Incredible Aurora Viewing Adventure

Posted By : Ed_N
This was an excellent auroras tour, instead of going off to a set location, they monitor conditions to find the best place at the time and then setup camp with bonfires, tasty sausage snacks, and drinks. Also the guides are extremely helpful not only in taking professional pictures for download but also in assistance and tips using our own cameras. Vans are left running so we could step in to warm up when needed and the particular place we stopped at this night didn't have lights in the restrooms so they hung some up for us. If I ever make it out this way again for the auroras, this is the tour I would book again.
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Posted On : 2024-05-17 19:20:50

Posted By : 80valterl
IT WAS DEFINITELY A BREATHTAKING EXPERIENCE. WE WERE EXTREMELY SATISFIED AND HAPPY WITH ALL THE SERVICE OFFERED BY AURORA IN ALASKA. ME AND MY WIFE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE ORGANIZATION, TIMELY FEEDBACK AND GREAT EMPHASIS ON THE GUIDE NICK WHO WAS INCREDIBLY ATTENTIVE, PLEASANT AND PROFESSIONAL. ALL THE STRUCTURE AND ALL THE DETAILS WERE REALLY THOUGHT OUT TO OFFER THE BEST FOR US AND OTHERS WHO WERE ON THE TOUR. WE LOVE EVERYTHING!!!!
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Posted On : 2024-05-01 03:50:45

Posted By : syvellak2024
Nick, was awesome, only if all guides were like him. He was personable, professional and created a wonderful experience. We had a fantastic fire roasted reindeer dogs, drank hot chocolate and pop popcorn. Nick took photos, and helped everyone with their cameras. I will definitely refer ING this tour to everyone for winter sightseeing of the Aurora
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 22:01:02

Posted By : Bethany_Z
Nick was our guide for the tour and he was fantastic! He was so engaging, funny and knowledgable about all things Alaska. We ended up having perfect sightings of the Aurora Borealis. Even the pictures from my old smart phone turned out really well. I cannot wait to see the ones that Nick took with a high-end digital camera!. We had a fun group of people and I really enjoyed sitting around the campfire talking with everyone, trying reindeer sausage, and popcorn made in a whirly-pop popcorn maker over the open fire. It was such a great night and experience for my very first trip to Alaska. Anyone looking to book an Aurora Borealis tour, do yourself a favor and go with this tour company!
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 22:55:32

Posted By : miagD9106PR
What an AMAZING experience. Nick, our tour guide was PHENOMENAL!!! He was super knowledgeable, set up a coffee and hot chocolate station, cooked reindeer sausage and fresh popcorn over an open fire. This was truly a once in a lifetime experience!!! Nick was truly Outstanding!!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-21 13:52:33

Posted By : salimak420
Super amazing trip! I’d rank it a 20 out of 10!

My details - solo traveller, came to Fairbanks for the Aurora, was concerned about going into the wilderness w strangers and no cell service in a foreign country. I’m from Toronto Canada - city slicker.

Here r the amazing things that happened

* transport - it’s a high ceiling van - lots of air flow! Luxurious actually, appreciated the grab bars and extra step for coming out onto ice/snow.

*Nick was amazing - told us when it was going to be bumpy, gave us light for the outhouse, super knowledgeable, gave us heat (very cool fire gizmo - no smoke in the eyes) showed us a movie about the science of the Aurora (yes, I’m a geek) AND it was a version I could understand.

*Nick helped w the settings on my phone AND took as many pics as we wanted w his Ferrari level camera (I forget the brand).

*Nick took us to 2 locations in the boonies and was in as much awe as us when the Aurora really was active.

*during set up - Nick put out coffee, hot choc, hot water so we had access whenever we wanted.

*fire area - seats for everyone provided! Was available the whole time.

*cool tunes throughout the night

* van was heated throughout the night - I hit my threshold at 3 am - was fine in the van after that

*Nick made us fresh popcorn! With a whirlypop! Very old school and cool!

*offered us reindeer meat - didn’t try it but ppl said it was good

*on the way back gave us good info about things to do while we are here

*on the way back - showed us a time lapse video of what we just saw - didn’t even see him set up the tech!

*I am Nick’s biggest fan - high five Nick - wishing you success in all your endeavers - thank you for making this bucket list item so phenomenal!

*also - great communication via text - I was working w only wifi from hotel. This company knows their stuff and implemented the trip very well!
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 15:18:39

Posted By : L3979DTrobertob
Oustanding - We were thoroughly impressed by the organization, the support provided by the guides, and the overall outcome. It's worth every penny and deserves to be ranked among the top attractions on Farebank.
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 13:44:19

Posted By : Gustavo_G
Our tour guide Nick was PHENOMENAL! He knew exactly where to go. He set up a coffee station and hot chocolate, cooked reindeer sausage and made popcorn over an open fire. The night was absolutely perfect!!! This is a once in a lifetime experience…except I will definitely return and hope Nick will be our tour guide!! OUTSTANDING tour- 10 stars!
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 13:04:21

Posted By : Zach_S
The guides at aurora in Alaska are the absolute best you can find In Alaska everything out there is beautiful if you are having doubts about visiting Alaska stop and just do go there stay at pikes and do this tour you will not regret it I promise you they take awesome pictures and have a 100% guarantee some nights but there is a 30-40 % chance you can see them with your naked eyes and most smartphones is tough to see them on the other nights but if you are there for at least 3 nights u will at least meet great people and have Great pictures even If you can't see them with the naked eye the group we had on 4-14-2024 are all great people and I wish i was still there and hope everyone had safe travels yall made it great for me thank you so much please I don't write reviews like this for nothing If you are in Alaska do this tour if you are solo or In a group!! They also have a fire and hot drinks and sausages and pop corn there ! Def dress warm too ! It gets cold especially if you are a fake philly girl 😂 or from Australia 😉 but do yourself a favor n do this tour!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-16 14:14:28

Posted By : ivonjovi13
Good itinerary of the tour. Nice setting with the bon fires and the snacks, very friendly staff. Unfortunately the best part of the tour, the photo memories, turned out to be very disappointing for some of us. My face on the aurora photo is very blurred, cannot print it out or frame it as planned, looks bad even on a small file. The photographer was confirming after each photo if they looked fine, wish I was told mine was ruined so we could retake it. It was kind of chaotic with many people cutting the photo line and asking for multiple shots. I would recommend explaining better how the whole thing works before people get to the camera. If we knew we had multiple shots included, we would have gone 3 or 4 times more to make sure at lease one photo would be fine. Left a bad feeling as this is an amazing memory that it was pretty much ruined for me. I would recommend other tours with a small group where you get your photos taken with care and you don't have to deal with arrogant people thinking they are on a private photo session.
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Posted On : 2024-04-15 22:47:39