The 2 Best Full-Day Trips Under the Northern Lights

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.South Iceland Highlights and Northern Lights Combo Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 15 reviews · 14 hours (approx.) · from $185Best value

Spend about 14 hours touring South Iceland by coach, with stops at Skógafoss, Sólheimajökull, Reynisfjara, Vík, and Seljalandsfoss. After a break in Reykjavik, rejoin the bus at 9:30 p.m. for a northern lights hunt. Guides may include Sarah, Ritchie, Victoria, Noi, or Matt, and a free rebooking is offered if the aurora does not appear.

“Fantastic tour. Of course mostly because we saw lights but a big part of it was the tour guide Victoria was very good and high energy. She really pushed driver Wieslaw (son of Hemrik) to go different places and he was very great to do so. She took pics for us, shared stories, creepy Christmas folklore and lullaby's popular in Iceland and ever went through naming children's and how names are made. We had four tours while here and these were the best guides and drivers out of all we did. Thank you so much!!!!! And what an awesome display of the lights!! Will treasure those pics for rest of…”

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