Eight Month-Long Adventures You Can’t Miss

Perhaps you’ve decided to take a year off from the daily grind. or maybe your career allows you to work from anywhere. Or you might be recently retired and ready to see the world.

Whatever the reason, if you’ve some serious time on your hand, don’t just sit around. These adventures will get you exploring the globe.

Patagonia Cultural Expedition, 31 days

Get to know the locals and become an experienced international traveler on this trip with the National Outdoor Leadership School, a company that provides wilderness education courses that can be taken for college credit. On the Patagonia Cultural Expedition, travelers can earn up to six hours of college credit. On the journey, travelers are given ample time to spend in local Chilean villages, meeting pobladores who live and work on area ranches and practice Spanish while helping care for animals. Throughout the trip, guests travel 150 miles through the Patagonian backcountry, while honing skills like camping, backpacking, kayaking, climbing and leadership. The cost is $6100 per person with a Jan. 20, 2017 departure date.

Read about the other seven month-long adventures here.