Anchorage Northern Lights Tour
Overview
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Embark on a journey to view and photograph the aurora borealis in the greater Anchorage area. Aurora Borealis portraits, snacks, drinking water, hot drinks, and photo instruction included.
Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age 13. For groups with younger children please inquire about our private northern lights tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Web quality photographs and portraits
Snacks
Hotel Pickup/Drop Off
Aurora science education
Coffee and/or Tea
Aurora Forecasting Service prior to your tour
Services of a professional Alaskan Aurora Guide
Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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What To Expect
Greatland Adventures
The aurora borealis is one of the most amazing natural wonders this world has to offer. Join us on a quest to view and photograph the northern lights in and around the Anchorage area. We will use our luxury tour vehicle as a base camp as well as a state of the art portable winter shelter complete with heater, chairs, hot drinks and snacks. We use modern technology to forecast both the space and earth weather each night. The tour only operates on nights that have a reasonable expectation for the lights to be visible. While we cannot guarantee you will see the aurora, if we do operate the tour we have over a 90% success rate of seeing the northern lights. You only pay if we operate the tour. This tour is designed for anyone who has viewing the northern lights on their bucket list including both sightseers and serious photographers. Aurora photography instruction as well as Aurora portraits are provided. Tours generally depart at 9 pm and return at 3 am.
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Anchorage Northern Lights Tour
Embark on a journey to view and photograph the aurora borealis in the greater Anchorage area.
Pickup included
Reviews
111 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Magical Night. What a once in a lifetime experience! Great guides and photographers. We highly recommend this tour.
John H,
Sep 19, 2025
- Viator
5.00A long drive but we'll worth it. Exceeded our expectations! The best experience we had in Alaska. Go on...Do it!
Chasing the elusive Aurora
Subram B,
Sep 17, 2025
- Viator
3.00You will not always be fully see Aurora so don't get your hopes up. If the tour operator does not recommend the trip don't go. If thry recommend it is your call. In our case Steve thought we had as good as a chance as any of the following days to experience Aurora. Unfortunately we were not able to see Aurora with our plain eyes. Only through the iPhone camera. We had our pics taken with hands pointing at the sky and we were able do see the lights only in the photo Steve and Dana were very friendly informative, helpful, and accommodating While Steve and Dana went overboard trying to chase down elusive Northern Lights we were disappointed not to see the lights directly. Seeing via the camera was not as rewarding. We did feel the price of the tour was very much on the high side especially compared to what was being charged at Fairbanks. In the end it probably comes down to if we are fully able to experience Aurora or not. In our case the price we paid for the tour was not worth it.
Epic
Aditya M,
Sep 16, 2025
- Viator
5.00This was incredible!! Dana, our guide, was amazing! She is super knowledgeable, entertaining, a great host, and managed to give us a spectacular vista of the northern lights! We spent over an hour taking photos of the aurora. She took photos of us with the aurora using her hi tech camera setup but also taught us how to properly photograph it on our iPhones.
Jacob was amazing!
Donna B,
Sep 4, 2025
- Viator
5.00Jacob was an excellent guide, so informative and accommodating. We learned about the aurora AND how to photograph it. We were all glad he was our guide!
The Best!
Michael G,
Aug 23, 2025
- Viator
5.00Great tour. Chris was fantastic and very passionate about this tour and this field of work in general. Not an easy task to perform but he is a 5 star guy. Loved the aurora borealis and would probably do this tour again.
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