2 One-Day Trips Under the Northern Lights Worth Flying For

1.Arctic Circle Northern Lights Full-Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 151 reviews · 14 hours · from $320Our pick

Leave your Fairbanks hotel around 1 PM with an English-speaking guide such as Ash, Paul, Ryan, or Colleen. Travel the Dalton Highway to the Arctic Circle, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Yukon River, and Finger Mountain. You get sandwiches, hot drinks, certificates, and several chances to stop for the Aurora on the return drive.

“To be honest- this winter (early February) trip is not for the weak! It was freezing! I had on a fleece lined base layer (top and bottoms), a turtleneck sweater, a fleece vest, snow bibs, a puffer jacket and an OmniHeat hooded parka with hand warmers and I was still freezing!!!! Not to even mention having to pee and stripping down all of those layers IN AN OUTHOUSE!!! Just getting out of the tour van for 5 minutes felt like an eternity! Having said that- it was worth every second of me feeling like I was going to turn into a snowman! 1st Alaska Tour was nothing short of amazing…”

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2.1 Day Shared Tour Arctic Circle and Aurora Viewing in Alaska

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 48 reviews · 12 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $165Best value

Join Sultan of Alaska Safari Sultan Tours for a 12.5-hour drive from Fairbanks to the Arctic Circle and back. You’ll cross the Yukon River, stop along the Dalton Highway, visit the Arctic Circle monument, and chase the aurora on the return. The tour includes a heated vehicle and aurora photos, but dinner is extra and the road is rough.

“Our guide was very friendly, he helped us took a lot of pretty photos, but this tour is not a tour to the artic circle, it's only around 40 mins away from Fairbanks.”

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