Things to do in North Pole, Alaska

Enjoy an unforgettable experience of dog sledding Alaskan Huskies in Fairbanks. Listen to a local guide and musher talk about their four-legged family members, who are raised as puppies and cared for by this elite team. Take in the beautiful scenery while gliding across the snowy Alaskan landscape and experience a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

Explore Alaska’s wild side with snowmobiles made for riding in style and comfort. Enjoy the convenience of heated handgrips, helmets, gloves, neck gators, bibs, boots, and jackets included in your tour. Start the adventure from the meeting point. With the help of your guide, get suited up in snow gear to make sure you’re warm enough when you get outside. Listen to a short safety orientation and driving instructions. Then, go on a practice ride on your snowmobile with your guide until you feel confident to drive. Let your guide also gauge your skill level, and take you on trails appropriate for your driving ability. Once ready, head into Alaska’s winter wonderland through dense spruce forests and spindly willows. Zoom through the wilderness and keep an eye out for wildlife. End the Fairbanks snowmobile tour back where it began.

Your Fairbanks City Highlight Tour begins with a pick-up from your Fairbanks hotel in town, so you can skip the hassle of transportation and taxi costs. Start your exploration of Fairbanks at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitor's Center. Here you will receive a great introduction to the culture and history of Fairbanks and Alaska. Next, make your way to the Trans Alaska Pipeline. The pipeline viewpoint is the perfect spot to explain the astonishing engineering of the pipeline, the oil field in Prudhoe Bay, and the Alaska oil industry. You'll also visit the University of Alaska Museum of the North. Dramatic architecture and new exhibit galleries make this museum an extraordinary destination. Here you'll discover fascinating stories about Alaska’s cultures, places, and wildlife. Finally, head to the Santa Claus House. Visit Santa at his home at North Pole and maybe get a chance to have your picture taken with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. The Santa Claus House has plenty of souvenirs available for purchase if you would like to take a small piece of Alaska home with you! You'll be taken back to your hotel after your tour.

This city tour combines fun with Fairbanks history, Alaskan craftsmanship, and Alaska winter activities. Start your day off with a visit to the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center and take a peek into Interior Alaska's history and culture. Next, stop in at the Trans Alaska Pipeline, which is the perfect spot to learn about the astonishing engineering of the pipeline, the oil field in Prudhoe Bay, and the Alaska oil industry. At the Museum of the North you can see dramatic architecture and new exhibit galleries while discovering fascinating stories about Alaska's cultures, places, history, and wildlife. Finish your afternoon at the Santa Claus House, where you can see Santa at his home at North Pole, and maybe get a chance to have your picture taken with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. (Not guaranteed)

Experience a memorable day of ice fishing in the beautiful Alaskan wilderness, as you fish in the cozy environment of a heated cabin. Benefit from all of the equipment you will need for a fun day of fishing, as well as expert tips on how to catch and pull in a fish from the water. Keep yourself warm with complimentary hot cocoa and reindeer sausages to grill in the cabin. Enjoy the fruit of your labor as you eat the fish you have caught, and relax in the knowledge that the guide service practices sustainable fishing methods.

Embark on a full-day adventure to Denali National Park from Fairbanks. Enjoy a scenic drive from Fairbanks to the Alaska Range which includes Denali the tallest mountain in North America. Take an climate controlled 3 Hour Off Road Fat Truck/Sherp ride, getting off the beaten path into the mountains in the most capable Search & Rescue vehicles in the world. Enjoy Lunch at a local restaurant and then explore Denali National Park and visit the Visitor's Center. On the way back to Fairbanks, you will visit the Village of Nenana and make a quick stop and a historic trading post. Your day starts with pickup from your Fairbanks or North Pole based hotel or B&B. We drive you south to the Alaska Range with views of Denali in our All Wheel Drive comfortable Vans with metal-studded winter-tires made for driving safely in even the worst of road conditions. After a quick snack and restroom break in Nenana and Healy, you will embark on an off road adventure with Denali Fat Truck Tours. Climb aboard a heated and enclosed search & rescue SHERP vehicle and travel up an old mining trail to the upper lookout. Take in the vista views and learn about the geology and history of the area. Proceed to Dry Creek and the Frozen Palisades, a lateral glacial moraine where frozen rock cliffs seem to defy gravity. End your off road tour at Otto Lake where in the shoulder seasons you will experience the amphibious capabilities of the SHERP safely floating in the lake. In the winter, you will experience traveling over the ice-covered lake and when conditions are safe, walk on the ice covered lake. Following the SHERP tour you will be ready for Lunch in Healy at one of the Local Roadhouse style restaurants (plan on speding about $15-20 per person for lunch). After Lunch, you drive up the Nenana River Canyon to the entrance of Denali National Park. Take your photo in front of the iconic National Park signs and then head over to the visitor's center. Get your National Park Passport book stamped, learn about the park and meet the park rangers who patrol at -40 degrees on dog sleds and protect this national treasure. Proceed North towards Fairbanks with a stop in the Native Village of Nenana and visit Coghill's Store, a 100 year-old Alaskan Trading post. Return to Fairbanks and be dropped off at your hotel, the airport, or a restaurant of your choice completing your full day adventure to and from the Alaska Mountain Range and Denali/Mt. McKinley.

Get ready for a 5-hour adventure in Alaska’s winter wonderland. Travel to Chena Lake Recreation Area to go ice fishing and look for the aurora borealis (northern lights) from the comfort of a cozy heated cabin. Follow your guide to a heated cabin, your base for the expedition, to stay warm in the cold temperatures. The cabin comes with covers in the floors that are moved for perfect ice-fishing spots. Sip on hot cocoa and enjoy reindeer sausage served with bun, directly flown in from Anchorage to grill in the cabins while you ice fish. Receive all the necessary fishing gear from your guide. Get tips for catching and pulling in a fish from the ice-cold water. Once you catch a fish, enjoy a fish cookout, where you can eat the fish you caught. The tour practices sustainable fishing methods. You can keep 1 fish per participant for your guide to cook for lunch or you can take 1 fish home. The rest of the fish are released back into the lake to grow and for others to catch on another day. We target King Salmon, Arctic Grayling, Rainbow Trout, and Arctic Char.