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Fairbanks Winter Sightseeing Tours

Immerse yourself in the wonders of Fairbanks as you explore the area through exciting sightseeing tours. You could embark on a guided van tour to nearby Chena Hot Springs or Denali National Park, where breathtaking landscapes and wildlife await. Or discover the magic of Alaska’s winter wonderland by walking with reindeer.

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Season: Year Round (Except May) $70+ 30 min - Multi-Day

Chena Out­door Col­lec­tive, locat­ed in Two Rivers, offers inter­ac­tive expe­ri­ences with sled dogs and rein­deer. Enjoy rein­deer tours year-round, from quick intro­duc­tions to immer­sive VIP and back­pack­ing trips. Dog lovers can meet sled dogs, expe­ri­ence sum­mer and fall train­ing runs, or go on thrilling win­ter dog sled­ding tours and mul­ti-day expeditions. 

$250+ 10 hours

Join Alas­ka Wild Lights in explor­ing one of Alaska’s most desired attrac­tions, Chena Hot Springs Resort. From vis­it­ing the most north­ern Ice Muse­um, soak­ing in the all-nat­ur­al hot springs to view­ing the breath­tak­ing North­ern Lights dance across the sky, this tour will be a high­light of your Alaskan experience.

Season: Sept - Apr $289+ per person 10+ hours

A guid­ed day trip out of Fair­banks reveals the qui­et win­ter land­scape of the Tanana Val­ley and Denali Nation­al Park. Walk or snow­shoe on pic­turesque trails through the bore­al for­est, deep in the heart of the Alas­ka range.

Season: Year-round $249+ 3 Hrs - Full Day

Denali Fat Truck Tours takes you off the beat­en path in a SHERP — a heat­ed, enclosed, tank-like amphibi­ous vehi­cle built for search and res­cue that’s sur­pris­ing­ly eco-friend­ly. Sum­mer 3‑hour tours depart from Denali and win­ter full-day tours depart from Fair­banks. You’ll cov­er rugged min­ing trails, dra­mat­ic cliffs, lake cross­ings, and sweep­ing tun­dra vis­tas while your expert guide shares local his­to­ry and geol­o­gy. Win­ter full-day tours include  ...more

$84+

Win­ter in Alas­ka is a mag­i­cal time, with few­er vis­i­tors and a serene, snow-cov­ered land­scape. If you’re here from mid-Sep­tem­ber to mid-May, you can take it in from the com­fort of the Auro­ra Win­ter Train, which runs between Anchor­age and Fair­banks. It’s an easy and mem­o­rable way to trav­el north and expe­ri­ence the auro­ra bore­alis, or even do a week­end get­away to Talkeetna.

Season: Year-Round $179 per person 3.5 hours

Get a taste of Alaska’s craft beer scene on this 3.5‑hour Fair­banks brew­ery tour with Alas­ka Wild Lights, one of Inte­ri­or Alaska’s top-rat­ed tour com­pa­nies with over 5,000 five-star reviews. Small groups of 8 – 14 guests are whisked by van to three brew­eries — Lat. 65 Brew­ing Com­pa­ny, Sil­ver Gulch (Amer­i­ca’s north­ern­most brew­ery), and HooDoo Brew­ing Com­pa­ny — spend­ing 45 min­utes to an hour at each with a drink or flight included.

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