Quick Details
Inclusions:
- Pick up/drop off from hotels within the city limits of Fairbanks or North Pole
- If you are staying at an Air BnB, please contact the office on (907) 712-4529 for the closest pick up location.
- Admission & guided tour of the Aurora Ice Museum
- Transportation & admission to the Hot Springs
- Standing dinner reservation at the resort restaurant
- Cost of meal is not included in tour price or reservation
Note:
- Pick ups commence between 4:00pm-5:00pm
- Children under 18 are not permitted to go into the outdoor rock pool.
- We make no guarantee that the Northern Lights will be visible, as they are a natural phenomenon.
- We do not refund if they are not visible or the weather is cloudy.
The Most Comfortable Way to See the Aurora
Join us on one of our most requested tours to the famous Chena Hot Springs Resort. After pick up, sit back and relax while being transported the 60 miles (97kms) east to the resort. Keep your eye out as you might spot fox, beaver, or moose along the way.
Upon arrival, you’ll take a guided tour of the Aurora Ice Museum, constructed of over 1000 tons of ice and snow. Marvel at magnificent ice-sculptures created by world-renowned ice carvers, sit at the ice bar on a caribou-hide covered bar stool or indulge in an appletini served in a hand-carved ice glass.
You’ll then be shown to our table in the restaurant where we have a standing reservation and you can order dinner or enjoy a hot or cold beverage at the bar. The restaurant is ‘greenhouse to table’, offering salad, vegetables and herbs grown in their own greenhouse. The menu offers a variety of meals that includes Alaska grown produce from the Fairbanks and other regions of Alaska.
Please note that the cost of food and beverages is not included in the price of your tour and is optional.
After dinner, head to the hot springs or take a stroll outside and gaze at the night sky. The revitalizing mineral water soothes aching muscles with its warm temperatures of 106 degrees F (41 degrees C) year-round. You can soak under the stars in an outdoor hot tub, or indoors in the heated pool. When ready, either head to the Activity Center or find a perfect spot outside for aurora viewing and witness the green and purple illuminations loop across the night sky. Wait and witness the celestial wonder in the late evening, when viewing opportunities are the highest. Please note that the visibility of the aurora cannot be guaranteed.
A little after midnight, join your group and be transported back to your hotels in Fairbanks, with further opportunity to view the aurora, if it is out along the way.
Highlights:
- Tour of the Aurora Ice Museum.
- Warm up in the Activity Center with a hot beverage while waiting for the Northern Lights.
- We will allow plenty of time for photography to ensure you will not forget this experience.
Recommendations & Reminders:
- We recommend bringing some sort of shower or water shoe, and a towel from your hotel room.
- If you forget either, an assortment of items are sold at the resort.
- Quarters are required for the lockers provided in the locker-rooms.
- Bring plenty of water! Dehydration can occur quickly and without notice while relaxing in the soothing waters of the Hot Springs.
**Please note we require a minimum number of 4 people to operate this tour. If minimum numbers are not met you will be advised and offered either a refund or to be rescheduled.