r/roadtrip

A lot of visitors try to squeeze Boulders Beach, Cape Point, Kalk Bay and Simon's Town into one rushed day. If your schedule allows it, leave one morning unplanned on the False Bay side. The light is often clearest early, the coastal roads are quieter, and you have room to adjust if wind or weather changes your Cape Point plans.

This is the view across False Bay from the Simon's Town hillside. No filter, just a clear winter morning.

Hey y'all, I am planning a road trip from Cincinnati Ohio to Calgary Alberta. It will be Mid November. Approximately the 4th through the 18th depending on how many days I decide to make it and to spend in Calgary. I am aware of what this means weather will be like in these locations, as such the first photo will be the way to Calgary, and the second will be the return trip.

I am looking for landmarks or small towns y'all recommend stopping at. I have a strong interest in nature as well as small towns and the culture and history in various areas. I am stopping in Wyoming on the way back, likely in Buffalo so that is set in stone. I also want to see Glacier National Park for certain.

Beyond that I am open for places to visit, whether it be your favorite restaurant, to a beautiful national park, to a graf wall in the middle of nowhere. It will be driven in a larger SUV as such semi-off-roading is possible.

I’ll be in Bos from Tuesday until Saturday morning.
Providence Saturday night.
Philly Sunday before getting the train to NYC.

During early September we have taken a 2-week-long trip around Iceland. And I must say.. it was unreal. But let me speak realistically about the trip - hopefully it will be useful for someone.

Canyons, waterfalls, glaciers, rivers, fjords, small cute cities, lagoons and geysers, signs of volcanic activity, black beaches, whales and other animals.. it’s quite hard to explain. Some places were like from another planet. It's not a coincidence that Interstellar, Game of Thrones or Star Wars had some scenes filmed there!
Check the photos, they say more than any words.

About our trip:
For a day-to-day plan check our itinerary below (if you use the Rdytofly app you can just copy it into your account and adjust anything you would like):

https://rdytofly.com/public/da6f8c06-d0b0-43ad-8cc4-ca28c585df44

You can pretty much see everything here, even some hidden gems. There are so many interesting places but places I would say BE SURE not to miss under any condition are:
Jökulsárlón (glacier lagoon) and Diamond Beach, Stokksnes, Skógafoss, Geysir, one glacier at least (Sólheimajökull, Skaftafellsjökull or Svínafellsjökull), Vík, Hverir, Ytri Tunga Beach, Reykjavík center. 

There is one main road - Ring Road - and a lot of interesting places are quite close. We have chosen Blue Car Rental and a 4x4 Dacia Duster (cca 1.7k EUR for 2 weeks, child seat included). I would recommend that company, everything was quite smooth and I haven’t found anything cheaper (maybe consider sleeping in some kind of van, so you save on accommodation, but I haven’t checked those prices). Be careful with parking (download the Parka app), it is paid at almost every interesting place and they have cameras. We did the road anti-clockwise but I think that it does not matter. Next time I really would like to drive the opposite way and include the Westfjords (we simply did not have space to include them).

Important: the south, southwest and part of the west were still quite touristy. For top spots try early or a bit later. It is still beautiful, but at least try to avoid bus tours. As soon as you hit Stokksnes 90% of people disappear. The east and northeast were almost empty.

Iceland is also expensive so plan your budget accordingly - we have not been visiting restaurants, mostly were buying grocery in Krónan or Bonus and preparing the food ourselves.

Take also your swimwear - Iceland has plenty of lagoons and hot springs, so even in winter its quite.. warming! But tourism has destroyed some natural places available before. I can recommend Earth Lagoon in Mývatn area. Its completely new, in the middle of fascinating volcanic landscape.

Also - be prepared for ANY weather. We had days when we basically had 8 different conditions: strong wind, clear sky, rain, extreme cold. You can have anything so have layers and ideally always have clothes in reserve. Don’t buy water -> Iceland has very clean water everywhere. Try Icelandic sweets - I loved Rís, the caffeine drink Collab or the Lava snack 

We also saw Aurora! But your biggest enemy are clouds! If it’s clear (does not have to be completely) and you are at darker places, chances are quite high. We saw 2 very strong and one 1 light during 12 nights but could have been lucky.

Iceland is a fascinating country. I felt like every day was a different country/landscape. And two weeks for the roadtrip I would say is a minimum - it was still plenty of driving - 2500 km. We did it with 2,5yr old son and he enjoyed the nature too.

Any questions let me know, happy to give any advice if I feel competent to give it! 

Any recommendations of sights to see (or places to stop at) as we cross Wisconsin this weekend? Ty!!

Insta: @audrey.sullivannn

Just a section of my 2 week road trip from AL to MT!!

Notable stops include: Sand Dunes NP, Ouray, Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP, Mesa Verde NP

A lot of these photos are just random pull offs on the side of the road. Everything in CO is so unbelievably green in May, and the weather was perfectly warmish in the day/chilly at night. If I could do it all over again, I’d camp in the sand dunes for a night.

My wife and I are planning a roadtrip for November this year. We built two alternatives, but can’t decide between them. We’ve never been in Central America, so any general advice would be very welcome. We plan to go around via rental car in Mexico and a mixture of self drive and shuttles

Option I: Belize + Guatemala
- Fly into Belize, then spend a couple days at the beach on Ambergris Caye (3 nights)
- Tikal for the Maya ruins and rainforest (3 nights)
- Long drive to Cobán (1 night, basically just an overnight stay)
- Lake Atitlán (3 nights)
- Xela (2 nights)
- Antigua (3 nights)
- Fly out of Guatemala City

Option II: Yucatán Peninsula
- Fly into Cancún (1 night)
- Holbox for the beach (2 nights)
- Río Lagartos for a swamp tour (1 night)
- Valladolid + Chichén Itzá (1 night)
- Mérida (3 nights)
- Campeche (1 night)
- Calakmul (2 nights)
- Bacalar (3 nights)
- Puerto Morelos (1 night)
- Fly out of Cancún

Which would you pick, and is there anything you'd change?

My husband and I want to take a short trip 3-4 days total through upper/ middle Kentucky on our motorcycle as a 2up. We’re planning on leaving in the next two weeks so any advice appreciated! We want to know if there are any real amazing places/ lesser known routes that are scenic and motorcycle friendly (no dirt/gravel roads please). We have visited Bowling Green for the corvette museum before so we know that area as well as the Barren River Lake area. We’re looking for something a little further north this round. Just to clarify, we’re coming from Illinois so most likely we will be riding through Louisville but just wanted to get some feedback and ideas from other motorists/ locals :)
Thank you so much! So happy to be apart of the Reddit community 😁🌸
Edit to add: we love bodies of water and curvy roads 😂 any lake or River routes are welcomed