My friend and I had an excellent time on the Arctic Circle Winter Drive Adventure! I would recommend it highly as it is a really cool and unique experience. The day is long, but it is worth it. Only warning is that people with dietary restrictions should bring their own snacks/food as there are limited options, but there are plenty of bathroom breaks and neat stopping points!
The day starts with stopping by a Safeway to get food for lunch and snacks for the road (there are other places to buy food en route, but it's instant noodle/jerky kind of food which would be difficult for people with dietary restrictions: BYO food). Our guide, Tim, was very knowledge and taught us a lot about the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline. We stopped to take a pic at the Dalton Highway sign, made it over to a little lodge with outhouses (no food in April), went to the Yukon River Camp (snacks, coffee, gift shop, flushable bathrooms) and had the awesome experience of walking on the frozen Yukon river, incredible. Then we made our way over to the Arctic Circle where we had some hot beverages and took a bunch of pictures. Tim was awesome and brought out a red carpet for us.
On the way back to Fairbanks we stopped again at the Yukon River Camp for coffee/dinner, dropped off the overnight crew, but Tim went out of his way to make multiple stops so that we could catch the Aurora Borealis. It was absolutely beautiful and I was very appreciative of his efforts. Since we got dropped off by shuttle in the morning, we were dropped off at our hotel at night by Tim.
Overall, it was an awesome time and I really enjoyed it. Can't recommend highly enough!
Одговор домаћина
Apr 2024
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide such detailed account of your experience with us. On food - yes, we really try to let any guest know with any type of restriction to know of the limits of what is available. Not always do we stop at a grocery store - when it is open we stop at the Yukon River camp for lunch/dinner. BUT, anyone with food/dietary restrictions it is important to know traveling to Alaska's Arctic will be a BIG area, with little variety on what is available to eat.
Thank you again for joining us and we wish you a bright and warm summer.