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Five solo travellers at the airport ready to depart on their adventures Photographer Yakob

Your world. Your way.

Photographer Yakobchuk Olena

JUST LANDED 

Tokyo Photographer Tawatchai Prakobkit _ iStock

Learning and Creativity

Tokyo, cut differently

Tokyo’s fashion identity has never belonged to a single look. Across the city, traditional textile craft, precision tailoring, experimental design and street culture reveal very different ideas about what Japanese fashion can be.

By Tiffany West | 5 September 2026

The first stop on David’s travels was Estonia where he cared for huskies as a volunteer

The Changing Map

A world without shortcuts

Dr David Bossek’s ONE PLANET Expedition has become an exploration of distance, environmental responsibility and what happens in the space between destinations.

A Q&A with David Bossek | 4 September 2026

Skógafoss, Iceland Photographer Jonatan Pie _ Unsplash

Destinations

A measure of peace

Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland have been named the three most peaceful countries in the world in the 2026 Global Peace Index.

Published 26 August 2026

Andvord Bay, Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula Photographer Jo Crebbin _ iStock

Ecotravel

Are we loving Antarctica to death?

As travel reaches further into some of the world’s most vulnerable environments, the value of access is becoming harder to separate from its cost.

By Geoffrey Williams, Josh Chandler and Emily Clarke | Pictorial Editor Tiffany West | 25 August 2026

Jane D Thornton and her mum

Perspectives

A promise kept

Having left New Zealand as a child, Jane D Thornton returns to the country that shaped her earliest memories. 

By Jane D Thornton | Published 24 August 2026

A solo hiker stands on a mountain top admiring the magnificent sunet in the background Pho

A Confidence and Safety Series

Risk, Readiness and Respect

Sacrifice to Bacchus. Oil on canvas by Massimo Stanzione

The Alcohol Divide

A Health and Wellbeing Series

SPECIAL
FEATURE SERIES

Curated multi-part features and conversations

A man sits alone at night time staring at the new moon Photographer Benjamin Davies Unspla

The Loneliness Question

A Health and Wellbeing Series

Photographer Jamie Street on Unsplash

A Plus one … Series

Four Legs First

TRAVEL ADVISORIES

Links to official travel advice and updates

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Australia

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United States of America

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United Kingdom

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Canada

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New Zealand

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Europe

DATELINE

If you are travelling solo and want to combine adventure with purpose, International Volun

Photographer: Yannis H.

First published 23 October 2025

Volunteering abroad – travelling solo beyond the itinerary

Volunteering abroad takes us off the map of sightseeing and into the rhythm of real communities, where our days unfold with purpose and even the smallest moments can leave impressions and memories than can last a lifetime. As solo travellers, it is travel that asks a little more of us and gives us much more in return. 

The Big Picture

… an interactive map linking every destination featured on The Solo Traveller – from remote islands to bustling cities and everything in between.

Our planet

The Wish List

Dream-worthy destinations with coordinates so exclusive that even your GPS gives up! Impossible? Maybe. Irresistible? Always.

The exterior view of the Cabane Tortin

Postcards

Our little love notes to our world, and the wonder of our solo traveller adventures.

Ushaiqer Photographer Emily M Wilson
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