Lonely Planet Your Trip Starts Here

Embark on over 50 of the world's most life-affirming journeys and nurture your path to self-discovery. Packed with beautiful photography and inspiring first-person insights for each trip, from hiking Japan's sacred Shikoku pilgrimage to following the Underground Railroad in the US, this is the perfect book for anyone seeking to travel with purpose.

Each journey features first-hand accounts from travellers with insightful tips on how to begin planning an enlightening travel experience. From cultural explorations to challenging expeditions, you can spend a month of reflection on foot through Northern Spain to reach the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela; connect body and mind as you canoe the wild and remote Yukon River in Canada; embrace the wonders of rail travel aboard Australia's luxurious Ghan; plus so much more.

Inside you'll find more than 50 life-changing journeys with explanations about how each trip can influence your personal growth. The trips cover themes of culture, road trips, off the beaten path, adventure and sport, pilgrimages, history, wildlife and nature. Vivid and powerful photography illustrates the magnitude of each extraordinary travel experience, while intuitive icon grading shows how each journey may change you through emotional or spiritual growth, insights and understanding, or physical skills and experience gained.

Practical features include in-the-know tips, detailed maps and essential information on how to get there, where to stay, when to go, what to take and tours available to help you plan your adventure. The journeys span the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and the Middle East, from Mexico to Japan, Norway to New Zealand, and Jordan to Bolivia.

This is the ultimate travel book for anyone longing to immerse themselves in a different culture, grow as a person or reflect and reset their focus. Gift this collection of journeys to the explorer in your life who wishes to travel with purpose, or use it to inspire your own transformative adventure.