welcome back to the channel i'm very excited to be sharing with you some more tips about
traveling to the beautiful state of alaska number one and as boring as it sounds and that is to plan
ahead of time i have received so many messages this year from people not being able to find
rental cars or places to stay because of high demand plan ahead of time if you're going to be
exploring alaska by land make sure that you have all of your accommodation figured out if there are
some activities that you are interested in and they need or require reservation make sure that
you take care of that ahead of time i did share some recommendations like using touro the mobile
application for renting cars or even considering renting an rv or a camper van instead of a car
or even going to facebook communities and seeing if there are any locals to alaska who are willing
to rent their cars or their places so these are some of the things that you can think about if you
find yourself in a similar situation tip number two never run from a bear but do run from moose
while moves are generally perceived to be less dangerous than bears more people in alaska are
actually injured by moose then by bears each year keep your safe distance if you see a moose and
if you happen to be charged by a moose run to the other direction usually they're not
going to chase you for that long they might look like cute nice fluffy shy animals but they are
huge and they can get pretty dangerous tip number three be bear aware if you're gonna do some hiking
and exploring the back country you are going to be in bare territory and it's important to
understand safety in their country you want to make sure that you have a bear spray with you
if you're hiking alone or even with a group of people you want to make sure that you are
making enough noise on the trail you don't want to startle a bear you never want to stay between
a mama bear and her cubs or any other animal for that matter and you obviously want to know how to
use a bear spray if you have to tip number four is gonna take us back to moose and that is to drive
carefully especially if you are exploring alaska by land each year between 600 and 800 moves are
killed by drivers in alaska often destroying the vehicle and even injuring riders so when you are
driving keep your eyes open and focus on the road try to avoid driving during night time if you are
exhausted avoid driving there are so many signs on the highway you will see that are trying to remind
you that there are so many moves on the road so keep an eye out if you do happen to hit a moose
you do want to take the time to report it it's very important for so many reasons obviously you
want troopers to come and salvage the animal and also because there's a program in alaska called
roadkill program where families and residents of alaska will register into that program
and whenever the troopers will salvage an animal if it's in good conditions some of these families
will benefit from hundreds of meats that would have otherwise gone to waste which is pretty neat
pack for cold weather even if you are visiting alaska during summer because summer in alaska is
not like summer in the lower 48 you want to make sure that you have layers rain jackets
because you will definitely get some rainy days you want to make sure that you have down jacket
gloves sturdy boots and by the way i have a full video in which i talk about what to wear if you
harvest in alaska during summer and you will be able to find it right there the best time to visit
alaska is the best time for you now it's very common for people to go to alaska during summer
don't get me wrong alaska during summer is so beautiful but any time you visit alaska you are
going to have an adventure of a lifetime and it just depends on what activities are you interested
in winter in alaska is amazing there are so many activities that you can do during winter like
dog sledding snow machine or snowmobiling you can go and watch the northern lights or the
aurora borealis there's so many things that you can do during winter so really the best time to
visit alaska is the best time for you maybe if you aren't interested in watching wales
summer is going to be the right season for you so it's all about what you are interested in tip
number seven and that is to set a budget for your trip to alaska and you want to know what are your
big expenses maybe getting to alaska is not that expensive but the activities that you choose to do
once you are in alaska can add up pretty quickly so you want to make sure that you write down
what are some of the top five or ten activities that you want to experience once in alaska
and then set a budget for every one of them this way you are not spending more than you can afford
tip number eight and that is to travel with some food and water in your car if you're
exploring alaska by land in alaska there aren't so many roads so if your car breaks or there is
a problem on the road you want to make sure that you do have some food and water for emergencies
tip number nine the last one on this list and that is to add ice climbing to your bucket list
i don't hear a lot of people talking about ice climbing when they go to alaska but it's such
a wonderful experience especially because alaska is one of very few places in the world where you
can ice climb during summer how cool is that we went to matanuska glacier we took an ice climbing
guided tour for the first time it was not as intimidating as i thought it's something that
you can do i highly recommend it these are my tips for today and if you haven't watched my previous
video in which i shared 10 tips for first-time visitors to alaska be sure to check that out
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my name is habiba this is trekking pals and i will see you very soon on a new adventure