2 Year Solo Itinerary Check

As promised, I have put together a 2 year solo travel itinerary that will take me through Europe, into Asia (a little, although I would love to hear from people who have backpacked through India up into Nepal - I just haven't looked a this and the potential costs), and then finish off with a long stretch down through North America into Central and South America.

I have made the country name bold, with the approximate number of days, there are slippage days built into most places (2-3 days) so that if I like somewhere in particular I can stay on without too much impact on other aspects. I have included the approximated month I will be in each location too in case someone notices a seasonal clash with my intentions. Then any places or activities of note bullet pointed. Let me know what you think!

Starting in 2029, travelling through Europe will be mainly by train, bus or ferry unless otherwise noted

Spain, 47 days - May

  • Camino De Santiago, hike, Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona

Portugal, 9 days - July

  • Porto, Coimbra, Lisbon

France, 8 days - July

  • Perpeigna, Avignon, Marseille, Nice

Italy, 13 days - August

  • Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Ancona (for ferry transfer to Split, Croatia)

Croatia, 11 days - August

  • Split, Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Dubrovnik, back to Split for onwards train to Germany

Germany, 7 days - August

  • Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, onwards to Amsterdam, then The Hague

Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, 50 days - August - October

  • Bike packing the E11 from Netherlands to Estonia

Sweden, 28 days - October

  • Stockholm, Lapland, Gotland, Skate, Fjallbacka, Gothenburg

Norway, 35 days - October - December

  • Oslo, Western Fjords, Loften Islands, Bergen, Trolltunga etc

Finland, 21 days - 17th December (White Christmas!)

  • Helsinki, Lapland (aiming to be here for the Northern Lights and a white Christmas!), Finnish Lakeland

Belgium (+ France), 8 days - January 2030

  • Brussels, Burges, Paris (onwards to the UK)

UK, 23 days - January - February

  • London, Edinburgh, hike in the highlands, maybe the scenic train and ferry onward to Dublin

Ireland, 10 days - February

  • Dublin, other sights**,** back to London from here for onwards journey

Morocco, 20 days - February

  • Marrakech, Taghazout, Safi, Casablanca, Fes

Nepal, 28 days - March

  • Three Passes Trek, that's all I'm here for

Thailand, 15 days - April

  • Fly into Krabi to go to Railay Beach, then maybe up to Koh Samui and on to Koh Tao and fly out of Bangkok onwards. Just here to relax and enjoy beaches I've been to before, this will be the closest to home (NZ) I will have been in a year at this point.

United States of America, 20 days - April

  • Seattle take the Coast Starlight down to San Francisco hop off for a few days then down to LA, then fly to Austin, Houston and finish in New Orleans

Mexico, 14 days - May

  • Mexico City, some day trips around the area

Belize, 7 days - May

  • Caye Caulker mainly

Guatemala, 25 days - May/June

  • Flores, Lanquin, Semuc Champed, Lanquin, Lake Atitlan, Antigua, hike volcanoes, night markets etc, El Paredon, Guatemala City for 1 day

Nicaragua, 15 days - June

  • Ironically, one of the only places I haven't really fleshed out where I want to go

Costa Rica, 15 days - July

  • San Jose, Monteverdo Cloud Forest, La Fortuna, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, there is some white water rafting to do here from LF to PVdT

Panama, 20 days - July/August

  • Bocas del Toro, Boquete, Santa Catalina for surf, Pedasi for humpbacks hopefully, Panama City, sail to Cartagena

Colombia, 25 days - August

  • Cartagena, Palomino, Barranquilla, Medellin, Bogota

Ecuador, 45 days - August/September

  • Quito, Tena (amazon rainforest), Galápagos Islands (alllll the diving), Guayaquil, Montanita (party time), Cuenca, Cotopaxi National Park, spend some time volunteering at Secret Garden

Peru, 50 days - October/November

  • Punta Sal, Mancora for surf, Lima, Playa Las Pocitas, Huaruz, Cusco (main reason Im here, Salkanty Trek), Puno

Bolivia, 28 days - November/December

  • Copacabana (wee luxury stop off here), Yumani, La Paz (old town, death road MTB, Huayna Potosí), Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Potsi, Uyuni (4x4 trip down into San Pedro de Atacama, Chile)

Chile, 45 days - December/January

  • Hitchhike from San Pedro de Atacama all the way down to Santiago, couple of days in Santiago relaxing, then bus to Puerto Montt, before hitching down to Parque Nacional Pumalin Douglas Tompkins to spend a week doing day hikes, kayaking and hitting the hot springs. On to Puerto Marto stopping off at another hot springs centric refugio before going down to Cochrane and up to Villa O'Higgins over to El Chalten

Argentina, 20 days - January/February

  • El Chalten for numerous day and a couple of overnight hikes, then down to El Calafate for some day hikes before on to Puerto Natales, Chile

Chile, 13 days - February

  • The Circuit track, back over the border once done to El Calafate

Argentina, 33 days - March

  • Bus from El Calafate to Bariloche, then hitch hike up through to San Martin de los Andes, Marlargue, San Rafael and Mendoza. Fly to Salta, bus to Tilcara and Puramarca before enjoying a few days in Cafayate sipping wine and then on to São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil, 28 days - April

  • São Paulo, up to Paratay, on to Iiha Grande for a just under a week of beaches and food, then up to Rio de Janeiro for a week and a half before jumping on a flight home.

Total approximate time travelling, 23 months (maybe longer if I can stretch my budget further).

Let me know your thoughts!

TLDR; I didn't travel in my 20's, spent my life waiting for someone to travel with. Started traveling in my mid-30's and the next few years are dedicated to building a budget to spend my late 30's travelling for 2 years (hopefully a little more if I can stretch the budget)