Three consecutive aurora nights. Dog sledding, Matanuska Glacier, Portage Lake and the Seward Highway — across four days in Alaska. Hosted by a landscape photographer published in National Geographic, TIME, The Guardian and Rolling Stone. Hotel and breakfast included.
Starting from $4,999 per person · $1,000 deposit to hold your place
Four days. Four different Alaskas.
The same sky, every single night.
Day 01
You land in Anchorage. Check in. Hasan has already studied the forecast, plotted the route, loaded the van. By evening he turns off the headlights on a dark road outside the city. Everyone goes quiet. Then the sky moves.
Day 02
Morning at a Reindeer Farm among the Chugach foothills — or dog sledding with an Iditarod champion kennel in winter. Then crampons on the Matanuska Glacier, ancient blue ice beneath your feet. The Matanuska Valley at golden hour. By dark, Hatcher Pass. The second chase begins.
Day 03
Portage Glacier and the silence of Portage Lake. Then through the Anton Anderson Tunnel — 2.5 miles through solid mountain — into Whittier. Afternoon in Seward at the edge of Resurrection Bay. On the return, the darkest sky of the trip. The one guests remember longest.
Day 04
Hotel breakfast. Then a one-hour luxury walking tour through Anchorage — 4th Avenue galleries, Cook Inlet views, the city at its most unhurried. Hasan transfers you to ANC. Somewhere over the Pacific, you realize something in you has shifted. That’s not a tour. That’s Alaska.
Reindeer Farm and Matanuska Glacier on Day 2. Portage Lake, Whittier and Seward on Day 3. The aurora every single night.
Anchorage · ANC Airport
Hasan meets you at the airport and transfers you to your premium hotel. After an aurora briefing — KP index, cloud forecast, tonight's route — you leave in the van with hot beverages and the expedition begins.
Wasilla · Matanuska Valley
Dog sledding at an Iditarod-heritage kennel in the Wasilla area, then crampons on the Matanuska Glacier. Both are fully included. The evening positions the group above Hatcher Pass for the second aurora chase.
Portage Lake · Whittier · Seward
Portage Glacier and the still water of Portage Lake. Then through the Anton Anderson Tunnel — 2.5 miles bored through solid mountain — into Whittier at the edge of Prince William Sound. Afternoon in Seward harbor. On the return north, the sky delivers its third and final aurora chase of the expedition.
Anchorage · ANC Airport
Hotel breakfast together, sharing favorite moments over coffee. Then a one-hour luxury Anchorage city stroll — Cook Inlet overlooks, 4th Avenue galleries, the downtown market at a pace that belongs to you. Hasan transfers you door-to-door to ANC. You leave with a full memory card and a memory that will not fade.
Anchorage · Matanuska · Portage · Seward · Hatcher Pass
No surprises. No hidden fees. Everything below is in your single tour price.
Questions? Contact Hasan directly.
Every image on this page was made during these exact expeditions — in these places, with these conditions.
Fall for amber tundra and early aurora season. Winter for longer nights and the most intense solar activity. Reserve early — these departures fill quietly.
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| Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2026 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
| Oct 6 – Oct 9, 2026 | 4 Days / 3 Nts |
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| Oct 13 – Oct 16, 2026 | 4 Days / 3 Nts |
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| Oct 20 – Oct 23, 2026 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
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| Feb 2 – Feb 5, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
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| Feb 16 – Feb 19, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
| Mar 9 – Mar 12, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
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| Mar 23 – Mar 26, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
| Mar 30 – Apr 2, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
| Apr 6 – Apr 9, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
| Apr 13 – Apr 16, 2027 | 4 Days / 3 Nts | Open | Reserve |
All departures: $1,000 per person deposit · balance due 60 days before departure · maximum 6 guests
Every detail exists for a reason. Here is what makes this Alaska northern lights tour different from everything else available.
Never a bus, never a group of strangers. Six guests is a hard limit, not a marketing phrase. Every route decision, every positioning call, every night out responds to your group and to what the sky is doing — not a printed schedule.
Published in National Geographic, TIME, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Der Spiegel and The Atlantic. Hasan doesn’t just show you the aurora — he teaches you to photograph it. That skill comes home with you.
Real-time KP index monitoring. Hourly cloud forecast analysis. Route decisions adapted on the fly. Three consecutive nights positioned where South-Central Alaska’s sky is darkest and clearest — maximum probability, every time.
Hotel, breakfast, dog sledding, both glaciers, Whittier, trolley tour, airport transfers, snacks — and comprehensive travel insurance covering medical, trip cancellation and emergency evacuation. One price. Nothing to add.
Hasan lived in Anchorage for three years, spending over 100 nights in the field across all seasons. He knows which valleys clear first, which ridgelines burn brightest, and which hours most people have given up — but shouldn’t.
No fixed wake-up calls. No rushing. The sprinter van waits for you. Hasan adapts the day to how your group is feeling, what the weather offers, and what the aurora forecast demands. Alaska on your terms.
Born in Turkey. Shaped by Alaska. For three years, Hasan Akbas lived in Anchorage — not as a tourist, but as a resident who spent hundreds of nights chasing the aurora across Alaska’s most remote landscapes. He learned the terrain the way only time and repetition can teach it: the valleys that clear first, the ridgelines where geomagnetic storms burn brightest, the hours when most people have given up and the sky finally opens.
His photographs have been published in National Geographic, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, Der Spiegel, and The Atlantic. His images of Alaska’s northern lights have been seen by millions around the world.
Now based in Pennsylvania, Hasan returns to Alaska each season to lead a small number of intimate tours. This isn’t a side project. It’s a personal invitation — to experience Alaska the way he did.
Matanuska Glacier, Alaska · Hasan
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Guests from across the United States share their Alaska northern lights tour experience.
“We came from South Florida as a family of four — my wife, our two children, and a dream we had been planning for years. Hasan built an experience we could not have imagined: a private helicopter landing on the Matanuska Glacier, the four of us completely alone on blue ice older than memory. That evening, the aurora appeared over a frozen lake and my children stood in complete silence for the first time I can remember. I have traveled the world. This was different. This was Alaska, entirely ours.”
“Thomas proposed under the aurora at Hatcher Pass on Night 2. He had asked Hasan in advance to have his camera ready — and Hasan captured the entire moment without either of us knowing. The photo he gave us the next morning at breakfast is now above our fireplace. Alaska gave us the sky. Hasan gave us the memory. We are already planning to return.”
“Dog sledding in the morning. Matanuska Glacier in the afternoon. The northern lights at midnight. I have traveled to 40 countries. This was, without question, the most memorable four days of my life.”
“I came to Anchorage for a private photography workshop with Hasan — Sony Alpha A7RV and DJI Mavic 4 Pro, shooting northern lights and wildlife from the ground and the air. Learning to read the aurora for drone composition, watching moose at dawn through a telephoto lens, then reviewing the footage with Hasan by the fire — this was a career-defining week. He sees Alaska in a way most photographers never will.”
“Walking on the Matanuska Glacier I could feel the ancient blue ice through my boot soles. That evening Hasan drove us up to Hatcher Pass — the whole valley was dark except for the aurora shifting above us. I put my camera down. There are moments you don’t photograph. You simply live them. Hasan knows exactly when those moments are.”
“Selin and I flew in from Miami with high expectations — Hasan surpassed every one of them. Day 2 brought a sunrise we never expected: a moose mother and her two calves crossing the road. None of us spoke. That evening at Hatcher Pass the aurora rose in full curtains above the valley. We held each other in the snow for a long time, unable to speak. This tour gives you things you don’t have words for yet.”
“Worth every cent and more. The aurora came on Night 1 — full curtains across the whole sky. I sat outside for two hours unable to stop shaking. Hasan knows exactly where to be, and exactly when to be quiet.”
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Two rates, one experience. Everything included in both. The difference is simply whether you’re traveling solo or with a companion.
Traveling with a partner
$1,000 deposit holds your place. Balance due 60 days before departure.
Traveling independently
$1,000 deposit holds your place. Balance due 60 days before departure.
Prices in USD. Flights, lunch, and dinner not included. Comprehensive travel insurance is included in the tour price. Maximum 6 guests ensures genuine intimacy.
There are places in Alaska that no scheduled tour will ever take you. A glacier accessible only by helicopter — and yours alone to walk. A bend in the Kenai River where brown bears pull salmon from the water three feet in front of you, indifferent to everything but the catch. A frozen lake so remote the only footprints in the snow are your own. A ridgeline above the treeline where the aurora burns so intensely it casts shadows — and the only voice you hear is the wind.
A private floatplane takes you where roads end. The finest wilderness lodge in Alaska is waiting when you return. In the morning, a private sled dog team. Dog sledding through forests that no group tour passes through. An afternoon on a helicopter above glaciers that have no name on any map. And every evening — the northern lights, from a position only Hasan knows, with no one else for miles.
This is not a customized tour. This is Alaska built entirely from the ground up — around your vision, your pace, your people. Helicopter transfers. Private floatplane. Remote wilderness lodges. Exclusive bear viewing. No fixed program. No other guests. No limits.
“Tell us what Alaska means to you. We will build the rest.”
Begin the ConversationEvery question answered honestly, without the usual booking-page optimism.
No. The aurora borealis is a natural phenomenon and cannot be guaranteed by any tour operator. What this tour guarantees: real-time KP index monitoring, hourly cloud forecast analysis, and route decisions made on the fly to position you where the sky is darkest and clearest in South-Central Alaska. Three nights means three chances — and no one in Alaska gives you better odds.
Everything you need is included: airport pickup and drop-off at ANC, 3 nights at a premium Anchorage hotel, daily breakfast, all ground transportation in a private heated sprinter van, in-vehicle snacks and beverages, dog sledding or Reindeer Farm (depending on season), Matanuska Glacier visit with crampons, Portage Glacier and Portage Lake, Whittier via the Anton Anderson Tunnel, Seward Highway drive, Luxury Anchorage city stroll on Day 4, 3 consecutive aurora chase nights, photography guidance, and comprehensive travel insurance. There are no hidden upgrades or add-ons.
The travel insurance included in your tour price covers trip cancellation and interruption, emergency medical expenses, and emergency evacuation — including medical transport from remote Alaska locations. You do not need to purchase separate travel insurance for this tour. If you have specific coverage questions, contact Hasan directly before booking.
Dog sledding on snow requires reliable snowpack, which arrives in the Anchorage region in mid-to-late November. Winter and Spring departures (February through April) include full dog sledding at an Iditarod-heritage kennel. Fall departures (September through November) include a Reindeer Farm visit — a genuinely rare wildlife encounter that very few Alaska visitors experience. Both are fully included in the tour price.
Day 4 begins with hotel breakfast. Then a one-hour luxury Anchorage city stroll — Cook Inlet views, 4th Avenue galleries, the downtown market — fully included in your tour price. The rest of the morning is yours at your own pace: Alaska Native art galleries on 4th Avenue, fresh smoked salmon at the market, or simply a quiet final walk. Hasan transfers you door-to-door to Ted Stevens Airport for your departure flight.
Yes. Dog sledding, glacier walking, Reindeer Farm, and aurora photography are all accessible to younger guests. Hasan adjusts his photography guidance to every age level and pays particular attention to making the experience memorable for families. The warm sprinter van, hotel breakfasts, and unhurried pace make it genuinely comfortable for children. Some of the tour’s most memorable moments have involved younger guests seeing their first aurora.
Fall departures (September–November) range from 20°F to 45°F (−6°C to 7°C). Winter departures (February–April) can reach −10°F (−23°C) or colder overnight. The sprinter van is always heated. All confirmed guests receive a detailed season-specific packing guide from Hasan before arrival. See the “What to Pack” section below for a full gear overview.
A $1,000 per person deposit secures your place on a departure. The remaining balance is due 60 days before your departure date. For cancellation policy details or payment flexibility, contact Hasan directly through the contact page. The tour price includes comprehensive travel insurance — no separate insurance purchase is required.
Fly into Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC). Airport pickup is included — Hasan or a team member will meet you at the arrivals hall. Most major US cities have direct flights to Anchorage. We recommend arriving the afternoon or evening before your tour departure date if your schedule allows, so you can settle in and rest before Day 1 begins.
Yes. Private bespoke expeditions are available year-round — helicopter glacier landings, private floatplane access, exclusive bear viewing on the Kenai Peninsula, remote wilderness lodges, and northern lights photography from locations only Hasan knows. Every detail is built from scratch around your vision. See the “Private Bespoke Alaska Expedition” section above, or contact Hasan directly to begin the conversation.
A detailed packing guide is sent to all confirmed guests. Here is a seasonal overview so you can start planning.
A complete season-specific packing list — including exact product recommendations by budget — is sent to every confirmed guest via email. Crampons for the Matanuska Glacier walk are provided on-site. You do not need to bring any specialized glacier equipment.
Six places per departure. Dog sledding. Two glaciers. Whittier. Three nights of aurora borealis. The kind of trip that does not wait to be booked.
Starting from $4,999 · $1,000 deposit to hold your place
Field guides written from 100+ aurora nights. And the photographs that came from them.
Museum-grade prints from the same landscapes you'll walk through.
