These Are The 50 Best Once-In-A-Lifetime Journeys In The World — According To Travel Experts

Sometimes a city break just doesn’t cut it, sometimes you need a big holiday. A massive one even. An adventure of such scope that, realistically, you’ll only get to do it once in your lifetime — which is exactly what we have right here.

The folks at online travel agency FlightNetwork recently collaborated with more than 500 travel journalists, agencies, bloggers and editors from around the world to compile a list of the 50 most transformative journeys you can take on the planet Earth… which should make booking your next holiday a wee bit easier.

An Irish journey even managed to make the list…

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

7. Cruise to Alaska

8. Camino de Santiago

9. Sail the Greek Islands

10. Drive the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia

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

17. French Polynesia Cruise

18. Safari in Kruger National Park

19. Drive the Great Ocean Road

20. Hike Along Cinque Terre

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

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

31. Cruising Greenland

32. Travel the Andean Explorer

33. Travel the Glacier Express

34. Cruise the Caribbean

35. A World Cruise

36. Motorcycling from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi

37. Hike the Tour du Mont Blanc

38. The Road to Hana Drive

39. Cruise the Mekong River

40. Drive the Wild Atlantic Way

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

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

For more details on each of these journeys, visit FlightNetwork.

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