Experience the running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in March 2025 with Alaska's Premier Iditarod Race Tour Company

Great tour companies all have one thing in common- REPEAT CLIENTS!

Over the years we have had clients returning for their 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and even 12th time! All of our guided tours are tailored to maximize the amount of personal contact clients have with the race teams and mushers. Come with us and join our community of Iditarod Fanatics.

"If you want an up close and personal experience of the Iditarod, he's the man that can give it to you." Michael Dixon host of CBS radio program " Around the World in 60 Minutes".

Recently, CBS Radio's award winning travel show " Around the World in 60 Minutes" did a feature story on the Iditarod Race and selected our company to interview for Iditarod Race Tour packages. Click here to listen to this short interview and get an overview of the tour packages we offer and why they chose to feature AIT.

Solar activity will hit a 12 year high in 2025 and it should be a great year for aurora displays. Choose Your Iditarod Race and Northern Lights Adventure from one of our tours below

Race start tour

2025 6 Day Race Start Tour

Experience the unmatched excitement of hundreds of screaming, lunging sled dogs ready to start their journey, meet the mushers, ride a dog sled .....

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Race start and McGrath tour

2025 9 Day Race Start, Rainy Pass & McGrath Checkpoints Tour

All the excitement of our 6 Day Start Tour plus three days on the trail seeing the teams and mushers at Rainy Pass and in McGrath.....

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Race start and Northern Lights Tour

2025 11 Day Race Start & Chena Hot Springs Tour

All the excitement of our Race Start tour combined with 3 nights of northern lights viewing at Chena Hot Springs Resort. CHSR is one of the best place for Aurora activity in Alaska...

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Race start and Northern Lights Tour

2025 13 Day Race Start, Rainy Pass, McGrath checkpoint & Chena Hot Springs Tour

Our 11 Day Race Start and McGrath tour combined with 3 nights of northern lights viewing at Chena Hot Springs Resort. CHSR is one of the best place for Aurora activity in Alaska...

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McGrath and Chena Hot Springs Tour

2025 8 Day Rainey Pass, McGrath checkpoint, Chena Hot Springs Tour

Rainey Pass and McGrath checkpoints tour combined with 3 nights of northern lights viewing at Chena Hot Springs Resort. CHSR is one of the best place for Aurora activity in Alaska...

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Nome Finish tour

2026 8 Day Nome Finish

Flight to the White Mountain checkpoint, Helicopter ride to Safety Checkpoint, dog mushing, Discover Nome Tour, cheering the Champion as they cross...

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21 Day Ultimate Iditarod Tour

2026 21 Day Ultimate Iditarod

All of our shorter tours combine to let you expeience the Iditarod from start to finish and stay at remote checkpoints ...

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15 Day Finish Combination

2026 15 Day Finish Combination

Our 8 day McGrath and Chena Hot Springs tour combines with our Nome Finish tour lets you maximize ...

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Why Book With AIT?

For over 25 years AIT has led more Iditarod Race Tours and had More Repeat Clients than any other Tour Company!

Owner and guide Rich Montagna lived along the Iditarod trail in the village of McGrath for 20 years and mushed his dog team thousands of miles along the race trail. Intimately familiar with the McGrath area and its people, visiting the McGrath checkpoint with Rich will give you a unique trail experience no other tour company can provide.

 

Read Media Articles About Our Tours

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Photographer and author Judy Holmes writes about her Iditarod trip with AIT.

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Smithsonian representative Alyssa Bobst blogs about her Iditarod experience with AIT.

Canberra Times

Australian client Marilynn Beaverstock tells the story of her 21 day tour with AIT.

Green Valley News

Donn Bruskiewicz tells of his 1st Iditarod tour with AIT and his admiration for the mushers

Carol Hand with Jim Tweeto of Flying Alaska

Eleven Time Returning Client Carol Hand in Unalakleet

"We've traveled with Alaska Iditarod Tours for 10 years in a row, and we're so excited to be going an 11th time in March 2023. We followed the Iditarod online for years, and finally decided we had to see it once in person. It was so much fun that we just keep coming back. Visiting the checkpoints is one of the tour highlights for us. It's a chance to see remote native villages, and watching the teams arrive at a checkpoint is such a thrill. It's also an opportunity to watch the mushers and veterinarians interact with the dogs, up close and personal. We've made friends on the tour with people from all over the world. We keep in touch throughout the year, and some we see on the tour again every year. It's been so much fun to find people who share our love of Alaska, mushing, and the Iditarod. If you've ever thought about seeing the Iditarod in person,

I highly recommend these tours." Carol Hand

Owner Rich MontagnaFounder Rich Montagna

I want to thank you for visiting our website and considering booking your Iditarod adventure with AIT. Over the last 20+ years we have had the pleasure of bringing hundreds of clients out on the Iditarod Trail to remote checkpoints where they can experience the real race, as it takes place on the trail and at the checkpoints. Meet the mushers, hear their stories of the trail, meet the villagers and volunteers who make this race the incredible event it is. Read this interview I did with Smithsonian Journeys as the Study Leader for their 2010 Iditarod Tour to learn more about me and Alaska Iditarod Tours. Come join our group of adventurers and find out for yourself why we have clients coming back year after year to experience this incredible event.

Smithsonian Interview