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

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

Key Dates

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

Travel Blog

TravelPod

Maps

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

Australia to Peru

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• 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)