NORTHERN LIGHTS · WHITEHORSE NORTHERN LIGHTS TOURS
Aurora season is short and the good operators are small. Below: the 4 Whitehorse northern lights tours to book early, what each includes and how they differ once the cloud rolls in.
Meet at Whitehorse’s Sternwheeler Hotel for a 270-minute late-night outing to a custom-built Aurora viewing site. Ride in a warm minibus, use the cabin and restrooms, enjoy hot drinks and snacks, and get photography help from an English or Spanish-speaking guide. Bring proper winter clothing, since the tour runs in all weather.
Leave Whitehorse at 11:20 p.m. for a four-hour aurora hunt at Arctic Range Adventure’s AuroraCentre. A guide takes you beyond city lights, with warm cabins, tea, coffee, cocoa, snacks, fires, and camera help. Guides such as Jessica, Eli, Morgan, and Pascal have earned praise, but cloud and aurora sightings are never guaranteed.
“Our tour guide was excellent, unfortunately we couldn’t see the lights due to a cloud but nothing we could do to change that. Still a great experience and friendly staff.”
Spend four days in Whitehorse with airport transfers, three nights at Hotel Whitehorse, a city tour, and three evening aurora outings. Warm yurts, fires, hot drinks, snacks, tripods, and camera help make the long winter nights easier. Free time lets you add dog sledding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, kicksledding, or ice fishing.
“Good service and Guides are very warm welcome and supportive.Luckily we have faced Aurora 2 nights consecutively. That's very impressive as well.”
Stay two nights at a small Whitehorse lodge with more than 100 sled dogs. Help exercise the team from a side-by-side, visit the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, enjoy meals and hot drinks, and watch for Northern Lights from the property. Manuela hosts the stay, with shared bathrooms and space for up to six participants.
“This was one of our favourite trips of our lives. There was not a single moment we didn't enjoyed. Much of it was thanks to Manuela. She's kind and fun, great photographer, her food was always delicious and she made sure we experienced Read more”
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