I am sorry that it took me so long to write this review, but after looking at other excursions for future trips, I realize that customer reviews influence my choice of tour. This tour was certainly not worth the amount of money that we spent. There was nothing to be done about the overcast skies and rain that was not our tour guide's fault. But the long ride was filled with conersation between our dirver and another passenger in the front seat about politics, religion, and other topics not related to Alaska at all. He made few commentaries about the local scenery, the Alaskan pipeline, or anything about Alaska in general. We had visitors from Japan who spoke very little English but there were also their son and his wife, who were very fluent and could have translated. We did, however, hear a lot about his sled dogs, how he was doing this job touring visitors just to be able to care for his dogs, and how other Americans are not like we Alaskans and that Alaska is not part of the US. Those of us in back had our own short conversations, but couldn't really discuss Alaska, since we didn't know that much about the state. We were offered a sack meal with squished sandwiches, a bag of nuts, cookies, and 1 bottle of water. We could purchase more when we made our stops. I slept most of the way back due to lack of conversation. After reading other reviews of this tour, I had expected so much more for the money that we paid. I believe it would have been worth it despite the weather with a different tour guide. I realize that this is very long. Please edit away.
Renee is a super nice a knowledgeable guy!!! And we did see lot of aurora that night!!
What a great tour. Our tour guide was amazing and full of great knowledge and anecdotes.
We were entertained for the whole drive - which seemed like it could get boring - and got very lucky with some great views of the Northern Lights.
Would highly recommend.