SkyChase™ | Northern Lights Experience - Free Photography & More
Overview
Available languages
5 hours
Mobile ticket
We don’t just take you to the Northern Lights — we chase them.
At Aurora In Alaska™, our exclusive SkyChase™ Northern Lights Experience uses our Lights-for-Life™ Formula to track weather, clouds, and solar activity in real time to take you to the clearest skies, at the best time.
Travel in a heated, winterized Mercedes Sprinter van, relax at our mobile Aurora lodge, enjoy a twilight campfire meal, and sip drinks from our Borealis Brew Bar. Receive unlimited Aurora portraits from our pro photographers, plus night-lapse video and tripod rentals.
We’re the only tour with an Aurora Guarantee: If no Aurora is visible to the eye or camera on a “guaranteed night,” you get a 50% refund or free rebooking.
Disclaimer: A guaranteed night is based on real-time conditions. If any Aurora is visible by eye or camera, the night is considered fulfilled.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
No more than 1 backpack per guest
All persons joining are required to purchase a ticket, despite their age.
Please visit our website for a full cancellation policy and information
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Fairbanks
As our home base, Fairbanks is one of the best locations in the world for Northern Lights viewing — located directly under the Aurora Oval. Each night, our SkyChase™ tour departs from Fairbanks and uses the Lights-for-Life™ Formula to determine the optimal location outside the city for clear skies and strong activity.
Murphy Dome
Murphy Dome is one of the highest accessible points in the Fairbanks area and occasionally used on clear-sky nights for its panoramic views and low light pollution. It’s a prime example of the remote high-elevation locations our team accesses while chasing the Aurora.
What‘s Included
360° time-lapse video of the night
Aurora Guarantee* (refund or retry if no lights are seen)
Twilight Campfire meal (Alaskan reindeer sausage or vegan option)
Your personal Auro-meteorologist - predicts northern lights' visibility blending aurora and weather.
Hands-on camera support & tripod rentals
Keepsake Media - professional photography included, downloadable images
Mobile Aurora Lodge - Most nights our mobile heated lodge follows the vans. ( 14 or More Guests)
Real-time Aurora tracking with Lights-for-Life™ Formula
Hotel/B&B pickup & drop-off (within 5 miles of downtown Fairbanks)
Exclusive access to mobile Aurora lodge & fire pit
Borealis Brew Drink Bar - Featuring 8+ hot/cold drink options
Local Expert - ensure your in the best spot to view the lights for the night
Edited Pictures - unlimited download of edited photos
Please note our Primary goal is Aurora viewing. Weather and other variables may remove extras
Meals beyond the included fire-cooked meals we provide
Transportation is not private and can have up to a max of 14 guests in one van.
RAW files and watermark-free originals are not included in the base package
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SkyChase™ | Northern Lights Experience - Free Photography & More
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Reviews
762 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Northern Lights Super Sow
Inspire02601593066,Mar 30, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our guide Andrew picked us up at the hotel around 10:00 pm. On the way to the site he talked about Alaska, the wildlife, and a number of facts that were fun to learn. We stopped on the way to the camp site and saw the Northern Lights. Once we got to the site there was a mobile lodge with hot coffee and sausages to eat. Around 12:30 am we saw a tremendous amount of activity as the sky lit up. Andrew drove us back around 2:30 am. This was an activity that everyone needs to do. Aurora in Alaska guides helped make this an outstanding excursion.
Flawless
miriamk859,Mar 30, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The guides are excellent - knowledgeable about the aurora phenomenon, highly skilled photographers, and very customer-oriented. They share their photos with you, so you can concentrate on enjoying the moment. The tour will stop at a point of interest along the way. Pickup and drop-off were smooth. The heated trailer, sausages, and snacks round out the experience. Highly recommended.
The BEST of all
susanpQ4197JL,Mar 29, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Wow, the BEST!! Our guide, Andrew, knew how to find the lights and took us to three different spots where we saw the magical lights! He and the team were the most professional of all the tours we took while in Fairbanks. At the first stop they took our photos with the lights behind us, had a warming trailer, and outdoor fires. The guides talked to each other with walkie talkies about what they were seeing and moved us onto a second even better view! Finally, on the way home, Andrew spotted the conditions were right in a third spot so we stopped agian for more lights! This was a bucket list item and the team excelled!
Our tour was awesome. We...
Elizabet N,Mar 29, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour was awesome. We were able to see the auroras and stay warm with the selection of drinks offered. Camp site was great. Our tour guide was awesome, friendly and knowledgeable. Will absolutely recommend.
Absolutely great! Our...
Yan D,Mar 28, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Absolutely great! Our guide&driver&photographer Andrew was fantastic and made the 45min drive really fun. Other staff (whose names I unfortunately forgot to take down) are also super friendly; very helpful in photos, reindeer sausage, fireplace, etc. The mobile lodge was super useful. Kept us super warm! Will definitely recommend
Go with Sky Chase.
Alice T,Mar 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00You will be so well taken care of. Yes, it gets kinda long as you get closer to 3am, but you came to see the Aurora, right? Don’t miss it and go with Sky Chase!
This was one the best...
Mrunmay K,Mar 27, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This was one the best experience we had. Our guide Nick was able to capture beautiful pictures of the Aurora. This tour has a unique concept of mobile lodge where you can munch on cookies and hot cocoa along with cooking your own reindeer sausage over as camp fire. Would recommend 10/10.
The best experience.
mrunmayk2024,Mar 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was one of the best experience we had. Aurora was magical. Our guide Nick was able to capture the beautiful pictures. All the tour guides were amazing. This tour has a unique concept of mobile lodge where you can munch on cookies, hot cocoa and cook your own reindeer sausage over a camp fire. Overall, it was a wonderful experience. Would recommend 10/10.
Amazing
Lisa D,Mar 26, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Amazing experience. Picked up in a beautiful shuttle and on time. Went to the main sight of the night. There the shuttle stayed on and warm for everyone to use as needed. There was another truck pulled trailer already waiting for us with food, a coffee/hot cocoa station, bathroom and warming area. Three fire pit with chairs around them were also ready upon arrival. As we waited for the lights we cooked our sausages on a stick over the fire. There were shoved, light walkways around the area to explore and take pictures. All of the guide/photographers were accommodating and friendly. And the grand finally was amazing. The lights started with a streak across the sky, separated and swirled. It was absolutely mesmerizing. When we were done there we traveled to another location no lights there and by then we were all exhausted. Arrived back to my hotel around 3 am.
Amazing Aurora
Leslie M,Mar 26, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00This tour was incredible. They found the perfect place to view the lights with amazing photographers and guides. They also had a great set up with fire pits and a warming station to keep you warm throughout the night. Would highly recommended.
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