User:(WT-en) Aidan/Itineraries

This page holds all future itineraries. It is also a spot where I can jot down a few ideas.

Some trips I'll definitely do, some I'm thinking about. They are categorised as follows:

Planned Trip - dates have been set and bookings have been made
Probable Trip - nothing or very little has been booked but it's highly likely I'll take this trip
Possible Trip - the trip is currently only an idea, nothing is set in stone

South America edit

Planned Trip: May, June, July 2011 Duration: 3 months

Key Dates edit

Carnaval - 5th to 12th March, 2011
Peruvian Election - April 10, 2011

Travel Blog edit

TravelPod

Maps edit

Pedometer - original route (ex. Panama)
Google Maps - locations of bus stations, airports, hostels, border crossings, etc

Australia to Peru edit

Australian Government Travel Advice for Peru

Travellers (5): Aidan, Maria and Jessica, Aubs, Blytes

Canberra to Sydney by bus
Sydney to Santiago de Chile by plane
Santiago de Chile to Lima by plane
Lima to Tarapoto by plane
Tarapoto to Moyobamba by bus (2 hours)

Peru to Bolivia edit

Travellers (3+): Aidan, Blyton, Aubs and anyone else interested

Wedding in Moyobamba
Moyobamba to Chiclayo by bus (12 hours)
Chiclayo to Lima by bus (12 hours)
Lima to Arequipa by bus (16 hours)
Arequipa to Cusco by bus (9 hours)
Cusco to Machu Picchu and back by train (day trip) OR hike
Cusco to Puno by bus (8 hours)
Day trip to Uro Islands
BORDER CROSSING Puno to Yunguyo to Copacabana, Bolivia by bus (3.5 hours)

Bolivia to Brazil edit

Australian Government Travel Advice for Bolivia

Day trip to Isla del Sol
Copacabana to La Paz by bus (crossing lake by boat) (3.5 hours)
La Paz to Uyuni by bus (15 hours)
Day trip to Salar de Uyuni
Uyuni to Potosi by bus (7 hours)
Visit mine in Potosi
Potosi to Sucre by bus (3 hours)
Sucre to Santa Cruz by bus (? hours)
BORDER CROSSING Santa Cruz to Corumbá, Brazil by the "death train" (22 hours)

Brazil to Paraguay and Argentina edit

Australian Government Travel Advice for Brazil Australian Government Travel Advice for Paraguay

Australian visa requirements: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Australian_citizens

Corumbá to Campo Grande by bus (6 hours)
Tour the Pantanal (through Bonito)
Campo Grande to Foz do Iguaçu by bus (overnight, ? hours)
Visit the Iguaçu Falls
BORDER CROSSING VISA REQUIRED Foz do Iguaçu to Ciudad del Este (Paraguay)
BORDER CROSSING VISA REQUIRED Ciudad del Este to Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)

Visa information for Australians:

Brazilian Tourist Visa http://www.brazil.org.au/aussie/page.php?id=142
Paraguay Tourist Visa Info http://www.mre.gov.py/paginas/representaciones/melbourne/visaForm.html
Paraguay Tourist Visa Form http://www.mre.gov.py/Imagenes/consulados/melborurne/visaForm.pdf

Argentina to Uruguay and Brazil edit

Australian Government Travel Advice for Argentina Australian Government Travel Advice for Uruguay

BORDER CROSSING Foz do Iguaçu to Buenos Aires by bus (? hours) (Argentina)
BORDER CROSSING Buenos Aires to Montevideo by boat (3 hours)
Visit Punta del Este
BORDER CROSSING Montevideo to Buenos Aires by boat (3 hours)
BORDER CROSSING VISA REQUIRED Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro by plane (? hours)

Brazil to Guyana to Venezuela edit

Australian Government Travel Advice for Guyana

Rio de Janeiro to Belem by plane (4 hours) approx US$350 with TAM
Buy hammocks (will also need books / games for boredom)
Belem to Santarém by river cruise up the Amazon (3 days)
Santarém to Manaus by river cruise up the Amazon (3 days)
Manaus to Boa Vista
Boa Vista to Bonfim - 6 times a week bus service (2 hours)
BORDER CROSSING Bonfim to Lethem, Guyana and back (over new bridge)
BORDER CROSSING Boa Vista to Santa Elena de Uairén, Venezuela

Venezuela to Colombia edit

The Australian Government strongly advises against travelling within 80km of Venezuela's border with Colombia. We will have to revisit this part of the itinerary.

Australian Government Travel Advice for Venezuela

Santa Elena de Uairén to Ciudad Bolivar
From here, we can decide whether or not to visit the Angel Falls (we'll need to fly)
Ciudad Bolivar to Caracas
Or, if we decide to avoid Caracas (probably sensible), we can take an overnight bus from Ciudad Bolivar to Barinas
Caracas or Barinas to Mérida (ride the world's longest cable car)
Mérida to San Cristóbal by bus
BORDER CROSSING San Cristóbal to Cúcuta, Colombia (probably the same bus)

Colombia to Panama and back edit

Australian Government Travel Advice for Colombia

Cúcuta to Bucaramanga by bus
Bucaramanga to Panama City by plane
- Direct flight 2 hours = AUD$400 pp ($330 via Copa airlines website)
- http://www.aerorepublica.com/noticia.php3?nt=38 (no casualties ever - founded in 1992)
- Airport in Bucaramanga is "Palonegro International Airport"
Panama City to Cali by plane (Aero Republica)
- Direct flight 2 hours = AUD$430 pp
- Airport in Cali is "Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport"
Cali to Ipiales by bus (NOTE: Should hopefully be a bus that goes directly to Quito)
BORDER CROSSING Ipiales to border crossing (on same bus)
Another option could be to get a flight from Panama City to Quito with stopover in Bogotá.

Ecuador to Peru edit

border crossing to Tulcan
Tulcan to Quito
Quito to Cuenca
Cuenca to either Tumbes, Piura or Chiclayo in Peru
BORDER CROSSING at Huayaquillas. Good idea if the bus from Cuena passes through the border into Peru.

Peru to Australia edit

From Piura or Chiclayo to Moyobamba by bus
Collect Maria and Jessica
Everyone travels from Moyobamba to Tarapoto by bus (2 hours)
Tarapoto to Lima by plane (probably Star Peru)
Lima to Santiago de Chile by plane (probably Aerolineas Argentinas)
Santiago de Chile to Sydney by plane (Aerolineas Argentinas)