THE SOLO TRAVELLER
Your world. Your way.
Your world. Your way.
Photographer Yakobchuk Olena
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Ecotravel
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. In Antarctica, travellers, researchers, guides and operators are confronting a difficult question: how much pressure can an extraordinary place absorb before our desire to experience it becomes part of the problem?
By Geoffrey Williams, Josh Chandler and Emily Clarke | Pictorial Editor Tiffany West | 25 August 2026
Perspectives
Having left New Zealand as a child, Jane D Thornton returns to the country that shaped her earliest memories. Carrying her mother’s ashes with her, she retraces a landscape of childhood and family, before being guided to ‘the perfect place’.
By Jane D Thornton | Published 24 August 2026
Perspectives
Gerlando Fabio Sorrentino’s epic guide to travelling independently through Italy gleefully ignores many of the conventions of traditional travel publishing. In doing so, his book becomes an intensely personal, comprehensive and passionate exploration of Italy, shaped by his experience and fascination with the particular freedoms and challenges of travelling alone.
Published 23 August 2026
Confidence and Safety
After travelling solo through much of South East Asia, Lily Mirabito reflects on kindness, vigilance, independence and learning to trust her own judgement. Her experiences reveal a more nuanced understanding of safety and the confidence that comes from learning to make her own judgements.
Published 22 August 2026
Culinary experiences
Tourism specialist Erin Kramer has spent more than two decades exploring the relationship between travel and food. In this conversation, she reflects on why culinary experiences often become the most memorable part of a journey, and how that thinking inspired the creation of Taste Marketplace.
A Q&A with Erin Kramer, Founder of Taste Marketplace | 13 July 2026
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Confidence and Safety
Solo smart, aware, and in control. Thoughtful strategies for travelling solo boldly, wisely, and well.
Health and Wellbeing
Practical guidance for solo travellers to help you stay centred on the road – mind, body, and soul.
Inspirations
Honest and insightful solo traveller stories to inspire your next adventure.
The first 24 hours in an unfamiliar city is always invigorating. From airport halls to the first steps outside, our senses sharpen as we navigate new light, air, smells, and rhythm.
When Goddess Retreats Founder Chelsea Ross couldn’t find a holiday that she wanted for herself, she created one.
Damien Kelly, a 67-year-old retiree, is cycling solo and unsupported across Australia honouring young lives lost and supporting a foundation built in their memory.
Destinations
Where to next? Discover places that move you, challenge you, and change you, one solo step at a time.
With a long-standing reputation as a classic safari destination, Kenya is emerging as one of the world’s most welcoming and culturally alive destinations.
Departures
Meet the people behind the scenes who have walked the path you may be considering exploring.
Coach travel offers solo travellers the opportunity to move and connect slowly and rediscover the gems along the way.
Point of View
Travel visionaries answer our ten quick questions about travelling solo.
David’s wanderlust and desire for adventure was ignited at the age of 12 when he embarked on his first international flight, and since then, his passion for travel has only grown.
Field Notes
Our destination snapshots, ‘solo smart’ insights, treasures, and listicles areready when you are.
Perspectives
Thoughtful observations from solo travellers … with no filter.
Tools and Tech
We look at the tools and technology that support solo travellers in practical and meaningful ways.
DATELINE
Photographer: Yannis H.
First published 23 October 2025
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.
Transitions
Where the ‘business’ of travel meets the soul of our solo journeys.
For British-born, Kathmandu-based Naresh Dahal, travel is his business and his passion.
Fellow Travellers
Celebrating the voices and journeys of solo travellers from around the world.
Anissa was 17 when she took her first solo trip. “I’d been working since I was 15 to save up for it, and it was so much fun. My second solo trip came at 54, and it was a revelation.”
Plus one …
We travel solo because we love the freedom, but sometimes the occasion calls for company.
Solo travel does not have to mean isolation. Sometimes a shared experience can quietly enrich the road ahead in unexpected ways.
Waypoint. Your journey. Your choice.
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