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 30 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)

Tara_O

Feb 2022

The pool and hot springs, being wheelchair accessible even though there was snow and ice everywhere!

Frits_D

Feb 2022

We did not see the northern lights! It was a clear night. The sun activities were low. Driving to and return from the resort took 5 hours. We arrived at our hotel a 3.00 AM.

Response from Host

Feb 2022

We are sorry that you did not enjoy your trip with us. While we hope that on every tour our guests get the experience to see the northern lights, this is something that we cannot guarantee. We have had tours that go out with a Kp index of 2 and have seen a beautiful Aurora show and on the other hand we have had tours go out with a Kp index of 6 and were not able to see the Aurora at all. The Kp index provides us with a valuable estimate of where the lights will be visible, not a guarantee. Other factors like the weather play roles in being able to see the lights as well. Looking back at the trip log for the night of your tour it seems like there was a faint Aurora around 1030p and then the clouds did come in roughly around 11pm making visibility challenging. Our guides take our guests' safety as a top priority when providing transportation to and from our tours. The drive to and from Chena Hot Springs can be lengthy dependent on the weather, road conditions and hotel locations. We strive to provide excellent service on all of our tours, and we are sorry that you do not feel that this was provided to you on this tour. Please feel free to contact our office if you would like to discuss your experience on this tour with us.

Kristalei4

Feb 2022

We drove around to search for the lights and found them even on a cloudy evening! Our guide searched so hard for us, driving around to several spots and a break in the clouds. We finally found them and saw them right above us, so great! Also the hot springs were fun!

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