Fairbanks Sled Dog Mushing Cart Ride & Kennel Tour
Fairbanks, USA
Fairbanks Sled Dog Mushing Cart Ride & Kennel Tour
Recommended by 99% of travelers
Fairbanks, USA
- 1 hour (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
Experience an Alaskan tradition during your trip to Fairbanks on this kennel and mushing tour. Meet with Alaskan huskies and a professional musher for a tour of a kennel and to learn how huskies are trained to be part of a mushing team. Then, enjoy a cart ride down the rugged trails for a true Alaskan experience.
- Meet and play with Alaskan huskies near Fairbanks
- Admire the Alaskan scenery on a mushing tour
- Learn about the history of mushing during a presentation
- A small group means more attention from your guide
What's Included
Meeting and Pickup
Itinerary
Additional Info
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
5.0
based on 77 reviews
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Such amazing experience! The dogs are so beautiful and sweet🥰❤️ The tour guide was very kind and you can see he loves his animals and takes good care of them!
Fun way to experience Alaska husky’s! They were so excited to pull us behind an ATV. We learned so much! Chase was a lot of fun too!
Know that it's a pretty good ways from Fairbanks. Should rent a car or Uber there.
It was a great experience. Chase was awesome.
Very informative & organized!
Chase is committed to his fogs & their importance! Dogs adorable & well trained!!
Love this! Well ran experience, gave us great information and livyed interacting with the pups. Fully explained the training and care of the dogs
If you like dogs and have been captivated by dog sledding reels, this is the experience for you! We were introduced to the dogs one by one , then the dogs were harnessed up and they pull us in a training trail! We got to see the dogs work !
Small group activity was a plus! Learned all about the history of dog mushing and training. Chase was a great guide letting us know about his background and the love he has for what he does! It was a great experience that we highly recommend!
Fun experience with the dogs. Be aware that they shed. Very friendly dogs and Chase was very friendly too.
Excellent! Chase was not only knowledgeable but honest...this was a very enjoyable day...dogs were super friendly and ready to work/train. Amazing animals and show how smart they are. Prepared with bug spray, water and bathrooms available.
No snow? No problem! A Fairbanks dog mushing kennel offered an exceptional experience where these incredible huskies replaced sleds with a side-by-side cart, powering us through challenging forest trails with unwavering energy. The dogs were remarkably friendly, our guide Chase was filled with knowledge & intriguing stories about mushing, and the whole experience was a truly unforgettable Alaska adventure. THANK YOU!
Chase was AWESOME!! Very knowledgeable. Amazing dog sled leader. Dogs loved him. Knows customer service.
This is a fantastic excursion. Chase is a wonderful host and so knowledgeable about Alaska, the sled dogs, and the mushing culture. His dogs are clearly loved and each one has such a unique personality, all extremely friendly. They loved being petted and being hugged. We were unsure how this experience would be without snow but it was amazing, and the dogs get a necessary workout to keep them in shape for winter. We actually want to come see Chase and his dogs again when there’s snow and the dogs are in their element. We highly recommend this excursion!
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re thrilled to hear that you had such a fantastic time with Chase and his pups--Chase truly is a treasure, and his passion for Alaska and his sled dogs shines through in every aspect of the adventure.
We’re thrilled you enjoyed the dogs and the mushing experience even without snow—Alaskan Huskies are full of energy and require their workouts year-round! We would be delighted to welcome you back when the snow is falling and the dogs are in their element.
Thank you for recommending us, and we can’t wait to see you again for another adventure! 🐾❄️
This is the only excursion that didn’t pick us up at the hotel. After hiring an Uber for $65 to take us, we arrived at a rural, rundown trailer in the middle of nowhere. Our Uber driver said that he wasn’t going to leave us there. The man who was running the excursion explained that no dogs lived on the premises and that several people shared this co-op to bring their dogs to train. He introduced us to 8 of his dogs that he had brought to the property in his truck. He hooked them up in their harnesses and attached the line to an off-road vehicle that we rode in with him as he drove behind the dogs on a dirt trail covered with tree stumps and tree roots. It was a rough, bumpy ride. It was a blessing that the Uber driver stuck around for the hour and a half that the excursion guide talked to us and drove us. We may not have gotten a ride back to Fairbanks. Of course, we paid the Uber driver for his time and ride back so this was a very expensive day for a subpar excursion.
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Hi Jackie,
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your perspective and would like to clarify a few key points regarding your experience.
Our tours operate out of a Mongolian yurt, and we cannot speak to the neighboring structures. It’s disheartening to see them reviewed in relation to our business.
We strive to communicate clearly that we do not provide transportation, as stated on our website and in the tour descriptions. We appreciate that you reached out for confirmation, and we attempted to provide guidance through our transportation suggestions page on car rentals and shuttle services while advising against ride shares in our remote area.
We’re glad that our neighbor was able to intervene with your Uber driver when he attempted to drop you off at his house. Unfortunately, we have encountered issues where Uber drivers may leave passengers stranded and thus why we advise against them. To mitigate this, we have placed clear signage on the neighboring driveway indicating that drop-offs are not permitted at the gate. This is intended to prevent such situations and to look out for your best interest, but it ultimately remains beyond our control.
In the future, if your expectations do not align with what we offer prior to the tour, we recommend canceling for a full refund, as our goal is to ensure a satisfying experience for all our guests. As a small business, we genuinely appreciate every booking and strive to reflect this in our customer service.
If you felt that our specific guide or the tour itself did not meet your expectations after your visit, we value that feedback, as it is something we can address, including your concerns about the trail conditions.
We strive to offer an authentic dog mushing experience that involves navigating natural terrain, as dogs’ paws are not suited for pavement, and even gravel can be challenging for them. We appreciate your understanding that the trails may not always be perfectly smooth, as they reflect the beauty of the Alaskan wilderness and prioritize the health of our working dogs' paws.
Should you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your understanding.
This was an outstanding adventure. Chase is extremelely knowledgeable and experienced and made this a terrific fun learning experience. We especially appreciated how carefully he introduced all members of our family to the dogs and was sensitive to varying levels of interaction. Highly recommended.
Chase the owner is great. He loves his dogs, and they are happy pups. It was both informative and fun!
Chase, the musher, was very informative and the dogs were so much fun! The experience was interactive with the dogs which was great!
Wonderful experience, Chase is great and the dogs love their job! Dogs are ad with their own personalities.Take lots of bug spray!!!
Chase really loves what he’s doing and knows his stuff. It was great just visiting with him. The little warming hut was so cool also.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Hi Norm! Thanks for the awesome review! 🌟 We're so glad you had a blast with Chase and enjoyed our Mongolian Yurt! If you're ever back for more mushing fun, you know where to find us! 🐾✨
Chase was absolutely amazing. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Very experienced dog musher. He introduced us to each dog and even let us put on a dog harness. Then took us on a little dog sled tour through the wilderness. It was absolutely amazing. Way better than I thought it was gonna be and I had high expectations going in.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Wow, thank you for the 5-star love! 🌟 We're thrilled to hear you had such an amazing time with Chase and our furry crew! 🐶 It sounds like you had a blast getting up close with the pups and exploring the wilderness. If you’re ever back in Alaska, we’d love to have you join us again for more adventures! 🛷✨
Chase was amazing, very,very knowledgeable. Great sense of humor. Great interaction,
Fun,Fun,Fun. Well worth it.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Thanks for the awesome shoutout! 🎉 We're thrilled you had such a great time with Chase—his humor and knowledge really do make the experience special! If you find yourself back in Fairbanks, we can't wait to share more fun adventures with you! 🐾✨
This was such a cool experience! Highly recommend! Chase was a great tour guide. All of the dogs were so cute and friendly.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
We're so glad you had a fantastic experience! 🌟 Chase truly knows how to make the adventure memorable, and his furry friends definitely know how to charm! If you're ever looking for more fun with sled dogs, we’d love to have you back for another unforgettable day! 🐕❤️
We had such a wonderful experience. Chase introduced us to all the dogs and really educated us on the breed and their capabilities. The cart ride was short but nonetheless loved the whole experience. Would definitely recommend and looking forward to one day doing it in the snow!
Meeting and spending time with the dogs. Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and it was very obvious that he was passionate about what he did and cared about the dogs.
We had a wonderful time with Chase and his dogs. He was knowledgeable and made it interesting. Loved the YURT.
Our family of four had a great time, learning about the dogs and their training and histories, and getting to meet them and experience their pure love of running. Thx for the fun and educational experience!
Chase, the dog and kennel owner was excellent and friendly! Had a great time. Very informative and interesting. !!!!!!!!¡
We had a great visit with Chase and his dogs.
We did a couple "mushing" experiences on our Alaska trip and this was the best!
We learned a lot about huskies, how they bread and about Iditarod races.
The dogs are so smart and behave great.
Fantastic! Highly recommended. Chas was great, he spent time to introduce us to the dogs and explain everything. It was up close and personal. Loved the cart ride. Thank you!
We had a great time! Our Musher/Guide Chase was knowledgeable, interesting & engaging, & he clearly loved his dogs. Be aware that the actual ride is only a portion of the activity, but it is made much more enjoyable by the individual introductions to the dogs & the sport.
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