Arctic Circle Day Trip from Fairbanks with Transportation

Seamless experience. Consistent contact in the weeks leading up to the tour. All questions were answered, even my inquiries about heights and curvy roads (neither of which were problems; I asked because we had driven through the Tetons months before), and the replies didn't make me feel like I was being ridiculous. I appreciated that. It's a long day, but very worth it. Picked us up at the hotel as specified and took us to get lunch supplies at a nearby grocery store in Fairbanks. We also enjoyed getting to know the other 4 people on the tour (a couple and 2 friends). The weather was quite warm. Our guide was super friendly and knowledgeable. (I forgot his name, but he was former military and had lived in so many places). I would not hesitate to recommend this tour to anyone. The road is quite bumpy, and rental car companies do not typically permit their vehicles to travel this route. You need someone who is familiar with the road and is prepared for busted windshields and tires. We stopped to check on another tour operator who had just experienced a broken rear window on his van (the situation was being resolved--no worries). Our tour concluded with the tragic news of the Uvalde, TX school shooting, as our cell phones had been out of range all day.

Please do not book through this tour operator, if you even slightly love your life. We took their Arctic Circle tour on the 5th of September, 2022 and we just got lucky that we are still alive. The driver, Jake, could not keep awake until the end of the tour and he just asked a passenger, who was sitting on the front seat next to him, to drive the vehicle for the last 3 hours while he himself dozed off and was snoring. This passenger himself told us on the tour that he was severely jetlagged and underslept and he was from Europe (where they don't even have left hand side driving). This passenger might have been the best of the drivers, but the highway conditions requires a local expert to drive on these rough, narrow and dangerous roads with steep turns. We booked this tour to be safe and out on the road, but it was the opposite. We were really scared and it was a really dangerous situation the driver put us in. I agree it was a long tour, but if it is too much to drive for one person, the tour people should have 2 drivers in the vehicle who could alternate turns. The driver was utterly disinterested in giving us any information since the beginning of the trip. It was basically just driving us up and back. On our way back from the Arctic circle, before he dozed of, he literally stopped every 10 minutes and pretended he was hunting for the Auroras, whereas it was quite evident that all he wanted to do was to smoke a cigarette. And then when the actual auroras came out, he rushed the vehicle because he wanted to reach in time and we hardly enjoyed the auroras, or stopped to watch them when they were finally out in full glory. We requested the driver to stop, but he pretended as if he couldn't hear anything. We came back 2 hours later than the expected arrival time. The entire experience was such a nightmare and we hardly enjoyed the experience. DO NOT RECOMMEND at all

We decided we wanted to experience a trip to the Arctic Circle on our recent vacation to Alaska. Our trip led by Tony N did not disappoint. We were able to stop at the most interesting places on way. The scenery was spectacular and Tony’s stories and information about the area made the time traveling seem shorter than it was. We would recommend this trip with this driver/guide if you are interested in seeing this part of Alaska.