Lonely Planet Travel Goals

Be inspired and empowered by this collection of transformative travel experiences. From sleeping under the stars or learning a new craft, to more ambitious challenges like taking a big trip alone, helping to rebuild a community or saving an endangered species, this is your essential companion to a life well-lived. Each experience in this feel-good bucket list is enriching in some way, whether it's about forging a stronger connection with the natural world, helping the planet, or better understanding yourself. From the easily attainable to the aspirational, the variety of goals makes it easy to create a set that's right for you. Every goal is accompanied by recommendations about where to try it, as well as websites and information to ensure each one is achievable.

The life-enhancing goals in this book include:

• Travelling spontaneously • Embracing the off season

• Retracing the steps of history

• Being a tourist in your own country

• Making a pilgrimage

• Having adventures with your children

• Learning from indigenous cultures

• Spending a night in the jungle

• Taking the slow road

• Becoming an ocean defender

• Embracing your sexuality

• Meditating with masters

• Taking a big trip alone

• Making an epic overland journey

• Giving a year of your life to others

• Helping a community to rebuild