Compare Arctic Circle Tours

We compare twelve guided Arctic Circle tours from Fairbanks, run by seven operators. Five of them are also sold on the other booking network, so you will see the same trip listed on both Viator and GetYourGuide. They divide into daytime drives that return in the evening and aurora combos that come back in the small hours, and all of them drive the Dalton Highway to the Arctic Circle sign.

Prices on the tours we compare start from $260 per person for the summer-season Arctic Circle Adventure and reach $379 per person for the six-guest Arctic Circle & Northern Lights Dalton Highway Tour on GetYourGuide. Most daytime drives sit between $269 and $335, and most aurora combos between $329 and $369. Prices are per person, with adult pricing for every age on several listings.

It is Northern Alaska Tour Company's 16-hour daytime drive from its office on the East Ramp of Fairbanks airport. It visits the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, the Arctic Circle Trading Post, the Yukon River and the Arctic Circle, where you receive an Official Arctic Circle Adventure Certificate. Food and hotel pickup are not included. Read our review.

It is Northern Alaska Tour Company's winter aurora combo: a 17 to 18 hour day with check-in at 9:00 a.m., the drive to the Arctic Circle and an aurora watch at Joy on the Elliott Highway before the return to Fairbanks. It is the longest tour we compare and from $369 per person. Hotel pickup and food are not included. See our review.

Yes. Northern Alaska Tour Company runs the Midnight Sun Arctic Circle Drive Adventure, a 16-hour summer drive from $269 per person with check-in at 9:00 a.m. Keep the name in proportion: at the Arctic Circle the sun stays up all night only on and around June 21, although summer days are very long. Our summer tours page covers the season.

Northern Alaska Tour Company sells fly/drive trips that fly one way to Coldfoot and drive back down the Dalton Highway. Its summer Midnight Sun Fly/Drive leaves at 1:00 p.m. and lasts about 12 hours, and its Aurora Fly/Drive runs about 14.5 hours with an aurora stop at Joy. They cost far more than the ground tours and are not among the tours we compare here.

Yes. Northern Alaska Tour Company's Arctic Circle Air Adventure is a flight of about five hours in total to Coldfoot with a ground guide, with summer departures at 7 a.m. or 7 p.m. Coldfoot is 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle sign. Ground tours are the cheaper way to cross the line, and our which tour should I book page helps you choose one.

Yes, though none of the twelve on this page are overnight. Northern Alaska Tour Company offers a two-day Fly/Drive Northbound with a night in Coldfoot, winter Arctic Circle Aurora Overnight Adventures to Coldfoot, and a three-day Arctic Ocean trip to Deadhorse. Every tour in our comparison returns to Fairbanks the same night or in the early hours of the next morning.

Several operators sell one trip on both networks. The van, the guide and the route are identical; the price shown, the review count and sometimes the cancellation terms differ. The 1st Alaska Tours aurora trip, for example, has free cancellation on GetYourGuide but is sold as final on Viator. We list each trip once and name its twin in the article above.

Only a few. The 1st Alaska Tours aurora trip includes sandwiches, chips, sweets and hot drinks, Midnight Sky Adventures includes snacks and hot drinks, the Arctic Circle Day Tour includes snacks and water, and the Northern Lights & Arctic Circle Tour includes tea and coffee. Meals are otherwise bought along the way, usually at Yukon River Camp. Northern Alaska Tour Company includes no food.

It is Alaska Arctic Expeditions' 12-hour daytime tour from $300 per person, one of the shorter options. It photographs the Yukon River and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, includes an Arctic Circle certificate and on-board Wi-Fi, and in winter may catch the aurora on the drive back. Meals are not included and Viator offers free cancellation. Read our review.