Travel Trip Gallery
Browse traveler-built trips on Zerzura — real itineraries shaped around budget, travel style, and pace. Each trip includes destination breakdowns, cost estimates, and the story behind the route.
Destinations in This Gallery
Nairobi, New York, Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm, Reykjavik, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Dubai, Prague, Krakow, Cairo, Kathmandu, Pokhara, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Baku, Medellin, Valencia, Granada, Fes, Marrakech, Ho Chi Minh City, Thessaloniki, San Francisco, Seoul, Xi'an, Chengdu, Dublin, Muscat, Sydney, Melbourne, Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Lisbon
Featured Trips
- Kenya: Nairobi & the Maasai Mara — Nairobi (7 nights · Elevated · Adventurer · $200/day). Two nights in Nairobi's vibrant restaurant scene, then out to the Maasai Mara for the Great Migration — lions, elephants, and a sunrise over the savanna that changes how you see the world.
- New York City: The Classic — New York (7 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $190/day). Seven days in the city that never sleeps — the Met, the High Line, pizza by the slice in Brooklyn, and a skyline that earns every cliché about it.
- Oslo, Bergen & the Fjords — Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm (9 nights · Elevated · Adventurer · $180/day). Oslo's Viking museums and waterfront opera house, the Bergen Railway through snow-capped mountains to the fjord gateway, then fly east to Stockholm's clean-designed archipelago for a final stretch.
- Iceland: Fire, Ice & the Ring Road — Reykjavik (8 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $150/day). The Golden Circle, black sand beaches at Reynisfjara, geothermal pools, the Northern Lights if you're lucky — and a landscape that looks like the planet is still being made.
- South America Giants — Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro (12 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $90/day). Tango milongas in San Telmo, steak at a parrilla in Palermo, then Carnaval energy, Christ the Redeemer, and ipanema sunsets in Rio.
- The Weight of Beer Halls and Baroque Stone — Munich (5 nights · Local · Explorer · $680/day). Munich sits where the Isar cuts through Bavaria's plain, a city built on the foundation of ducal power and Catholic monumentality. The beer halls are not tourist attractions but civic institutions, their tables worn smooth by centuries of elbows and argument. Every church spire marks a decision made centuries ago that still shapes the streets below.
- Dubai: Architecture of the Future — Dubai (5 nights · Elevated · Explorer · $200/day). The Burj Khalifa at sunset, the old gold souks of Deira, Michelin-starred dining in the clouds, and a city that built the impossible and then built it again.
- Prague & Krakow: Central Europe — Prague, Krakow (8 nights · Local · Explorer · $45/day). Prague's medieval old town and a castle that dominates every view, then east to Krakow — Wawel, the Jewish Quarter, pierogi on Kazimierz's cobblestones.
- Cairo: Mother of the World — Cairo (6 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $55/day). The Great Pyramid is bigger than you imagine and closer to the city than the photos suggest. Add the Egyptian Museum's overwhelming collection, Khan el-Khalili's bazaars, and a Nile felucca at sunset.
- Nepal: Kathmandu & Pokhara — Kathmandu, Pokhara (8 nights · Local · Adventurer · $40/day). Kathmandu's Boudhanath stupa — the largest Buddhist stupa in the world — set against the Himalayan ridgeline, then the flight to Pokhara where Annapurna's peaks reflect in the lake and every guesthouse has a mountain view.
- Taipei & Kaohsiung — Taipei, Kaohsiung (8 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $80/day). Two completely different Taiwans in one trip: Taipei's density and night market intensity, then the high-speed rail south to Kaohsiung's harbour, easy rhythm, and the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at dusk.
- The Golden City — Prague (7 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $1442/day). Prague sits where the Vltava River bends through Bohemia, a medieval settlement that became the seat of Holy Roman emperors. The city's architecture layers itself across centuries—Gothic spires rise above Renaissance facades, Baroque domes crown Jewish quarters that survived pogroms, Communist-era brutalism marks the periphery. It is a place where empires collided and left their stones behind.
- Hong Kong: Vertical City — Hong Kong (5 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $130/day). Dim sum at a place with no English menu, the Star Ferry at dusk, the Peak tram above a skyline that never sleeps, and a city where Cantonese tradition and global finance exist in genuine, delicious tension.
- American Southwest: Vegas to the Canyon — Las Vegas, Phoenix (7 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $140/day). Three nights on the Strip, then out into the desert — the Grand Canyon's South Rim, Sedona's red rocks, and a landscape so extreme it still doesn't look real.
- Baku: Where Oil Meets Old City — Baku (5 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $60/day). The Flame Towers burning above the Caspian Sea, a medieval walled city with a UNESCO designation, the world's first commercial oil wells visible from the city outskirts, and a boulevard food scene blending Russian, Iranian, and Azerbaijani cooking traditions.
- Medellin: City of Eternal Spring — Medellin (8 nights · Local · Adventurer · $35/day). Cable cars over hillside barrios, street art in Laureles, salsa nights in El Centro -- Medellin has completely reinvented itself.
- Valencia & Granada — Valencia, Granada (8 nights · Local · Explorer · $40/day). Paella at its source in Valencia's old quarter and the City of Arts and Sciences at dusk, then south to Granada — the Alhambra at dawn before the crowds, and tapas included with every drink.
- Morocco: Fes & Marrakech — Fes, Marrakech (8 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $55/day). Fes's medina is the largest car-free urban zone in the world — a labyrinth of tanneries, madrasas, and copper workshops unchanged since the medieval period. Then the train to Marrakech for the Djemaa el-Fna's nightly carnival.
- Ho Chi Minh City: Saigon Electric — Ho Chi Minh City (10 nights · Local · Adventurer · $38/day). Morning pho in Bình Thạnh, war history at the Reunification Palace and Cu Chi Tunnels, rooftop cocktails above District 1 at dusk — Saigon is the most forward-moving city in Southeast Asia and it moves fast.
- Thessaloniki: Northern Star — Thessaloniki (7 nights · Local · Explorer · $55/day). Byzantine walls still encircling the Upper City, a food market that Greeks elsewhere travel to specifically, the Arch of Galerius standing in a traffic roundabout with zero ceremony, and a waterfront that fills with locals every evening regardless of tourist season.
- San Francisco: Bay City — San Francisco (5 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $200/day). The Golden Gate in morning fog, dim sum in the Richmond District, sourdough at the Ferry Building, and a city built on steep hills and big ideas that never quite stopped believing in both.
- Seoul: K-Culture & Night Markets — Seoul (8 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $85/day). Gyeongbokgung Palace at dawn, Dongdaemun Market at midnight, Korean BBQ every evening. The city runs on a different frequency — faster, brighter, and more delicious.
- New York City: The Classic — New York (7 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $150/day). Seven days in the city that never sleeps — the Met, the High Line, pizza by the slice in Brooklyn, and a skyline that earns every cliché about it.
- Ancient China: Xi'an & Chengdu — Xi'an, Chengdu (8 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $55/day). The Terracotta Army still surprises in person — 8,000 soldiers buried for 2,200 years, none with the same face. Then the high-speed train to Chengdu for giant pandas at dawn and the Sichuan food tradition that produces the most complex heat in Chinese cooking.
- Dublin: Pints & Poetry — Dublin (5 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $130/day). The Book of Kells, the Guinness Storehouse, afternoon pints in a snug at Mulligan's, and a city where every pub contains at least one person who will tell you the entire history of Ireland if you let them.
- Muscat: Arabia's Open Door — Muscat (15 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $90/day). The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque at dawn, Mutrah Souk's frankincense and silverwork, day drives into Wadi Bani Khalid's turquoise pools and the Wahiba Sands — Oman is everything the Arabian Peninsula once was, maintained.
- Marrakech: Medina Magic — Marrakech (6 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $55/day). Get lost in the souks, sip mint tea on a riad rooftop, take a day trip into the Atlas Mountains, and watch the Djemaa el-Fna square transform at dusk.
- Australian East Coast: Sydney & Melbourne — Sydney, Melbourne (10 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $155/day). Bondi Beach and the Opera House, then the overnight train to Melbourne's laneway café culture, street art, and the best flat white you'll ever drink.
- The Sichuan Threshold — Chengdu (7 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $1169/day). Chengdu sits where the Chengdu Plain meets the Sichuan Basin, a region that has sustained human settlement for millennia and served as a refuge during China's greatest upheavals. The city itself was established as a major administrative center during the Warring States period and became the capital of the Former Shu kingdom, accumulating layers of imperial and philosophical significance that persist in its temples and gardens.
- Baltic Circuit: Tallinn, Riga & Vilnius — Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius (9 nights · Local · Explorer · $55/day). Three Baltic capitals in nine days: Tallinn's perfectly preserved medieval old town, Riga's Art Nouveau district — the densest concentration of Jugendstil architecture in the world — and Vilnius's Baroque old town at one-third the price of comparable Central European cities.
- Iberian Adventure — Lisbon, Seville, Barcelona (11 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $105/day). Start with Lisbon's fado and fresh seafood, take the train to Seville for flamenco and tapas, finish in Barcelona for Gaudi and beach clubs.
- Pacific Northwest: Seattle & Portland — Seattle, Portland (8 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $130/day). Coffee culture, Pike Place Market, Mount Rainier views, then south to Portland's food cart pods, Powell's Books, and the best brewery scene in America.
- Rio de Janeiro: Carnival City — Rio de Janeiro (7 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $95/day). Christ the Redeemer above the clouds, Copacabana at golden hour, samba in Lapa, and the most dramatic natural setting of any city on earth.
- Kyoto Ryokan Retreat — Kyoto (5 nights · Elevated · Easygoing · $160/day). Five nights in a traditional ryokan, kaiseki dinners, bamboo forest mornings before the crowds, and a ceramics workshop in Higashiyama.
- New Orleans: Soul of the South — New Orleans (6 nights · Local · Explorer · $60/day). Jazz on Frenchmen Street, beignets at Café du Monde, crawfish étouffée, and a city that invented its own culture and refuses to let anyone forget it.
- Singapore City Reset — Singapore (5 nights · Elevated · Easygoing · $165/day). Gardens by the Bay, hawker centres with Michelin-starred stalls, a heritage shophouse district that somehow survived the skyline, and a city-state that runs exactly on schedule.
- Queenstown: Adventure Capital — Queenstown (6 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $125/day). Bungee jumping over the Kawarau Gorge, jet boating the Shotover Canyon, hiking the Routeburn Track, and watching The Remarkables turn pink at sunset.
- London & Edinburgh — London, Edinburgh (8 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $145/day). Four days absorbing London's impossible density of history and food, then the four-hour train north to Edinburgh — a city that feels like it was built to be dramatic.
- Istanbul: Where Continents Collide — Istanbul (7 nights · Balanced · Explorer · $65/day). Hagia Sophia at sunrise before the crowds, ferry crossings between Europe and Asia, baklava in the Grand Bazaar, and rooftop mezes above the Bosphorus.
- Miami: Sun, Art & Bass — Miami (5 nights · Balanced · Adventurer · $150/day). Art Deco hotels on Ocean Drive, Cuban coffee and pastelitos in Little Havana, Wynwood's murals, and a nightlife so unapologetically loud and late that you wonder if the city ever technically sleeps.