Fairbanks Aurora Tours strives to offer you an exceptional tour that maximizes your chances of seeing the Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights while assisting you with technical knowledge to take fantastic photos.

 Aurora Chasing ​Photography Tour

August 21st - April 21st
9-10 pm - Pick up 
​3-4:00 am  - Return time

Tour Details:

• Depart from and return to Fairbanks, Alaska. 
• Daily tours, limited capacity. 
• Travel out of the city in our warm tour van to one or more of our favorite hand-picked photography/viewing locations based on favorable viewing conditions. 
• Learn about Fairbanks and Alaska from a local guide in a small group setting, max of 10. 
• View the aurora borealis and learn how to take photos of the aurora from your local year-round Alaskan Guide on your mirrorless or DSLR camera with hands-on help as needed.
• Take the time to look up at the stars of the universe, identify a couple of constellations, perhaps see a shooting star, and gaze upwards as we chase the northern lights!
• For photography enthusiasts and for all visitors serious about aurora borealis viewing. 
• **Aurora Portrait - single frame, lightly edited, aurora portrait suitable for online use and printing. The person will be in focus.  This is an optional add-on to the base tour.
• *Tour includes hotel pick-up and drop-off 

*Pick up and drop off are offered for hotels in the core Fairbanks area. 
**Aurora portraits are contingent upon weather and aurora conditions.

$235 per Person
$285 Peak Season Pricing
September and March are our peak seasons for visitation.

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Additional Tour Information
​What should you expect on your fully guided tour?

• An email the day of the tour with a pickup time.
• An explanation of the science behind the Aurora.​
• Understand what makes Fairbanks an ideal location for Aurora viewing.
• ​A history of Fairbanks and gold mining in the Interior.
• Photography! you will learn what techniques and settings to use on your DSLR or mirrorless camera with full manual controls to take fantastic photos of the Aurora! ​

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 Aurora Portraits

• Small JPG file optimized for online and social media use.
• High-quality JPG file optimized for print.
• No watermarks.
• Files are typically ready and emailed to you within 48 hours of the tour.​
• Photos shot in RAW on a high-end mirrorless camera with up to 45.7MP and custom-developed into your JPG files with professional software. 

Aurora portraits are available for $60 each.
Requires booking of tour.

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Rental Camera Package

• Capture great pictures of the Northern Lights.
• Modern Mirrorless Full Frame Camera, Nikon Z5 or better, with a Professional S series 20mm F1.8 or Rokinon Z 14mm F2.8.
• 24.3 MP sensor that is vastly superior to smartphone sensors in low light. 
• Includes camera lens, tripod.
• Exclusively available for our tour guests.
• Bring your own SD card or add one to the package while booking. 
• Please use the booking calendar in this section as the camera must be booked separately from the tour.  ​

$65 for rental package 
Requires booking of tour.

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Lunar Eclipse Aurora Chasing Tour

• Limited availability only on our March 2nd, 2026 tour, as the rare total eclipse will occur during aurora viewing hours, reaching a peak at 2:33 am that night. This is during typical peak aurora viewing hours. 
• The same as our well-known aurora chasing photography tour, but this time we will be chasing not only the northern lights but also a total lunar eclipse.​
• Join us for this once in a lifetime experience.
• ​Tour may return a couple of hours later than the normal chasing tour due to the maximum ellipse being late at night. 

$485 per Person Click to Book

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Aurora Borealis Tour Photos

Tour Cancellation Policy

If the cancellation request is made more than one month before the tour date, your booking is fully refundable. Within a month of your tour date, we have a no-cancellation / no-refund policy. If we choose to cancel your tour, for example, due to extreme winter weather, you will receive a full refund. We are very successful at finding the northern lights, but ultimately, we are at the mercy of Mother Nature for space weather and Earth weather. We do not cancel for cloudy forecasts or slow aurora forecasts because we have found with our “chasing” format that even if the weather forecast for Fairbanks is cloudy, we typically can drive to weather more suitable for viewing. Aurora forecasts generally can’t be accurately made more than 1 hour into the future - yes, they are made up to 27 days out, but beyond an hour out, they have a low degree of accuracy and are commonly misinterpreted. In the unlikely event that you do not get to see the aurora on your tour, per our discretion, you may book another tour that departs no later than 30 days after your initial tour at no cost as a “standby” guest. We have a no-refund policy within one month of the tour date, so if you need to be covered for this time frame, please buy travelers’ insurance ahead of time.