Why Australians love the Americas
The Americas are the long-haul adventure — the trip where everything feels larger than life. The skyscrapers are taller, the canyons deeper, the road trips longer, and the bucket-list moments come thick and fast.
And the range is extraordinary. You can do New York at Christmas, Hawaii's beaches, a Canadian Rockies rail journey, Disney with the kids, or trek to Machu Picchu and sail through Patagonia — sometimes stitched into one big trip. Yes, the flights are long and the dollar doesn't stretch like it does in Asia, but few regions deliver this many once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
It tends to become the trip you build up to: a first hit of the USA, then Canada's mountains, then the wilds of South America.
Once-in-a-lifetime scale
The Grand Canyon, Niagara, the Rockies, Patagonia — landscapes that genuinely stop you.
The ultimate road trips
Pacific Coast Highway, Route 66, the Canadian Rockies — driving is half the holiday.
Theme-park heaven
Orlando and California do family magic like nowhere else.
Cities with an edge
New York, LA, Rio, Buenos Aires — energy you feel the moment you land.
Epic by rail and sea
Rocky Mountaineer, Alaska cruises and Antarctic expeditions from the south.
Two hemispheres of weather
Ski North America in our winter, chase the Southern summer in Patagonia.
