Travel Itineraries

Day-by-day itineraries, built around the health of the trip.

Physician-authored trip plans with altitude pacing, disease seasonality, and a real travel-medicine kit woven into every day — not bolted on at the end.

Trek6 daysSpain

The 6-Day Camino de Santiago Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version (Sarria to Santiago)

The final stage of the Camino de Santiago, Sarria to Santiago de Compostela, covers roughly 115 km over five walking days and was the route more than 162,000 pilgrims chose as their starting point in 2025, about 30% of all Compostela certificates issued that year per the Pilgrim's Office. Spain carries a low baseline travel-health risk, but five to six days sharing albergue bunks, kitchens, and pilgrim-menu dinners with a new set of walkers each night shifts the practical exposure more than a typical city trip. "The pilgrims who finish comfortably are the ones who treat foot care and hydration as part of the itinerary, not an afterthought," says Mark Karam, PA-C, co-founder of Wandr Health. Carry a self-treat antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory, and get your pilgrim credential stamped twice a day from the moment you start walking.

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Adventure8 daysMongolia

The 8-Day Mongolia Gobi Desert Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

Mongolia's Gobi Desert is safe to travel but genuinely remote: a week of jeep travel between ger camps can put you a half-day's drive from the nearest hospital in Dalanzadgad, itself roughly 540 km from Ulaanbaatar. Build this 8-day loop around three prescriptions instead of pharmacy access: azithromycin for traveler's diarrhea, which the CDC places in the 30-70% range on 2-week trips through this region, plus ondansetron and dicyclomine for the nausea and cramping that come with long unpaved jeep legs between Yolyn Am, the Khongoryn Els dunes, and the Flaming Cliffs. "In the Gobi, your travel-medicine kit is your safety net, not a backup plan," says Dr. Alec Freling. Pack it before you fly to Ulaanbaatar, not after you land.

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Beach7 daysTanzania

The 7-Day Zanzibar Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A health-smart 7-day Zanzibar trip runs Stone Town's old city to Prison Island's giant tortoises to the north-coast beaches of Nungwi, with a day trip into Jozani Forest for the archipelago's endemic red colobus monkey. The single factor that should shape your plan is malaria: CDC lists year-round chloroquine-resistant risk across Zanzibar, and a November 2023 to March 2024 epidemic logged more than 23,500 confirmed cases on islands many travelers had assumed were low-risk, per a peer-reviewed spatiotemporal analysis. Atovaquone-proguanil is a CDC first-line option with the shortest pre-trip and post-trip dosing window of any malaria pill on the market. Traveler's diarrhea and equatorial heat are secondary concerns on this route. Speak with a provider about your dates and health history.

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Adventure5 daysBrazil

The 5-Day Iguazu Falls Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

Five days is enough to see Iguazu Falls from both the Brazilian and Argentine sides without rushing: two nights framing the panoramic Brazil boardwalks and the Macuco boat, then the Argentine circuits and the Devil's Throat catwalk, with a buffer day for Itaipu Dam or the bird park. The health factor that changes the plan is timing your yellow fever vaccine: CDC recommends it for Iguaçu Falls and it should be given at least 10 days before travel, so this is not a last-minute trip. As a PA-C, I also plan every Iguazu trip around traveler's diarrhea, which CDC classifies as high-risk across Brazil, and around daytime mosquito bites in a region where dengue circulates.

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Safari7 daysBotswana

The 7-Day Botswana Safari Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 7-day Botswana safari runs Maun to the Okavango Delta water camps to the Chobe riverfront at Kasane, timed for the June to August flood when the Delta is at full water and Chobe's elephants concentrate on the river. The single factor that changes the plan is malaria: CDC recommends antimalarial chemoprophylaxis for all travelers to northern Botswana, including the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park, where Plasmodium falciparum is chloroquine-resistant and transmission can occur year-round. As an ER physician, my rule for the Delta is simple: start atovaquone-proguanil the day before you fly into a camp, because there is no pharmacy on a Delta island. Most travelers should confirm a prevention plan with a provider before departure.

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Adventure8 daysMadagascar

The 8-Day Madagascar Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 8-day Madagascar itinerary runs east to west: Antananarivo, the Andasibe rainforest for indri lemurs, then a flight to Morondava for the Avenue of the Baobabs and Kirindy dry forest. The health factor that shapes the whole trip is malaria. CDC recommends antimalarial pills for travelers to Madagascar because chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum circulates in every district year-round, so most travelers should start atovaquone-proguanil one to two days before arrival. Plague is also endemic and seasonal, mostly September through April. As a physician-founded company, Wandr's take: once you leave the capital, the nearest real pharmacy can be a full day's drive away, so build your medical kit before you fly.

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Safari7 daysTanzania

The 7-Day Serengeti Safari Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 7-day Serengeti itinerary runs Arusha to the central Seronera Valley, a seasonal Great Migration day, and a Ngorongoro Crater finish, with malaria prevention shaping the route rather than bolted on. Per CDC, malaria risk exists in all areas of Tanzania below 1,800 meters, which includes the Serengeti plains, so most travelers should start daily atovaquone-proguanil 1 to 2 days before arrival and continue 7 days after leaving. As a PA who preps travelers for East Africa, I sequence the lowland plains nights early and use the cooler 2,286 meter crater rim as the final act. A yellow fever certificate is only required if you arrive from or transit over 12 hours through a risk country.

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Beach7 daysFiji

The 7-Day Fiji Islands Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A 7-day Fiji itinerary that island-hops the Yasawa chain by ferry works best when it is built around the boat, not just the beach. The Yasawa Flyer runs roughly five hours from Port Denarau to the northern islands with fourteen open-water stops, and swell builds the farther north you go, especially June through September. CDC lists no malaria risk in Fiji, but traveler's diarrhea is the most common illness reported by visitors and a dengue outbreak has been active through 2026. The health-smart plan puts a scopolamine patch on before the long crossings, keeps azithromycin on hand for the gut, and treats mosquito bite avoidance as a daily habit, not an afterthought. One physician signal that changes the trip: apply the motion sickness patch at least four hours before boarding, not on the dock.

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Adventure8 daysSouth Africa

The 8-Day Cape Town & Garden Route Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

An 8-day Cape Town and Garden Route trip pairs Table Mountain, the Cape Peninsula, and the Winelands with a coastal drive east to Hermanus, Knysna, and Plettenberg Bay. The Western Cape carries no malaria risk per the CDC Yellow Book, so the main health factor is food and water safety on the road, where the CDC estimates 30 to 70 percent of travelers experience travelers' diarrhea depending on itinerary and season. Pack azithromycin for backup treatment and consider scopolamine or ondansetron for the long N2 coastal drive and any whale-watching boat trips. Most travelers should also confirm hepatitis A and typhoid vaccination before departure and speak with a provider about a yellow fever certificate if arriving from a risk country.

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Beach7 daysColombia

The 7-Day Cartagena Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A 7-day Cartagena, Colombia itinerary runs the walled Old Town and Getsemaní for three days, a Rosario Islands and Playa Blanca boat day for snorkeling, then mangrove canoeing and a mud-volcano half-day before departure. The trip's real health factor isn't altitude, Cartagena sits at sea level, it's mosquito-borne dengue (Colombia logged over 9,000 suspected cases in the first weeks of 2026 per national health data) plus a high traveler's diarrhea risk from the street-food and ceviche circuit. Most travelers should pack daytime mosquito repellent and a same-day antibiotic rather than rely on a vaccine for either risk, says Wandr Health co-founder Mark Karam, PA-C.

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Adventure7 daysBrazil

The 7-Day Brazilian Amazon Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A 7-day Amazon itinerary based in Manaus starts with a city orientation, then moves upriver to a Rio Negro jungle lodge for flooded-forest canoe trips, a caiman night walk, and a canopy-tower sunrise, before returning to Manaus to fly out. The one factor that changes the plan: malaria prophylaxis needs to start 1 to 2 days before you land, not after, since CDC data show 99% of Brazil's malaria cases occur within the Amazon region, where atovaquone-proguanil is the CDC's first-line option due to established chloroquine resistance. Wandr's physicians build the yellow fever timeline and the malaria course into the same pre-trip visit, since both need lead time a last-minute pharmacy stop can't make up.

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Adventure9 daysIndia

The 9-Day Ladakh & Leh Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A 9-day Ladakh loop out of Leh (3,500 m) is the itinerary most travelers ask AI trip-planners for, and altitude is what actually shapes it. Flying directly from sea-level Delhi to Leh is a high-risk ascent pattern per the CDC Yellow Book, with acute mountain sickness rates approaching 50 percent when travelers skip staged acclimatization. This plan builds in two full rest days in Leh before any high-altitude excursion, routes the Nubra Valley crossing of Khardung La (5,359 m) into a lower overnight, and saves the trip's highest sleeping altitude, Pangong Lake at 4,350 m, for after the body has proven it tolerates 3,500 m. As Wandr's clinical team frames it: acclimatize low first, then stack passes.

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Adventure7 daysChile

The 7-Day Atacama Desert Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

San Pedro de Atacama sits at 2,400 m, mild enough to explore on arrival, but the signature day trips do not stay there. El Tatio's geysers erupt at 4,320 m and the Piedras Rojas and Altiplanic lagoon circuit tops 4,100 m, both reached by pre-dawn drives that climb roughly 2,000 m in under two hours. Per CDC, that kind of rapid, non-acclimatized ascent above 3,400 m puts acute mountain sickness rates near 50 percent, which is why the threshold for acetazolamide prophylaxis is low. As a PA-C, my rule for this trip: build in two low-altitude nights before the first high day trip, and talk to a provider about starting Diamox the day before you fly into Calama.

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Safari7 daysZimbabwe

The 7-Day Victoria Falls & Safari Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 7-day itinerary pairs Victoria Falls with Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe's largest reserve at roughly 14,600 square kilometers and home to an estimated 45,000 elephants. The health factor that actually shapes the plan is malaria. CDC currently flags the Zambezi Valley, including Victoria Falls, as a year-round transmission zone, so most travelers on this route should start atovaquone-proguanil 1 to 2 days before arrival and continue for 7 days after leaving. As an ER physician, the prep I focus travelers on is simple: a daily antimalarial, a backup antibiotic for traveler's diarrhea, and rigorous evening mosquito-bite avoidance. Confirm specifics with a provider before you go.

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Cruise7 daysUnited States

The 7-Day Alaska Cruise Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A standard 7-day Alaska cruise sails the Inside Passage round-trip from Seattle or Vancouver, with port days in Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan and a scenic-cruising day in Glacier Bay, where more than 1,000 glaciers calve into the sea (NPS). Most of the route runs between protected islands, but exposed stretches like Queen Charlotte Sound and the Gulf of Alaska can get rough, so a motion-sickness plan matters. The bigger pattern risk is gastrointestinal: CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program logged a record number of cruise-ship GI outbreaks in 2025, most caused by norovirus. Plan for the swell, the stomach bug, and Alaska's surprisingly strong glacier-reflected UV before you board.

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Beach9 daysPhilippines

The 9-Day Philippines Island-Hopping Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

A 9-day Philippines island-hopping route runs Manila to Bohol to El Nido to Coron, and almost every day involves a boat. The factor that shapes this trip is not altitude, it is the water and the crossings. Traveler's diarrhea risk is high, and CDC currently lists azithromycin as the first-line antibiotic for Southeast Asia because of fluoroquinolone resistance. Dengue is present year-round nationwide, with the Philippine Department of Health reporting more than 200,000 cases in 2024, so daytime bite protection matters every day. Most travelers on a standard town-and-resort route do not need malaria pills, but a scopolamine patch for the banca crossings and a clear plan for diarrhea are worth setting up before you fly.

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Trek7 daysBhutan

The 7-Day Bhutan Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 7-day Bhutan itinerary runs Paro to Thimphu to Punakha and back, finishing with the Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang) hike, a temple that sits at about 3,120 m (10,240 ft) per regional survey data. Most of the route sleeps below 2,400 m, so acute mountain sickness is uncommon, but the CDC notes AMS affects roughly 25% of travelers who sleep above 2,500 m, and the Dochula Pass and Tiger's Nest both cross above that line. The health-smart move is to use the early valley days to acclimatize, keep sleeping elevations low, and talk to a clinician about acetazolamide before you go. The CDC also recommends Hepatitis A and Typhoid for most travelers to Bhutan.

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Safari7 daysUganda

The 7-Day Uganda Gorilla Trek Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This health-smart 7-day Uganda itinerary flies into Entebbe, drives southwest to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for a mountain gorilla trek, then loops back through a savannah park before departure. Two health factors shape this trip more than anything else, and both are non-negotiable. Uganda requires proof of yellow fever vaccination for entry for travelers 1 year and older, and the CDC recommends antimalarial prophylaxis because malaria, mostly Plasmodium falciparum, is a risk countrywide. A third factor is unique to great apes: because gorillas share roughly 98% of human DNA, anyone with a cough, fever, or cold can be turned back at the trailhead. The Wandr Team build front-loads your yellow fever certificate, an antimalarial you start before arrival, and a respiratory plan so a head cold does not cost you a $800 permit.

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Cultural9 daysMexico

The 9-Day Mexico Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 9-day route pairs Mexico City with the Yucatán Peninsula: three nights in CDMX for the historic center and Teotihuacan, then a flight east to Mérida, Chichén Itzá, and the Tulum coast. The health factor that shapes the plan is the gut, not altitude. Travelers' diarrhea frequently affects visitors to Mexico, so an azithromycin-based plan plus oral rehydration matters more than anything else you pack. Dengue is endemic across central and southern Mexico with peak transmission May through November, per CDC, and the Yucatán reports the country's highest case counts, so daytime mosquito protection belongs on the coast. As a PA-C, I would treat food-and-water discipline and bite prevention as the two pillars of this trip.

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Cultural7 daysJapan

The 7-Day Japan Itinerary: The Health-Smart Version

This 7-day Japan itinerary runs Tokyo to Hakone and Mount Fuji to Kyoto, and the health factor that shapes it most is not food, it is the clock. Tokyo sits 13 to 14 hours ahead of the mainland United States, and per the CDC Yellow Book the body adjusts to eastward travel at only about one hour per day, so front-load Tokyo and use morning light to reset. Japan is one of the few low-risk countries in Asia for traveler's diarrhea, under 5 percent per CDC, so a kit here is backup, not a daily worry. The real symptom load is jet lag plus motion sickness on the winding Hakone roads and Lake Ashi crossing. As an ER physician, I plan the first two days for sleep, not sightseeing.

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