Round-the-World Trip

We want to see the world with our own eyes. 

We quit our jobs and make our dreams come true. For this time, the targets of our long trip were the locations where were relatively difficult to access without a long vacation: Africa, South America, and Antarctica!

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Itinerary

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Dec 1 Flight from Taipei, Taiwan to New York, USA
Dec 2 Flight from New York to Paris, France
Dec 3 Flight from Paris to Libreville, Gabon

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Dec 4 Libreville, the capital of Gabon and then moved to Lope
Dec 5 Safari in Lope National Park
Dec 6 Activities in Lope National Park
Dec 7 Moved to Port-Gentil
Dec 8 Port-Gentil
Dec 9 Moved to Loango National Park via Omboue
Dec 10 Safari in Loango National Park
Dec 11 Moved back to Libreville via Port-Gentil

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Dec 12 Flight from Libreville to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe via Johannesburg, South Africa
Dec 13 Visited Victoria Falls National Park in morning and then moved to Chobe Botswana

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Dec 14 Boat safari in Chobe National Park
Dec 15 Game drive in Chobe National Park in morning and then moved to Katima Mulilo, Namibia

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Dec 16 Moved to Windhoek, the capital of Namibia
Dec 17 Moved to Etosha National Park
Dec 18 Safari in Etosha National Park
Dec 19 Safari in Etosha National Park
Dec 20 Safari in Etosha National Park in morning and moved to Long Beach
Dec 21 Moved to Namib-Naukluft National Park and Dune45 for Sunset
Dec 22 Sunrise at Dead Vlei in morning and then moved back to Windhoek
Dec 23 Flight to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar

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Dec 24 Antananarivo
Dec 25 Moved to Morondava
Dec 26 Morondava
Dec 27 Visited Baobab Avenue for sunrise and sunset and Kirindy National Park
Dec 28 Moved back to Antananarivo
Dec 29 Antananarivo
Dec 30 Antananarivo
Dec 31 Antananarivo in morning and then flight to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania via Nairobi Kenya

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Jan 1 Flight to Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania
Jan 2 Moved to Moshi
Jan 3 Moshi
Jan 4 Mt. Kilimanjaro – 1st day
Jan 5 Mt. Kilimanjaro – 2nd day
Jan 6 Mt. Kilimanjaro – 3rd day
Jan 7 Mt. Kilimanjaro – 4th day
Jan 8 Mt. Kilimanjaro – 5th day
Jan 9 Mt. Kilimanjaro – 6th day
Jan 10 Safari in Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Jan 11 Moved back Dar es Salaam via Arusha
Jan 12 Moved to Nungwi in Zanzibar Island via Stone Town
Jan 13 Diving in Nungwi in morning and moved back to Stone Town
Jan 14 Stone Town in morning and then moved back to Dar es Salaam
Jan 15 Flight to Istanbul, Turkey via Cairo, Egypt

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Jan 16 Istanbul in morning and then flight to Frankfurt, Germany

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Jan 17 Flight to Guayaquil, Ecuador
Jan 18 Flight to Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands
Jan 19 Santa Cruz Island in morning and then moved Isabela Island
Jan 20 Snorkeling tour at Isabela Island
Jan 21 Snorkeling at Isabela Island in morning and then moved back to Santa Cruz Island
Jan 22 Diving at Santa Cruz Island
Jan 23 Santa Cruz Island
Jan 24 Flight to Lima, Peru via Quito, Ecuador

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Jan 25 Lima, the capital of Peru
Jan 26 Lima
Jan 27 Lima and then moved to Huaraz at night
Jan 28 Huaraz
Jan 29 Moved back to Lima
Jan 30 Moved to Cusco
Jan 31 Cusco
Feb 1 Cusco
Feb 2 Moved to Aguas Caliente
Feb 3 Machu Picchu
Feb 4 Moved back to Cusco
Feb 5 Cusco
Feb 6 Moved to La Paz, Bolivia via Copacabana

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Feb 7 La Paz, the capital of Bolivia
Feb 8 La Paz and then moved to Uyuni at night
Feb 9 Salar de Uyuni (salt flat)
Feb 10 Salar de Uyuni (salt flat)
Feb 11 Salar de Uyuni (salt flat)
Feb 12 Moved to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile via Calama, Chile

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Feb 13 San Pedro de Atacama
Feb 14 Moon Valley tour in San Pedro de Atacama
Feb 15 Moved back to Calama
Feb 16 Moved to Salta, Argentina

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Feb 17 Free walk tour in Salta
Feb 18 Salta
Feb 19 Salta in morning and then moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Feb 20 Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina
Feb 21 Flight to Ushuaia
Feb 22 Ushuaia
Feb 23 Ushuaia
Feb 24 Ushuaia
Feb 25 Ushuaia and then Antarctica cruise from evening

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Feb 26 Drake Passage
Feb 27 Drake Passage
Feb 28 Drake Passage. At midnight, passed Antarctic circle (latitude 66° 33ʹ south of the equator)
Mar 1 Zodiac cruise and Landed at Detaille Island in morning and then Zodiac cruise at Crystal Sound
Mar 2 Landed at Horseshoe Island in morning and then landed at Stonington Island
Mar 3 Moved to next destination in Antarctica
Mar 4 Zodiac cruise at Pléneau Bay in morning and then landed at Petermann Island
Mar 5 Zodiac cruise and landed at Paradise Harbour (Antarctic continent) in morning and then landed at Neko Harbour (Antarctic continent)
Mar 6 Zodiac cruise and landed at Cuverville Island in morning and then zodiac cruise at Wilhelmina Bay
Mar 7 Landed at Whalers Bay in morning and then landed at Half Moon Island
Mar 8 Drake Passage
Mar 9 Drake Passage
Mar 10 Moved back to Ushuaia

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Mar 11 Moved to Rio Gallegos
Mar 12 Moved to Punta Arenas, Chile

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Mar 13 Moved to Puerto Natales
Mar 14 Torres del Paine National Park in Puerto Natales
Mar 15 Moved to Chile Chico, Chile via El Calafate, El Chalten, and Los Andigous, Argentina
Mar 16 Chile Chico
Mar 17 Moved to Coyhaique
Mar 18 Coyhaique
Mar 19 Moved to Chaiten
Mar 20 Moved to Puerto Montt
Mar 21 Puerto Montt and then moved to Santiago, the capital of Chile
Mar 22 Santiago
Mar 23 Santiago
Mar 24 Flight to Easter Island
Mar 25 Easter Island
Mar 26 Rental car at Easter Island
Mar 27 Trekking and scuba diving at Easter Island
Mar 28 Rental car at Easter Island
Mar 29 Traditional dance show at Easter Island
Mar 30 Easter Island in morning and then flight to Santiago
Mar 31 Santiago
Apr 1 Moved to San Pedro de Atacama via Calama
Apr 2 ALMA free tour at San Pedro de Atacama in morning and then flight back to Santiago via Calama
Apr 3 Santiago
Apr 4 Santiago

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Apr 5 Flight to Tokyo, Japan via Panama City, Panama and New York, USA
Apr 6 Flight to Tokyo
Apr 7 Flight to Osaka, Japan

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Cost

Summary

The total costs including preparation were US$35,281.97 for two. The tables below were the summaries of costs by category and country.

Costs by category

Category US$
Sightseeing 19,530.17
Food 1,627.78
Accommodation 2,234.74
Transportation 7,427.41
Visa 660.37
Insurance 1,635.03
Vaccination 91.94
Preparation 1,579.42
Other 495.11
Total 35,281.97

Costs by country

Country Currency Local Currency
Gabon XAF 1,541,525
Zimbabwe USD 239.10
Botswana BWP 3,656
Namibia NAD 17,459.27
Madagascar MGA 1,473,694
Tanzania TZS 3,770,750
Turkey TRY 222.5
Ecuador USD 1,126.72
Peru PEN 2,594.80
Bolivia BOB 3,967
Argentina ARS 20,745
Antarctica USD 14,015
Chile CLP 2,119,604

*Some costs were charged in USD or Euro rather than the local currencies. Such costs were converted into the local currencies in the table above based on the exchange rate we had during our visit.