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DISCOVER Alaska: Fairbanks Under the Northern Lights
7 days from $6,297 | includes airfare, taxes and all fees
Experience the pristine wilderness of our northern frontier as you travel from Anchorage into Alaska’s interior in pursuit of nature’s most spectacular light show: the aurora borealis. Between nighttime viewing sessions, cruise Prince William Sound alongside otters and sea lions, don crampons for a glacier walk, and ride a train past the peaks of Denali National Park. Walk among reindeer outside Fairbanks, and strap in for a dogsled ride pulled by Iditarod huskies.
Highlights
- Prince William Sound: Watch for bears and whales as you sail past glaciers and into dramatic fjords.
- Matanuska Glacier: Strap on crampons for a guided glacier walk on a vast river of ice.
- Aurora Winter Train: Skirt Denali National Park and the Alaska Range on a breathtaking rail journey to Fairbanks.
- Northern Lights: Seek out the northern lights in the dark winter skies over Alaska's interior.
- Fairbanks: Encounter reindeers in thick boreal forests and try dog sledding at an Iditarod dog kennel.
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Itinerary
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Day 1 — Anchorage, Alaska
Arrive in Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, perched on the Gulf of Alaska at the foot of the snowcapped Chugach Mountains. Transfer to your hotel and enjoy the remainder of the day at leisure.
Day 2 — Anchorage
Gather with your Smithsonian Journeys Expert, travel director, and fellow travelers for a welcome briefing and an orientation tour of Anchorage. Then head south to the coastal community of Whittier and embark on a private cruise on the Prince William Sound. Sail past massive tidewater glaciers and navigate jagged fjords, discovering waterfalls that plunge directly into the sea. Marine life abounds here, including sea otters, harbor seals, sea lions, humpbacks, and other whale species. You might also spot bears and mountain goats onshore as well as bald eagles soaring above the wilderness. Return to Anchorage this afternoon and meet for dinner together tonight. (B,L,D)
Day 3 — Matanuska Glacier/Talkeetna
Journey to Matanuska Glacier, a vast river of ice that stretches some 20 miles and is easily accessible from the road. You’ll be outfitted with crampons and helmets for a 90-minute guided glacier walk, learning about its geology and dynamics as you cross the otherworldly ice. Stop for lunch as you continue north, and arrive at your lodge in Talkeetna in time for dinner together. Here, at the edge of Denali National Park and Preserve and surrounded by wilderness, there’s a good chance of seeing the northern lights. Make sure to request a wake-up call in case they appear! (B,L,D)
Day 4 — Talkeetna/Fairbanks
Take the morning to explore the historic gold mining town of Talkeetna on your own or go snowshoeing on trails near the lodge. You’ll also have the option of taking a “flightseeing” excursion near Mt. McKinley (Denali) for spectacular aerial views of the country’s highest peak. Then board the Aurora Winter Train bound for Fairbanks, the only city in Alaska’s wild interior. From the comfort of your warm railcar, watch ever-changing scenes as you traverse the Alaska Range and wind through the backcountry, transformed into a snowy wonderland. Keep an eye out for the elusive moose and other wildlife along the way. Dinner is served in the train’s dining car before your arrival in Fairbanks. (B,D)
Day 5 — Fairbanks
Gain insight into life on the Alaskan frontier during a morning visit to the Museum of the North, a treasure trove of artifacts, art, and geology that showcase the region’s cultural and natural history. After free time for lunch, take a walk through the boreal forest, encountering reindeer along the way. As night falls early in Fairbanks this time of year, you’ll have another chance to witness the magical aurora borealis this evening. (B,D)
Day 6 — Fairbanks
Begin the day with an authentic Alaskan experience: a visit to an Iditarod sled dog kennel. Known as the “Last Great Race on Earth,” the annual Iditarod covers 1,000 miles of brutal terrain, following the trails used by the dog teams that delivered mail and freight into the interior at the turn of the 20th century. Learn more about the race, then step into musher’s shoes and take a sled dog ride through the surrounding landscape. In the afternoon, visit the interactive Morris Thompson Cultural Center for a glimpse into how the region’s Indigenous people live, work, and sometimes play in Alaska’s unforgiving interior. Toast your adventure on America’s northern frontier during a farewell dinner at a local restaurant, and enjoy a final opportunity to view the Northern Lights. (B,D)
Day 7 — Return home
After breakfast, transfer to the Fairbanks airport for your flight home. (B)
Included meals are denoted as follows: Breakfast (B), Lunch (L), Reception (R), Dinner (D)
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Dates & Prices
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Dates
Availability
Price
Feb 24 - Mar 2, 2027
Available
from $6,297
Special Value
Airfare Included! This tour is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Along with airfare, prices also include airline taxes and departure fees, as well as transportation, accommodations, daily activities and excursions, and most meals.
Tour cost including airfare: Seattle
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,297 | $6,892 |
Tour cost including airfare: Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,597 | $7,192 |
Tour cost including airfare: Denver, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,797 | $7,392 |
Tour cost including airfare: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington D.C.
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,897 | $7,492 |
Tour cost including airfare: Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, cleveland, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,097 | $7,692 |
Land only (tour cost not including airfare)
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,695 | $6,290 |
Mar 3 - 9, 2027
Available
from $6,497
Special Value
Airfare Included! This tour is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Along with airfare, prices also include airline taxes and departure fees, as well as transportation, accommodations, daily activities and excursions, and most meals.
Tour cost including airfare: Seattle
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,497 | $7,092 |
Tour cost including airfare: Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,797 | $7,392 |
Tour cost including airfare: Denver, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,997 | $7,592 |
Tour cost including airfare: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington D.C.
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,097 | $7,692 |
Tour cost including airfare: Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, cleveland, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,297 | $7,892 |
Land only (tour cost not including airfare)
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,895 | $6,490 |
Mar 10 - 16, 2027
Available
from $6,497
Special Value
Airfare Included! This tour is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Along with airfare, prices also include airline taxes and departure fees, as well as transportation, accommodations, daily activities and excursions, and most meals.
Tour cost including airfare: Seattle
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,497 | $7,092 |
Tour cost including airfare: Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,797 | $7,392 |
Tour cost including airfare: Denver, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,997 | $7,592 |
Tour cost including airfare: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington D.C.
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,097 | $7,692 |
Tour cost including airfare: Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, cleveland, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,297 | $7,892 |
Land only (tour cost not including airfare)
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,895 | $6,490 |
Mar 17 - 23, 2027
Available
from $6,497
Special Value
Airfare Included! This tour is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Along with airfare, prices also include airline taxes and departure fees, as well as transportation, accommodations, daily activities and excursions, and most meals.
Tour cost including airfare: Seattle
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,497 | $7,092 |
Tour cost including airfare: Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,797 | $7,392 |
Tour cost including airfare: Denver, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,997 | $7,592 |
Tour cost including airfare: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington D.C.
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,097 | $7,692 |
Tour cost including airfare: Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, cleveland, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,297 | $7,892 |
Land only (tour cost not including airfare)
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,895 | $6,490 |
Mar 24 - 30, 2027
Available
from $6,497
Special Value
Airfare Included! This tour is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Along with airfare, prices also include airline taxes and departure fees, as well as transportation, accommodations, daily activities and excursions, and most meals.
Tour cost including airfare: Seattle
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,497 | $7,092 |
Tour cost including airfare: Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,797 | $7,392 |
Tour cost including airfare: Denver, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,997 | $7,592 |
Tour cost including airfare: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington D.C.
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,097 | $7,692 |
Tour cost including airfare: Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, cleveland, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,297 | $7,892 |
Land only (tour cost not including airfare)
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,895 | $6,490 |
Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2027
Available
from $6,297
Special Value
Airfare Included! This tour is specially designed for a small group of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers and offers outstanding travel value. Along with airfare, prices also include airline taxes and departure fees, as well as transportation, accommodations, daily activities and excursions, and most meals.
Tour cost including airfare: Seattle
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,297 | $6,892 |
Tour cost including airfare: Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland (OR), San Francisco
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,597 | $7,192 |
Tour cost including airfare: Denver, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Phoenix
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,797 | $7,392 |
Tour cost including airfare: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Dallas, Washington D.C.
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6,897 | $7,492 |
Tour cost including airfare: Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, cleveland, Detroit, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7,097 | $7,692 |
Land only (tour cost not including airfare)
| Occupancy | Double | Single |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,695 | $6,290 |
Prices are based on rates of exchange, airfare & fuel (where applicable), tariffs, taxes, and other costs as of the tour publication date. We reserve the right to correct errors and to increase program prices to cover increased costs, tariffs, and taxes received after prices are published and to reflect currency fluctuations.
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Experts
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Roger Launius
Aeronautical Historian
Roger D. Launius is former chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and most recently Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs at …
Roger D. Launius is former chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and most recently Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. He is the author, most recently, of NACA to NASA to Now: The Frontiers of Air and Space in the American Century (NASA SP-2022-4419, 2023); Apollo's Legacy: The Space Race in Perspective (Smithsonian Books, 2019); Reaching for the Moon: A Short History of Space Race (Yale University Press, 2019); and The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future (Smithsonian Books, 2018). He is also a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and the Exceptional Achievement Medal. He has been a guest commentator on space history for all the major television and news radio networks.
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Chris Laws
Astronomer
Chris Laws is an award-winning Teaching Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington in the beautiful city of Seattle, where he and his family …
Chris Laws is an award-winning Teaching Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington in the beautiful city of Seattle, where he and his family have made their home since 1998. He researches and lectures on a broad range of astronomical topics, from the nature of extrasolar planetary systems and the distribution of life in our universe, to the fundamental physics of time itself and our historical approaches to measuring and investigating astronomical phenomena. When he is not floating amidst the Carina Nebula, he plays and writes music, grows the spiciest of peppers in his garden, and finds as much time for reading as he can.
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Richard Miller
Astrophysicist
Dr. Richard S. Miller is a senior professional staff member at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He is an astrophysicist whose research efforts …
Dr. Richard S. Miller is a senior professional staff member at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He is an astrophysicist whose research efforts have taken him from experiments deep underground in mines to satellites that orbit the Moon, from cataclysmic deaths of stars to the detection of water on the Moon, and from submarines to mountain tops. His work is currently focused on developing the Moon as a platform for astronomy. As a professor of physics and astronomy for over 15 years he is committed to education and outreach to all ages and has appeared on several programs including public radio’s Science Friday. He still dreams of being an astronaut.
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Tour Details
Accommodations
Anchorage Marriott Downtown
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
The Anchorage Marriott Downtown boasts a convienient location in the heart of the city, just five miles from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Spacious guest rooms offer picturesque city and mountain views and feature plush beds, a coffee maker, and bathrooms with fine bath amenities. There is a café and restaurant on site as well as a fitness studio and indoor heated pool.
Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge
Talkeetna, Alaska, United States
Perched on a ridge near the historic town of Talkeetna, the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge has long been a welcoming gateway to Denali and Alaska’s interior. Known for panoramic mountain views, the lodge blends classic Alaskan lodge architecture with modern comfort. Guest rooms and cabins feature warm wood décor, comfortable bedding, and large windows or balconies. On-site restaurants serve hearty, Alaska-inspired cuisine, while a lounge offers a relaxed place to unwind. Additional amenities include a fitness center, gift shop, outdoor decks, walking trails, and shuttle service to downtown Talkeetna.
Pike's Waterfront Lodge
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Located along the Chena River, Pike’s Waterfront Lodge has been a family-owned Fairbanks landmark since the 1950s, originally serving river travelers before evolving into a full-service lodge. The property features Pike’s Landing Restaurant, known for Alaskan seafood and comfort classics, plus a riverside pub. Guest rooms range from rustic lodge-style rooms to modern options, many with river or garden views. Amenities include a fitness center, riverfront walking paths, fire pits, and aurora-viewing areas, offering a relaxed, authentic Alaskan stay close to downtown Fairbanks.
Activity Description
Expectations: This 7-night winter getaway features visits to Alaskan towns and wilderness areas, with stays at three hotels. Expectations include long touring days with full-day motor coach excursions, standing and walking for long periods of time during tours, museum and site visits, and outdoor activities. Daily walks of up to five miles, sometimes including difficult terrain such as unpaved trails or uneven pavement, and stairs without handrails or access to elevators. Most full-day excursions last from four to six hours, and there are several afternoons at leisure. The itinerary features a train ride and an option to try dog sledding at a reputable Iditarod kennel.
Appropriate for: Travelers who are physically fit and are comfortable with longer days of touring including driving excursions and walking tours.
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The Flexible Travel Option program allows air-inclusive guests to customize their travel experience in several ways.
Please contact us if you want to customize your arrival and departure dates.*
Air-inclusive guests are free to take advantage of any or all these benefits:
- Arrive at your destination up to three days before the tour’s scheduled start date
- Extend your travel beyond the tour’s end date
- Reserve transfers from the arrival airport to the tour’s first hotel, or from the tour’s final hotel to the departure airport, to coincide with your alternate travel dates (at an additional cost)
- Reserve extra nights at the first and/or final hotel on your tour to coincide with your alternate travel dates (at an additional cost)
*A one-time fee of $50 per person will be added to your reservation if you opt to use the Flexible Travel Option program.
Travel Insurance
For the convenience of our travelers, Smithsonian Journeys includes a basic medical expense and evacuation plan through Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand, at no additional charge. This plan provides post-departure Medical and Dental coverage of $250,000 per person and Emergency Assistance and Transportation coverage of $1,000,000 per person (U.S. Residents Only). Note: For full details regarding these coverages please review the following Plan Documents here.
In addition, we recommend that travelers purchase a travel protection plan to help protect their travel investment from unforeseen events such as cancellation due to illness, flight delays due to adverse weather, baggage loss, and more. For your convenience, Smithsonian Journeys offers an optional Travel Protection Plan administered by Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand. For those interested, optional "Cancel for Any Reason" coverage is available for an additional charge. Note: Certain eligibility requirements apply and Cancel for Any Reason coverage is not available to New York residents. For full details regarding this coverage please review the following Plan Documents here.
To learn more about the Travel Protection Plan, you may visit https://www.generalipartner.com/smithsonianjourneys or call the administrator, Trip Mate, a Generali Global Assistance & Insurance Services brand at (866) 501-3252.
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