini at the ice museum they did not tell me that I should have my ID, when I went for my drink I had no ID and they did not give me a refund or help :

Mary_G

Jan 2017

Rene was a terrible guide. He didn't speak unless he answered a question. A 3 hour roundtrip in a dead quiet car because everyone was uncomfortable because he wasn't friendly and didn't take the time to introduce any of us. He wasn't unfriendly, just not there. This job is for an outgoing upbeat people-person and it does not fit his personality which is more suited to behind the scenes kind of work.

Response from Host

Jan 2017

TOUR OPERATOR COMMENT: Thank you for taking the time to write a review for us. We are so very sorry about your experience and we already talked to him about this issue. It definitely will have to change and we are keeping this under a very close watch. We take your review very serious and will work on improvements. I hope you had at least a great overall trip to Alaska.

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