When Luk\u00e1\u0161 and I first started planning when to visit Alaska, I had to laugh at my own naivety. I genuinely thought we’d drive across the whole of Alaska in a fortnight, spot five bears along the way, snap the perfect glacier photo and then romantically watch the northern lights in the evening. Reality set us straight very quickly. Alaska is an enormous, utterly uncompromising wilderness \u2014 it’s more than twice the size of the entire UK, with plenty of room to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s a place where geography and weather absolutely dictate what you’ll do and how much you’ll pay for it. Whenever someone asks me when to visit Alaska, my first response is always a question back: what is it you actually want to experience there? Because salmon-run and bear-watching season is completely incompatible with northern lights season. It took us hours of googling to work out what opens where and when, how much it costs and what to watch out for. So I’ve written it all up for you \u2014 month by month, no sugar-coating. Bottom line: I don’t want you flying home feeling like all you got for your money was fog and mosquitoes. \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n