Northern Lights Viewing at Murphy Dome

Overview

Join us on our tour to one of the most famous Northern Lights viewing spots, located north-northwest of Fairbanks -- Murphy Dome.

PLEASE NOTE that visibility of the northern lights (aurora) is not guaranteed. It is a natural phenomenon we have no control over and no refunds will be given if the aurora cannot be seen.

City: Fairbanks

Wed 02 Jul

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Starting at $120.00

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Wed 02 Jul

Starting at $120.00

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What's Included

Snacks

Beverages

Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please wear appropriate warm winter clothes
We provide hot drinks and snacks for this tour.
There are no restroom facilities available
The road to Murphy Dome is steep and if it is not plowed or is too icy and dangerous we will take customers to an alternative location that provides the same opportunity to see the aurora.

What To Expect

Fairbanks

Hotel pickup

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (280)

Tanoy_P

Mar 2024

Worst experience. Could not see Aurora just because the guide left early at 1 am. But the tour was supposed to be till 3 am. For Aurora everyone generally waits but the guide was either sleepy or too cunning and made us realize that it is not worth waiting and better to leave. Later I learnt from one of friend who was also coincidentally visiting the same place same day (i did not know) that they saw aurora at 2:30 am. Very bad guide. Cheating on people. I wanted to give negative ratings.

Response from Host

Apr 2024

Tanoy, The Murphy Dome Tour is scheduled to end at 3:00am, therefore we do typically leave the location around 2:00am to leave us enough time to drop off all of the passengers. On the night of your tour, it appears that there was a group decision to leave early. We do in fact train our tour guides to wait as long as possible to give our guests every opportunity to witness the aurora, and this night appears to be an excellent example of why we should wait. We do apologize that you missed your opportunity on this tour. Please call our office if you are still in Alaska.

Natalie_F

Mar 2024

First, my expectations may have been off…when I signed up for this, I expected the tour guide to take us to “known places” to see the lights. Yes, this did occur. However, I think my original expectation was that they would take us to an off the beaten path location. This tour consisted of being driven to a popular viewing site and there were people coming and going with lights turned on. The location was one clearly listed on the internet as a place to go. I could have driven us there for a heck of a lot less. So to me, this was not worth the money at all. Driver was nice, but no explanation of really what to look for, so do your research before you go.

Response from Host

Mar 2024

Natalie, We apologize that your experience fell short of your expectations. Murphy Dome is one of the best places to try to spot the aurora in the Fairbanks area. And, March is probably the busiest month of the entire aurora season for tour operators in the interior of Alaska. And finally, your tour occurred on the busiest week of the busiest week of that busiest month. Some of the popular viewing sites such as Murphy Dome can become overwhelmed at these times, and we regret that this impacted your tour. Our guides will typically divert to our other viable viewing locations at times such as this, and we will investigate why that didn't happen in this instance. There are many reasons why people will choose our tours, despite the routes being publicly known. There are a good number of people who do not feel safe driving in the icy conditions that our roads are in for about 7 months out of the year. Additionally, places such as Murphy Dome have unfinished roads that almost every rental car company in this area will prohibit you from driving on with their vehicles. We would finally like to point out that if other visitors would like to come at less busy times, November through February are not nearly as crowded at the popular sites in this area.

dennis_m

Mar 2024

The guide did show up on time but was asleep before 1230am and woke to call it a night. The guide for the most part just talked about himself.

Response from Host

Mar 2024

Dennis, We sincerely apologize for your experience. Our guides are trained to be fully engaged with our guests for the entire tour duration, so this is not at all in line with our company values. Please call our office at your earliest convenience so that we are able to make this right with you.