If your bucket list dreams include seeing the Northern Lights in the heart of the Arctic Circle, this small group experience is your opportunity to enjoy Mother Nature’s glamorous show at a comfortable pace.

You arrive Anchorage for two nights, ride the Aurora Winter Train to Fairbanks, head another 60 miles north to settle in beneath the Arctic Circle for four nights, and lastly return to Fairbanks with memories of a lifetime for the final night before departing Fairbanks for home.

Winter in Alaska isn’t for everyone – but those with a sense of adventure (and layers of warm clothing) are rewarded with a true winter wonderland.

Do you know that March, right around the Spring Solstice, is the most desirable time of the year for Insiders in Alaska? The reasons are many: The harsh winter starts to fade, the cloud cover recedes, but the snow and ice remain for special winter activities. Then, the thermometer typically rises well above zero and the sun lights up the sky for twelve hours a day. AND the probability of seeing the Northern Lights in the Alaskan March sky is excellent.  Local experts say that on clear evenings when the sky is very dark, you should be able to witness the skies light up four out of five nights in Fairbanks. We are weighing the odds in our favor, and spending five nights snuggly nestled in the Aurora Zone of the Arctic Circle.

• Arrive Anchorage

• Transfer to hotel with shuttle

• Rest up and prepare for an adventure of a lifetime

• Please let us know your flight details ASAP so we can make arrangements for your arrival

Board a warm bus for a Winter City Tour and travel 25 miles through a winter wonderland.
Visiting Anchorage’s historical sites and cultural landmarks along the way, you experience love and passion for Anchorage first-hand from a local guide. Meet your guides to hear their family stories, share Anchorage’s history, and answer any questions you may have about life in our arctic wonderland. With many stops to explore and experience why we love Alaska, dive right in to local life and Anchorage’s winter-exclusives.

Experience the magic of Alaska’s winter with a twelve hour journey from Anchorage to Fairbanks aboard the Alaska Aurora Train, also known as the Snow Train. This service connects Anchorage and Fairbanks, traveling through a quiet, frozen wilderness that few travelers ever see. Keep an eye out for wildlife such as moose and a stunning view of Mt. Denali if the weather is right. Along the way, be prepared for a possible surprise visit from residents who live miles and miles from others and wave down the train for an impromptu stop.

The Chena Hot Springs Resort is thirty miles up the road from public electricity. But no worries, you will enjoy the electricity generated by the property directly from the hot springs. Today take a tour of the Geothermal Energy 'Plant' and the Greenhouse that grows the restaurant's salad fixing year round and in temperatures well below zero in the winter (among other things in the summer).

Once you're in awe of the off-grid comforts of roughing it, visit the Aurora Ice Museum. BTW...your level of roughing it is not much. We've selected basic rooms with private bathrooms, but if you'd like to try an adorable dry cabin-meaning no bathroom inside, but an outhouse-just let us know and we'll make the change and adjust the price of your package. (It's more $$ for an outhouse.😱)

Take a dip in the hot springs, which are 102F, or schedule a massage, just take it easy and with calm because the night is when the excitement explodes in the sky with the Northern Lights (weather cooperating of course).

The exhilarating Dog Sled Tour will give you an appreciation for these incredible, strong and loyal canines. So get ready to snuggle close with others, warm and covered beneath a sleeping bag, while the winter wonder of the trees decorated in a beautiful white unfolds around you.

Did you bring a book or a board game while you wait for the sun to set and the sky to go dark? The Aurora Viewing is a late night event, so be sure to get some rest during the day!

PS: There are spots to see the Aurora Borealis at the base of the resort! So be prepared at any moment to bundle up and head outside to enjoy the show...when Mother Nature feels like spoiling us with the Northern Lights dancing in the night sky.

Dog Sled Tour

Ice Museum Experience

Geothermal Energy & Greenhouse Introduction

Aurora Night Viewing Excursion

Also available but not included in package, and these should be arranged ahead of time if you wish to assure participation:

Massages and Therapeutic Sessions at Hot Springs Resort

Dog Kennel Tour

Snow Mobile Experience

Sunset on the Dome

Ice Fishing

Gear and some equipment is available for rent at resort

We leave Chena Hot Springs and make our way to Fairbanks with a visit to Santa's House in North Pole, AK and a stop at the Gas Line Pump Station.