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

Thu 26 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)

Mrsledge1234

Feb 2021

Awesome experience. We really got to see the Aurora it was literally dancing above us. Thank you Caleb you were the best guide ever

tonymarkets

Feb 2021

This tour was seriously amazing. We had a very knowledgeable guide. (Caleb) Who was able to talk extensively about Native Alaskan culture as well as various facts about Fairbanks and the surrounding area. Not to mention he brought us to the Chena Hot Springs quickly and got a chance to see some amazing Northern Lights going on directly above our heads! I’ve seen some reviews talking about “just renting a car and doing it yourself” but I can assure you the views we were able to get would be unlike anything you can see on this trip.

Jennifer_M

Feb 2021

Caleb was an excellent guide! He was very informative, friendly, & knew the best places to see the lights. The hot springs were interesting, and I’m glad we did that. It’s hard to imagine being warm - hot even - in a hot spring when it is -20 degrees all around you. Yet, we were hot. I recommend bringing flip flops, which I forgot to back since it was a February trip to AK. If possible, make reservations for a specific time at dinner ahead of your trip. I’m not sure if that is possible or not. We waited over an hour to be seated for dinner. The food was good and the service was fast once we were seated. We purchased a deck of cards in the gift shop to help pass the time. The ice museum was interesting to see. The ice carvers are the best in the world. As a bonus, we saw moose on the ride to the hot springs and stopped to see the pipeline on the way back. Even though it was cloudy and later snowed on our trip, the Aurora shined and danced better than any other night on our trip. If you think of canceling because the weather is not perfect, don’t. You just cannot predict what kind of Northern Light show you will have. Even had the lights not danced and given us a good show, the hot springs, ice museum, and dinner would have been an amazing night. The lights were the scrumptious icing on the cake for a great evening. Caleb was the best guide of our entire trip! I hope you get him as a guide if you go. (We also loved the dog mushing, dinner, and northern lights tour, which was our other favorite night in Alaska. This hot springs tour and that dog mushing-dinner-lights experience were our favorite tours.)

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