From saving a species to expanding your skills (and your mind), theres always a good reason to get away and if you cant think ofone, read on as we round up the trips that may change your life.
1 TRAVEL ALONE
SET OFF ON A SOLO ADVENTURE
No compromises, no limitations, no back-up. Travelling by yourself can be daunting but empowering; there is no greater freedom. You’ll have to rely on your own wits, but you can do whatever you want – and you might discover more about yourself along the way.
Where? Newbie solos can play it safe in regions well set up for travellers: English-speaking Australia (pictured) and New Zealand; laid-back South-East Asia; South America’s ‘gringo trail’. Frenetic India or lesser-trodden West Africa or Central Asia provide bigger challenges.
Take our advice: Stay open to other people – put that book down, choose a seat at the bar, strike up conversations. Who knows what might happen? But remember to have fun.
2 TRAVEL WITH STRANGERS
TAKE A PUNT ON PEOPLE YOU DON’T KNOW
Our best friends don’t necessarily make our best travel companions – it can be more fun and less fractious to join like-minded strangers instead. So sign up for a small-group trip, especially one with a clear focus. Sharing a particular interest or goal – whether that’s a physical challenge or a shared love of opera – will help you and your new travel-mates bond. You may even make new friends for life.
Where? Small-group trips probe all corners of the globe; they’re especially useful for taking the hassle out of travel to remote or bureaucratic destinations. Enjoy the team spirit of a Kilimanjaro climb (pictured), the cheerful camaraderie of a hands-on Outback camping trip (perhaps overlanding across the Kimberley in rugged Western Australia; see p126) or the mutual appreciation of an expert-led art tour in Italy.
This story is from the November 2018 edition of Wanderlust Travel Magazine.
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