Planning my next backpacking trip to South America 💃🏻Research, Budget, Packing + more
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- My next backpacking trip is approaching! I have chosen my destination and the planning is in full swing. This is everything I've been doing to plan, and the things I still have to do before I go :)
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100% go to Brazil. Amazing country 🇧🇷
I agree I just went to Brazil all of November, its so nice. I wonder how the other countries compare. I haven’t been elsewhere in South America
for people watching this in 2020 she must be like it's a good thing i took this trip when i did
Why what happened in 2020?
@@benswindlehurst1857 covid
@@benswindlehurst1857 what rock have you been under 🤣🤣
@@arte7sol what’s covid
Leaving in more or less a month for the Philippines solo, and your series is what got me to actually do it! Really excited/nervous, but you pretty much gave me confidence so thank you! 😁
The Colombian Pacific is a must-visit!! Bahía Solano, El Valle, Nuquí and the surrounding area are all a stunning mix of wild beaches and tropical jungle. There's a small backpacker scene but it's not overcrowded, loads of incredible local business and eco-tourism to be explored. Mama Orbe in El Valle and Casa Colibri in Arusí are wonderful places to stay!
Just have to say, I love your videos. I've commented before about how I can't travel any more and watching your channel gives me a bit of that old feeling about the travels I did before. Also, you are a delight to watch, you come across so sweet and genuine, not pretentious like some others I've seen on TH-cam. Thanks for sharing a part of your life. Keep up the great work.
if you love travel and exploring i would recommend you start geocaching! it's just an app on your phone and it's basically like little containers filled with goodies that you look for and write your name in a log book! it's taken me to places i never knew existed and there's geocaches everywhere!
We spent two months last year doing Peru - Ecuador - Colombia and it was just amazing. Highlights for us in Colombia included Cali for the salsa (Viajero hostel was amazing and ran salsa lessons every day and is just an all round cool hostel!), Salento (for the Cocora valley and coffee plantations - we even had a coffee bean roasting lesson and got to bring our coffee beans back home as a souvenir, so cool!), Medellin was just an all round cool city with so much history (Los Patios hostel - highly recommend. Bit pricier, but worth it in my opinion) and if you're going to Bogota I highly recommend doing one of the history free walking tours - we got such an incredible insight into the history of Colombia and all the things that they have unfortunately gone through and it was really eye opening. In Ecuador, you absolutely have to go to Secret Garden in Cotopaxi - we hesitated about this initially about whether to do it or not and absolutely LOVED it in the end and was one of the main highlights of the trip. Such an awesome few days and the accommodation is just incredible, the people are super friendly and the activities and food are top notch! Climbing cotopaxi can be a bit tough (our weather conditions were awful!), especially with the altitude, but so worth it!! Definitely definitely definitely go there. Also Cuenca was really cool and we spent a few nights at El Cafecito hostel, where we met one of the coolest hostel owners yet and had such cool discussions and late night dinners with - really nice place. In Quito, check out Community Hostel - probably our fav hostel of the trip overall (and we def visited some good ones!) - just such a nice atmosphere, breakfasts incredible, really good social vibes and activities going on! Can't wait to follow your trip through SA, it will bring back so many good memories for me! Enjoy - you will absolutely love it!!
We’re off to Australia this Friday (!!!!!) for a three week honeymoon! I’m genuinely freaking out - I’m so so so excited! I’ve been planning it for over a year and can’t believe it’s finally here! Have definitely been binge watching your Australia videos and getting so hyped up!
I’m currently in Australia with a working holiday visa and your videos inspired me soooo much to come! I have not had a single regretful thought about coming here and my adventure is only beginning!
Can’t wait for more South-America videos, you have the best quality travel vlogs in my opinion🙌🏼
Ahhh that's amazing🤩🤩 I'm pleased to hear you're having a fab time ❤️❤️ thanks lovely xxx
I really recommend the trek to Lost City in Colombia! I did the trek about 2 years ago while I was sailing around the world and this trek was one of the biggest highlights of that whole trip. It is challenging, but sooooo worth it!! Beautiful scenery, and I would say the trek to get there is almost as beautiful as the Lost City itself!
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Hey, coming from the future. I’m so glad you start before January 2020. You got the chance to stay longer.
This is sooo exciting! I'm currently planning a backpacking trip around the Balkans for 2 months and even though the destination is obviously not like yours, your video has been super helpful! Thank you a lot :)
Yay 🤩 that's what I was hoping for ❤️ Balkans will be incred tho 🙌🏼
You're amazing. As a complete beginner backpacker, this has been really helpful! Thank you!
So happy you’re going to Colombia, you are going to love it! Make sure you try out as much food as possible. I hope you enjoy my beautiful country 💖
Been following you for YEARS and recently I've just been binging your vids, especially your packing ones, they're the BEST I've rewatched so many times I need your wardrobe! I'm planning an inter rail trip so seeing you plan this made my day! Getting the tea and chocolate prepared to watch 😍😍😍 thank you!
Ah yay 🤩🤩 thanks lovely. Oohhh if love to go interrailing one day as well ! ❤️
Would love to see that! Can you please do a packing video for this trip before you go?
@@keke_oh of course!! 🤓🤓
Came back from Colombia with a group this year. Loved Guatape, especially the painted houses. One thing we were told is that its not practiclal to travel to different regions except by air because of the poor roads. We spent a lot of time in airports.
Im currently planning a 4-6 month backpacking adventure around Europe for summer 2020! Extremely excited! Love your channel you have given me so much inspiration for my future travels!
That's awesome 🤩🤩
I found your channel when researching scratch maps for my dad's birthday lol (LOVE your map, btw) and you're now my new favorite TH-camr. You're really inspiring to watch/listen to and you're making me want to travel more!
I moved last year from Arizona to Maui, Hawaii. Next month I leave for my first ever backpacking adventure starting in new Zealand, then to Australia, Bali and wherever else the wind decides to take me 🍃💖💖💖 I'm so excited
I'm going to South America next year for 3 months. Thanks for the info. I'm not a young traveller , I'm a .....middle aged one but I'm hiking the PCT for 6 months straight after South America so don't mind the backpacking life.
I'm heading to the Philippines landing on Christmas day and staying for 17 days, just been re-watching your videos for ideas, currently planing to do 5 days port barton, then head to mad monkey for new years followed by el nido for boat trips for a few days then up to Coron for just under a week. that's the best itinerary I could think of for a mix of chill exploration but also some partying for new years followed by relaxing in coron
Sounds amazing 🤩🤩
Go to Moalboal or explore Cebu in general
I'm also planning to be in South America from late Dec through to the end of Feb! I'm keen to see what more you post in the lead up - I'd love to catch up with you at some leg of the journey. You've been a great inspiration for my solo travels so far, and I genuinely reckon we'd me great mates given the chance! disfruta tu planificación!
I could listen to this for hours, thanks for the help x
I used gym shoes for my month in Peru! I’m someone that always grabs for sneakers to hike in at home, and they worked great for me, even in the snow on mountain tops!
This video is REALLY well done and so useful! Thank you so much!
I’m currently planning a 3 month trip to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru so this was very helpful! Cheers from the US
So looking forward to your next Adventures!!!!
🤩🤩🤩 me too!
Ahh I'm soo excited about this trip! I hope you have an amazing time. Can't wait for the vlogs😊😊
Me too Olina!! There will certainly be many many vlogs 😁
I did three weeks in Colombia (Hand luggage only, which was amazing! I had to do laundry once a week if you‘re wondering) and I brought sandals which were a nicer pair of Tevas. They are comfortable and also look nice in the evening with a dress.
Currently thinking about booking a trip to Jordan next spring!
Thanks for the tips 😊 Jordan looks amazing!
I love how you budget your trip, nice websites recommendations ! thank you
Pleasure xx
It's good that they have the warning up for Ecuador, the situation right now looks really bad, but hopefully it will get better soon.
You will absolutely love South America! I've been there a few times so so much fun I'm currently finishing my work visa in NZ then I'm off to Guatemala in March to climb all the 🌋! I look forward to seeing your updates 😊
Im planning for my 1 year working holiday in australia, never been away alone before so im very very excited! Just 4 months of grinding at work left and i will have the funds 😃
Just discovered about the star feature!!! Wow!!! Love it! I'm going to use it so much now. Thank you so much!!!!
I am leaving Germany in novembre for backpacking solo in Peru, Ecuador and Columbia until March. This Video made me feel like I am not the only crazy girl going to these destinationes. Enjoy your time! :)
Fab video as always Christianne! In 3 weeks I'm off to solo travel SE Asia for (hopefully) six months and I'm so excited!!! Your videos are so helpful and I'm basically your biggest fan xxxx
I’m from the US and going to Australia for 3 months to do an internship in February! I’ve always wanted to go to Australia (and also New Zealand which I’ll def be visiting) so I’ll for sure be rewatching all your working holiday videos for ideas
Been waiting for you to announce a South America trip. Just finished mine and its amazing! 😍
This is very informative, thank you!! South America is my dream destination, I want to visit Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru... So many countries. I'm very inspired by you, I've always wanted to solo travel but I'm not confident about it, you are great!!
I only recently got back from a 2 month Europe backpacking trip and I’m already planning my next trip to get me through the academic year. I’m planning on spending 2 months between Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines- seeing your videos on the Philippines is what has inspired me to go there 😁xxxx
Yay 🤩🤩🤩 Hope you had a fab time in Europe xx
Vietnam is the best! My favourite country thus far
I'm Colombian and I highly recommend visiting the amazon, Medellin, and the coffee zone. The festival in Cali is also highly recommended you are going to have a blast.
Besides the planning video i love that golden globe and scratch map. Must buy these for myself!
Just an update on the Ecuador advisory! I was there throughout everything happening the last couple weeks and everything is completely back to normal. Basically, the government stopped subsidizing diesel, which was going to drive the prices of everything up, so there was about a week of protesting (and, in some areas, straight up rioting) and on Sunday the government finally reached an accord with everyone and reinstated the subsidy. Literally the next morning, everything was back to normal. It's back to being one of the easiest and safest South American countries to travel!
Amazing! Great news! Thanks for the update ❤️
I’ve just come back from a month long trip round parts of Canada and east US - it was insane! Can’t wait to see your vlogs in South America, would love to go there one day! 💕
Amazing 🤩 so glad to hear you had a fab time 🙌🏼
Just got back from the Philippines a month ago. Heading to Lebanon for the first time in 3 months and starting to plan now. 💚
For our last 3 trips, we did carry on only. It's great! You just have to wash clothes every week or so.
Low key been binge watching all of your videos in any of my free time. You literally are amazing, the videos you produce are stunning, so informative and fun to watch! You solo backpacking tips, helped me loads on my second solo adventure a few weeks ago to Copenhagen, Malmö and Ystad. Late January I'll be taking onboard my biggest solo backpacking adventure yet, I've book a one way flight to Australia, landing in Perth and setting myself a month to travel to hopefully Northen Territory for Uluru rock trip, Sydney then if I can afford fly to New Zealand for a few days before flying home to England😊
That trip sounds epic Becca 🤩🤩🤩
This is how I travel! Soooo goood!
It's actually a smart idea to narrow down the countries to just 2. I randomly decided to create an itinerary for backpacking south America and when I started discovering all the beautiful spots I was like ahhhh fuck theres too many beautiful places and I don't want to rush so I'll probably just do Brazil, Colombia and Peru for this first round hopefullyyyy.
Hugs from a J&L Legend! I am excited that you are going to venture over to The Americas. I don’t know nearly enough about South America, so it will fun to see what you get up to there.
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ECUADOR omg. So amazing and the Galapagos are absolutely amazing wow I miss it.
Planning 3 months in South East Asia going to Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines in January! First ever solo backpack trip as well :)
We are just finishing up our trip across South America, we started in Ecuador and made our way to Galapagos and slowly made our way South. If you have any questions let us know. Look forward to following your journey.
I love these types of videos! Planning trips are so fun! I am going to Iceland next week with my sister!
So soon! Hope you have a fab time xxx
I’m flying out to Thailand on Thursday! I’m going to be TEFL teaching there for 5 months 😁
Oh my gaaad 🤩 that's so fun! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Have a great time!!
Where in Thailand are you going ?
I want to try this in future :)
Did you arrive yet?
Going on my first big backpacking trip (which also happens to be my first solo trip) in December! Australia for 4 months and 3 months in Southeast Asia - haven't decided on specific locations yet besides where my flights are! Taking allllll your advice about your Southeast Asia trips though!!
Ok when you said hand baggage only on your other video I HAD to click this & get to know your travel style. I can tell you are truly travel savvy and that is why I keep watching. Also good for you, it’s best for the environment to slow travel 💚
Planning an interrail trip around Europe with my best friend before we go off to uni :)
Really looking forward to your travels and take my notes along..:D
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This makes me so excited to travel the world
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Always enjoy your videos, despite being about South America this video got me so excited for my trip to New Zealand soon. I've been binging your videos in preparation as I have no solo travelling experience and they've been so helpful.
Yay 🤩🤩 that's exactly what I want 😊 NZ is gonna be awesome 🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@BackpackingBananas Thank you I cant wait I'm counting down the days at this point
Planning on going solo backpacking in south america in the fall of 2023. Will be doing a lot of research until then and have to find ways of generating more income in order to make this trip financially possible whilst keeping my appartment in Montreal ❤ also considering havinf remote gigs, but I would really like not to have to work too much.
thanks for having such a rad channel miss Bananas🎉
planning a slow, sustainable trip to south east asia & phillipines leaving on 15th december! so excited
Good luck with your light weight packing. I just did 5 weeks in Berlin with carry-on only - (a standard Jansport school book bag!). And was able to do 4 weeks at a language school. 😁. Your trip is obviously longer and more in depth. But I was surprised I got by with SO LITTLE. I might say that one week at a language school is going to go by SO FAST. But it will add to the experience 😁.
Duo Lingo is definitely the best way to learn! The app is really good now 😊
Can't wait for this video series. Your awesome. Great video Christie!
Can't believe I saw you on secret eaters on weekend ha
Hahahahaha honestly I can't believe that either 😂😂😂 hilarious that they're still showing it on TV, I think we filmed that 5 or 6 years ago!
I'm going to Aus in January on a WHV, nervous and excited!🐨
My job is to plan holidays to Ecuador, and if you want to go to Galapagos the best bet for backpackers is definitely G Adventures!! Super easy and really great value. Regarding the travel advice, the FCO advises against it but things on the ground are very much back to normal so by the time you are going it should be alright!
Exciting! I was in south America nearly two years and totally life changing. Viajero Hostel in cali is a good hostel with a pool good vibes and free dance class everyday :) Medellin is hand down one of my fav places. I know lots of backpackers stay in el poblado but for me i do not believe it is the true colombia. Suburbs like laureles are great for digital nomads :) I love the hostel the wandering paisa. Its also close to the street calle 70 where there is amazing partying and underground salsa bars :) Cafe Ondas is another good hostel :) There is lots of near by cute towns near to medellin such as Jardin which i enjoyed alot.
You will love the Lost city hike, it was really muddy when I was there and soooo many mosquitos but incredible views and culture.
Also take the short day walk through tropical nature to parque tyrona and stay the night on the beach in one of the hammocks.
Good on you trying to travel with hand luggage i know i would had struggled. With the shoes for sure bring a pair of sneakers. Mine were great for dancing in salsa and also going on walks or just casual day walking in the city. Maybe a pair of sandels for a night out might be a good option too :)
Also just be carefull with you clothing choices, I felt like in most city and towns I didn't feel like I wanted to where anything too revealing just because you will already have men staring and saying things to you :) Also just remember to stay strong and assertive with the men there and learn some ways of saying leave me alone in spanish such as "deja me sola".
Im excited for you gal!!! You will see spectacular things and be apart of the beautiful latin culture!!!
Wow thank you so much for all these tips 😍😍 I've just made a bunch more stars on my maps ❤️❤️❤️
I’m heading to Italy soon and while it’s not South America this video helped heaps ☺️
Ah yay ❤️❤️ so pleased it can still be helpful! Italy will be beaut 😍
Nice, have a great time in Italy! I would love to go there someday.
You plan just like me! Well I’m not as flexible as far as return flights and accommodations but I would probably do the same if I backpacked for 3 months. The longest I’ve gone is one month. I plan way too much and create a daily itinerary. But then once I’m there I don’t even follow it. But your videos are the exact kind I would like to make someday. You deserve more subscribers!
We love a good planner 🙌🏼🙌🏼
I’ve been in Ecuador and I did wear my Birkenstock all the time. So go with Birkenstock!
I'll be heading to Columbia in December as well. Perhaps I'll see you on the road or in Cali. Have a great time.
Wooop 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Please keep updating about this Trip, I want to travel there next year
I just have been in Columbia for 3 months (1.5 months in Cali) I highly recommend the La Sucursal Hostel in Cali. They have professional Salsa and Batchata teachers in the Hostel. I am so excited for you and I need to hold back not to fill 1000 comments with recommendationes.
Also in Ecuador I recommend the Community Hostels and for the Galapagos: it is not as expensive as you think. Bring a snorkel and do heaps of free snorkling and enjoy the sealions
Can't wait for your new business!!!! I want it all and I only can assume what it's going to be.
Yas girl 😍😍🤩🤩 I'm honestly buzzing to share it properly with everyone!
Sounds good, I’m going to Asia next summer after I couldn’t decide between there and South America!
I was successful with finding a quality fun Galapagos trip while in country :) Hope you get to go. Thanks for the planning tips
Well done! I really hope I can make it possible 😊 my pleasure ❤️
I lovee this video! Please keep us updated
Thanks Wynne ❤️❤️ deffo!
Im planning going to Peru and Bolivia and Im suuuuper excited. Go for the hiking sandals!
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South America is a good choice. Goodluck on your trip Christianne. I love your Mac desktop.. so pretty. 😃💙
Thanks Justin 😊
I literally looked at your chanel two days ago for a south america video (before it was posted) and i am so happy you uploaded this! Literally leaving for Colombia in less than a week and unlike you, I am not the best with planing. Hahaha, I have a tendancy of just going with the flow and finding places on the way.
Another excellent video, hope you have a great time. I only discovered your channel through the "cheap eats in London video" but now I watch them avidly. 20 years ago I went on an group holiday to Bolivia and Peru and loved it!
Thanks Martin 😊 20 years ago wow! I bet it has probably changed a lot since then
In some ways it probably has but I expect places like Machu Picchu are still as beautiful as I remember. No Google maps or vlogs when I went, it was guided, but you have so many options nowadays it is exciting.
All this info is super useful!! thank you ❤
Yay! Pleasure ❤️❤️
Woaw! I learned a lot! Thank you!
Pleasure ❤️
I’m currently planning my family trip to Greece and Eastern Europe!
Aislinn Ciara You’ll love Greece
Hi Christianne, sooo excited that you are going to Colombia! I have been there with my friend and it was awesome! You should definetly do the lost city trak, the sunrise views are so stunning! My friend used trekking shoes by adidas which have a very good sole for muddy and slippery grounds which is so useful for the hike! Also dont miss out on Isla Providencia! The diving is incredible and you will see lots of sharks :)
Thanks for the recommendations! 😊❤️
I'm heading to South America in January. It's my first time solo travelling, starting in Colombia & I can't wait. I'll hopefully be there around 6 months and your video's given me a lot of decent tips! nice one
Hope you enjoyed my beautiful Colombia
Are you alive bro
Hello! I’m travelling Ecuador right now, just came from Colombia. For the sandals I recommend you to take the ones that are not birkestocks mainly because of the lost city hike. They want you to bring water shoes for river crossings and the sandals you showed in the picture are perfect for that. (It’s possible to do the rive crossings barefoot, but it’s more difficult that way)
Thanks for the tip! ❤️ Hope you're having a fab time xx
Also going to South America to escape the British winter! Chile, Bolivia and Peru!
soothing tones again...currently exploring Rome then Tuscany.
Hope you're having a fab time!!
Take your birks!!💛
I've been living in Quito for the last six month and you should definitely visit Ecuador. The country is extremely beautiful and because it is so small it doesn't take too much time to travel between different destinations. What I especially find really amazing about the country is, that there are not that many tourists so you meet a lot of locals while you travel. And it is actually pretty safe, the only places where you need to be a bit careful are Quito and guayaquil.
the thing is that even if ecuador is smaller, he got 4 regions that are completely different so we got islands, highlands with mountains and volcanoes, coastal areas with amazing beaches and the amazon region so like jungle and stuff
I’m off to the Philippines because you inspired me to go from your vlogs!!
Yay 🤩🤩🤩
If you come to Bogotá y Will be charmed to show you my city, or if you need a couchsurfing too, have a good trip !!!
Planning a very similar trip. I have a one-way ticket to Medellin on 7th November and I am gonna stay in Colombia for about 2 months and then head south to Ecuador and Peru. Maybe we will meet along the way, who knows :D Good luck
Going to Southeast Asia in 38 days. Sooo excited😍😍
Wooooooop 🙌🏼🙌🏼🤩🤩🤩
Would love to see you discuss this video after having done it, and what you would do differently if you could re-plan this trip.
you should backpack in all the Nordic countries sometime! it would be soo fun to watch!❤️