Trip Overview

Trekking the Planet is a 424-day, around-the-world trip to raise K-12 geo-literacy. We plan to visit approximately 50 countries on six continents. During the expedition we plan to trek to some of the most remote and unspoiled places in the world. By visiting places of cultural and natural significance, our hope is to instill a greater awareness and curiosity about the world in as many young people as possible. The journey began on 28 January 2012. During our expedition, we are releasing free weekly educational materials that correspond to our current location.

Here’s a very short video overview about the Trekking the Planet expedition.

You can dig deeper into each of the treks by clicking on the green flag below. You can also read about the trek by clicking on the Enlarge link.



To see our entire route, click to view the map. Blue denotes travel by ship, red is travel by bus or train and green is travel by air.

Below is current list of countries that we plan to visit, as of when we left home. Countries visited by ship are in italics.

We continue to monitor the world situation to determine if safety issues are present in these countries that will preclude us visiting there. We will continue to update this list, as necessary.