Yukon Aurora Viewing Package | 4 days
- 96 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
On this 4-day (three nights) Best Value Aurora Viewing tour inclusive City Tour, you’ll discover scenic Whitehorse, the Yukon’s capital, surrounded by endless mountains. On three successive evenings, you’ll travel just outside the city centre, but far enough from the city lights to an idyllic Northern Lights viewing location, the AuroraCentre. The evenings will feature relaxing Northern Lights viewing beside a roaring campfire - the perfect way to enjoy a relaxing vacation. Day times are free for optional sightseeing, shopping and touring in and around the capital.
Inclusions
What's included
- Welcome and City Tour
- 3x Aurora Viewing tour
- Welcome Package
- 3 nights accommodation Hotel Whitehorse
- Expert guidance on the entire trip
- Airport Transfers Whitehorse
What's not
- Gratuities
- Souvenir photos (available to purchase)
- Meals
- Optional Tours
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.8
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Ratings come from 38 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Perfect bucket list experience
Wonderful experience! The tour guides were so kind and friendly, it was so helpful to have our days booked out in advance and to not have to think about driving ourselves, and we weren't cold at all with the winter clothes we rented and the warm yurts to stay in when waiting for an aurora showing. We got extremely lucky with the display on our second night, too! It was so amazing we didn't even bother to go on the last night because nothing would ever top it. It was one of the most stunning nights of our lives. One recommendation - if you're thinking of getting a new phone any time soon, do it before your trip! I got good photos with my older iphone but some people got national geographic-worthy photos with their newer phones!
5Trip of a lifetime
We took the 4 day, 3 night Aurora viewing package with a city tour and visits to the wildlife preserve and Eclipse Spa. Everything was great, from the initial booking and speed of answering our questions to the tours, and the Aurora viewing was spectacular. The bus rides were safe and comfortable, and our guides Lawrence, Maya, and Sunje (hope I'm close in spelling) were fun and informative.
5Wonderful Experience
The Arctic Range tour guides were the absolute best anyone could ever imagine or experience. They were mostly world-wide foreign nationals on Canada short-term work visas with multiple language skills (English + at least one other). All were ultra friendly and very knowledgeable about local things of interest. Highly recommended to experience the tour guides regardless of whether the auroras appear. First two nights were cloudy/snowy and not much to see but the guides made it an enjoyable midnight outing anyway. Third night was a spectacular aurora display that totally stunned everyone including the tour guides. What a great show. Kudos to Arctic Range tours, and the Canada/Yukon governments, for supporting the visa program for foreign nationals seeking work as tour guides - it works! We can only hope that many of these guides chose to remain in Canada and continue their contribution to Canada's future. Good-on-you all.
5They'll do their best to make your trip memorable
This company does everything it can to make sure you have a great experience. Keep in mind that they don't control Mother Nature, but they do their best to entertain you with talks in the teepees or marshmallow roasting while waiting for the skies to light up. Every staff person we had over our 4 days was helpful, courteous, and fun. We loved them all. We felt bad we had no paper currency on us to tip them, because believe me, they all deserve it. This is a well-run trip, from transfer to and from the airport to customizing your experience according to your tastes. Our flight times kept getting changed, but we kept Arctic Range in the loop and our transfers were easy and seamless on each end. We rented the extra insulated clothing package, which we ended up not needing since it was unseasonably warm while we were there, but better safe than sorry. And not being properly dressed would be MISERABLE! You may have as few as 8 people with you during viewing night (this was us in January), or a large group of 100 if it's the busy Christmas season, but it doesn't matter since they group you in small shuttles by language and provide a tour guide/driver pair for each shuttle. They make you feel welcome and make sure you get the pictures you want (assuming the sun has done its part by shooting out solar flares). There are multiple yurts and teepees, so you won't feel crowded. There are also tripods set up for you to use, and the guides will help you with your phone camera settings to get the best pictures. There's even two outhouses that are heated enough that you won't freeze to death while doing your business, though the updraft from the pit below is definitely a wakeup call. Some reviewers have complained about the staff having accents. Yes, most of the guides are from other countries, since they need to be multilingual in order to communicate with visitors from all over the world. We had no problem understanding them and enjoyed swapping travel stories. I found that having guides from different countries was a plus, not a minus, to the tour. We used the NOAA experimental 2 day Aurora prediction tool you can find online, to see whether we were going to be lucky each night. Even if it looks hopeless, you should go out at least one night to experience roasting marshmallows in the teepees, listen to the silence, watch the stars (or the fat drifting snowflakes), and enjoy the multicultural visitors and their stories. Loved it. You should go. Best of luck with your Aurora viewing!
5Great staff made our tour very special.
We took a 4 day tour with 3 nights Aurora viewing. We could see Aurora on 2 nights. Aurora was not as bright as I expected but it was still magical. With our I phone, we could take pretty good pictures. The best part of this tour was the staff. They were very interesting people and we had a great time chatting with them. Special thanks to Maya, Kim and Sho-san.
5The Yukon is extraordinary
I had an amazing trip! There were many tour options to choose from during the day, and the Aurora viewing each night was absolutely magical! I will treasure these memories, and I will definitely go back.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is offered, or you can meet at the starting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 20 travellers
- Operated by
- Arctic Range Adventure
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- Due to the nature of this tour, last-minute changes to the itinerary are a possibility and are left up to the discretion of the guide.
- Sorry, no refund or re-booking in case of cloud coverage, rain or snow fall.
- Sorry, no refund or re-booking in case of no aurora activity.
How it compares in Whitehorse
- Its from-price is 213% above the median of the 37 experiences we list in Whitehorse.
- It is longer than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 2 of 37.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Whitehorse
Whitehorse, capital of Yukon, stands on the Yukon River among forested hills, a gold-rush town with long summer days and northern lights in winter.
Whitehorse lies on the Yukon River in the south of the territory, beneath wooded ridges, and was a rest stop for prospectors on the way to the Klondike in 1898. Its name came from the rapids that once ran through Miles Canyon, said to look like the manes of white horses. The SS Klondike, a restored sternwheeler, rests on the riverbank as a reminder of the river-boat era.
Top-ranked sights in Whitehorse: Yukon Wildlife Preserve, Kluane National Park and Reserve, S.S. Klondike National Historic Site.
