50 Of The Best Once-In-A-Lifetime Journeys In The World

Looking for inspiration for that once-in-a-lifetime-trip? The top 50 journeys to experience at least once have been listed by online travel agency FlightNetwork.

These are the unforgettable holidays that you save up for years; the daredevil mountain climbs, the glam Mediterranean cruises and the close encounters with the exotic. The type of trip that you never thought you would do – but you should. 

Flight Network collaborated with 500+ of the world’s top travel journalists, agencies, bloggers, and editors to get the list, and it’s a good ‘un.

The top 50 transformative trips every traveller must experience in their lifetime:

1. Expedition to Antarctica
2. Cruise the Galapagos Islands
3. Travel the Trans-Siberian Railway
4. Trek to Machu Picchu
5. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
6. Drive Iceland’s Ring Road

 

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7. Cruise to Alaska
8. Camino de Santiago
9. Sail the Greek Islands
10. Drive the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia

 

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11. Road Trip on Route 66
12. Fjord Cruise in Norway
13. Amazon River Cruise
14. Explore the Italian Countryside
15. Travel the Silk Road
16. Drive the Amalfi Coast

 

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17. French Polynesia Cruise
18. Safari in Kruger National Park
19. Drive the Great Ocean Road
20. Hike Along Cinque Terre

 

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21. Travel the Golden Triangle India
22. Trek to Mount Everest Basecamp
23. Hiking and Kayaking in Patagonia
24. Cruise the Nile
25. Explore Europe by Train

 

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26. Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
27. Ride camels through the Sahara
28. Roadtrip in the Australian Outback
29. Travel the Canadian Rockies by Train
30. Canal Barge Cruising in Southern France

 

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31. Cruising Greenland
32. Travel the Andean Explorer
33. Travel the Glacier Express
34. Cruise the Caribbean
35. A World Cruise

 

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36. Motorcycling from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi (check out Hanoi’s famous train street when there)
37. Hike the Tour du Mont Blanc
38. The Road to Hana Drive
39. Cruise the Mekong River
40. Drive the Wild Atlantic Way

 

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41. A Trip on the Shinkansen Bullet Train
42. Hike the Blue Mountains of Australia
43. Hike the Francigena Way
44. Hike the Jordan Trail
45. Hike the Kilimanjaro

 

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46. Drive the Sea to Sky Highway in Canada
47. Ride the Death Road of Bolivia
48. Follow the Wildebeest Migration in Tanzania
49. Motorcycling Madagascar Coast to Coast
50. Sail Through the Raja Ampat Archipelago in Indonesia

 

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