One of life’s “not to be missed” adventures is a trip to view the Aurora Borealis and Northern Lights and one of the best places to view Aurora Borealis in the North is in the Yukon’s wilderness. Uncommon Journeys has created a 3-night Aurora Borealis Tour and a 5-night Northern Lights Adventure which combine the best in Aurora Borealis viewing with dogsledding, ATV riding, canoeing, hiking and fishing in the Ibex River Valley in Canada’s Yukon.

The “Aurora Borealis” is named after the Roman goddess of dawn, “Aurora”, and the Greek name for north wind “Boreas”. This natural phenomenon caused by high energy particles emitted by the sun (the “solar wind”) often appears as a greenish glow or sometimes a faint orange/red. Optimal times to view the Northern Lights are around midnight in the fall (mid August-October) and in the spring (March-April) in the far North in the Northern Hemisphere.

Join us August to October for the adventure of a lifetime viewing Aurora Borealis and the Northern Lights!