Our story

YEARS OF ADVENTURE

-EST 1 9 7 9 -

AHH SHUCKS, SOMEONE HAD A BIRTHDAY!

Yep, this year, we turned 40. We know, right? Exploring really is the elixir of life.

Which means it was 40 years ago since our flare-wearing forefathers, inspired by their own far-flung adventures, founded STA Travel with one mission: to create affordable adventures for awesome humans.

Since then, we’ve grown from two backpackers into the world’s largest student and youth travel company, inspiring over 2 million travellers a year to discover the world. We’ve crossed borders to push boundaries, walked unfamiliar paths to find new friends, and got lost to discover the places we love.

A lot may have changed over the years. (Google Maps has certainly helped, thank you Google + travel gods). But our philosophy never has. We’re still the only place to #StartTheAdventure.

WHAT'S INSIDE

02 Our story 04 Why travel with us 06 Ways to travel 08 Travel essentials 11 How to build your trip 12 Draw your trip 14 PICK YOUR PLACES 114 Southeast Asia 16 East Asia 17 Indian Sub-continent 18 Australia 20 New Zealand 22 Fiji 23 Central America

HELLO KIND HUMAN. PLEASE RECYCLE ME! I'M HOPING TO COME BACK NEXT TIME AS A POP-UP UNICORN BOOK. 24 South America 26 USA & Canada 28 Africa & the Middle East 30 FIND YOUR FLIGHTS 132 Unicorn Routes 33 One Love 34 Double Trouble 36 The Sidekick 37 The Helix 38 Coco Loco 39 The Speedbump 40 Mojitos Before Bros 41 One-way multi-stop routes 42 TERMS & CONDITIONS