What is the LONGEST Tour operated by travel companies?
I remember 6 years ago, discovering "The Great South American Journey" operated by Gap adventures (now G Adventures), a 5 month trip around the continent (although essentially a bunch of their smaller tours joined together).
Then this year, I found this: a 43 week tour of Africa, covering something like 28 countries in that time.
I was wondering - two parts, what's the longest official tour offered in the world in terms of time travelling, and which official tour covers the most number of countries?
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This Russian company offers a world-wide cruise for the 140 days, from New Zealand to Norway (being honest, there are no countries from both Americas :).
There are over 100 cities in 31 countries being visited during this cruise.
Places are from $77,270 to $261,070 per person, trip is being made on Seven Seas Voyager.
I think search for another world-wide tours by ship is very perspective.
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Answer 2
Ozbus offer a 29 week tour of South America, starting and finishing in Quito.
http://www.oz-bus.com/oz-bus-south-america/oz-bus-south-america.aspx
Update: Ozbus have sadly ceased trading as of april 2012
Answer 3
Sydney - London by bus was the longest i could think of, but it's only 92 days and crosses 18 countries.
Answer 4
Would going on a cargo ship count as a tour? In that case there is a tour operator offering various tours, of which their offers on oceania, are quite long. One example being
Rotterdam-Dunkerque-Le Havre-New York-Savannah-Kingston-Manzanillo-Panama Canal-Papeete-Laukota-Noumea-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Tauranga-Napier-Panama Canal-Manzanillo-Savannah-Philadelphia-Tilbury-Rotterdam, duration ca. 84 days
Especially since they offer intermediate stops, you can prolong this "tour" for quite some time
Answer 5
MadVenture Travel is now offering:
LONDON TO SYDNEY OVERLAND (via Africa & central Asian silk road)
which promises to be a 64 week, 61 country odyssey!!
From their site:
A 64 week in-depth overland expedition from London to Sydney travelling through Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and Australasia visiting highlights and natural wonders of 61 countries including UK, France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia.
Answer 6
UKTOOZ appears to offer a 28 Week London to Sydney trip
A 28 week in-depth overland expedition from London to Sydney visiting the highlights and natural wonders of over 23 countries including Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Australia!
Answer 7
One day, while travelling online with google maps, I zoomed onto Ushuaia and got caught by a ship named Peace Boat.
This ship takes passengers for cruises around the world that last about 100 days.
EDIT, Nov,2016: Google Maps has updated its satellite imagery. Peace Boat is no longer visible.
Answer 8
G Adventures still has an 82 day trip.
Answer 9
Since we don't really care about the mode of transportation:
143 nights: http://www.rssc.com/cruises/VOY121024H/Itinerary.aspx
115 nights: Silver Sea World Cruise
115 nights: Holland America World
At one point there was a 335 night cruise but as far as I can tell that company is now out of business 2010.
Had to add this
Around the world by Freighters:
Answer 10
Viking offers a 245-day round-the-world cruise, which starts (and ends) in London. It visits 53 countries on six continents.
Answer 11
This one kinda straddles the line between accommodation and travel, but I believe it still qualifies.
There are several cruise ships that offer the public a chance to lease a cabin for an extended period of time (in some cases up to 60 years) and live there full time if you so choose. These vessels are called residential yachts. You can live (and sometimes work) on board the ship as it travels round the world. The destinations are usually voted on by the residents.
These leases can be quite expensive and also come with a monthly fee to cover cost of living, maintenance and upkeep of the ship.
A notable example was the MS The World (wiki), launched in 2003. Currently all of its cabins are owned, but there are several other residential yachts that (as of 2020) have available cabins.
Two such ships (as of Mar 2020) are :
These aren't cheap, but i think you'll struggle to find a longer tour than a 60 year lease on one of these vessels.
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