Fairbanks Aurora Tours

Fairbanks Aurora Tours official website. Book a tour to go out and see the famous Northern Lights also know as the Aurora Borealis in Fairbanks, Alaska. We strive 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

Aurora Chase Details:
August 21st - April 21st
9-10 pm - Pick up
3-4:00 am - Return time.

Depart from and return to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Daily tours, reservations required due to limited capacity.
The northern lights has a strong tendency to be most active around solar midnight, 2 am AKDT & 1 am AKST, so we design your tour around that time.
Chase the aurora away from the bright city lights in our warm tour van to one or more of our favorite hand-picked aurora photography/viewing locations based on favorable viewing conditions. We typically chase within 100 miles of Fairbanks, but have gone as far as 200 miles in extreme cases when required to find the aurora. We are serious about getting you the northern lights.
We conduct extensive research prior to your tour to help us find the best viewing location(s) on any night using resources not limited to: real-time satellite weather imaging, live spaceweather data, multiple weather models, ground-based weather cameras, night sky cameras, weather station data, and so forth. We carry Starlink internet for an extra safety layer, and so we can check relevant data on the fly to best find the aurora even when we travel out of cell range to remote locations.
Learn detailed scientific information about how and why the aurora occures in a small group setting, max of 10.
View the aurora borealis and learn how to take photos of the aurora with your Alaskan Guide on your mirrorless or DSLR camera, with hands-on help as needed to find the correct exposure settings.
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 who are 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.
**Tour includes hotel pick-up and drop-off

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

$235 per Person, $285 March and September

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 with your mirrorless or legacy DSLR camera to take fantastic photos of the Aurora!

Reflection shot of the northern lights. Taken by Aaron Lojewski with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Professional Aurora Portraits

Small JPG file optimized for online and social media use.
Full-size JPG file optimized for print.
No watermarks.
Files are typically ready and emailed to you within 48 hours of the tour.
All photos are shot in RAW format on a full-frame high-end mirrorless camera with a professional-grade lens with up to 45.7MP.
We hand-develop your photo with Adobe professional software on a wide color gamut color-calibrated monitor to ensure your JPG files accurately capture the natural awe of the aurora.

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

Aurora portrait from Fairbanks Aurora Tours

Northern light portrait with Fairbanks Aurora tours

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.

Nikon Z5 rental for Fairbanks Aurora Tours and aurora borealis photography.

$65 for rental package
Requires booking of tour.

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

Lunar eclipse over Fairbanks, Alaska, as taken by Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Lunar ellipse with northern lights or aurora behind it in the mountains near Fairbanks, Alaska. Taken by Aaron Lojewski with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Aurora Borealis Tour Photos

Aurora borealis near sunrise in late summer on tour with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Strong aurora viewed on tour with Fairbanks Aurora Tours taken by Aaron Lojewski.

Aurora borealis viewing with Fairbanks Aurora Tours. By Aaron Lojewski.

Rare red aurora borealis viewing on tour with Fairbanks Aurora Tours as taken by Aaron Lojewski near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Aurora borealis directly overhead during a highly active display. By Aaron Lojewski with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Corona aurora seen viewing the aurora borealis with Fairbanks Aurora Tours. Photo of the northern lights by Aaron Lojewski.

Northern light display and viewing near Fairbanks Alaska with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Powerful aurora display near Fairbanks Alaska with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Pink nothern lights as seen on tour with Fairbanks Aurora Tours near Fairbanks, AK.

Corona aurora overhead as seen on tour with Fairbanks Aurora Tours. Northern lights. Aurora Borealis.

Pink aurora with Fairbanks Aurora tours.

Northern lights photo as seen by guests with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Pink northern lights reflection shot. On tour with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Aurora reflection off of a lake taken by Aaron Lojewski with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Northern lights over a damn in moon light taken by Aaron Lojewski with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Pink aurora borealis reflects off a lake with Fairbanks Aurora Tours during a night of northern lights viewing.

Break up aurora with a bridge as viewed by Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

Fall aurora borealis with guests near a lake viewing the sky.

Aurora borealis with red as seen by Aaron Lojewski with Fairbanks Aurora Tours.

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.

Aurora Chasing ​Photography Tour