THE SOLO TRAVELLER
Your world. Your way.
Your world. Your way.
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Learning and Creativity
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 Changing Map
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
Destinations
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
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.
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.
By Jane D Thornton | Published 24 August 2026
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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.
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