The original post: /r/travel by /u/Maleficent-Day3944 on 2025-01-21 18:38:19.

Hey everyone, me and my partner are leaving this September to do a 6 month trip through South America and had some questions about the budget. We’ll be starting in Bogota and ending in Buenos Aires and hitting pretty much everything major in between there(big cities, some of the national parks, historic sites etc etc). So it’s Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

My question is, what is a realistic budget for a trip like that? We aim to have about $16,000 between the two of us, is that realistic? For more context, we plan on staying in hostels, eating primarily street food or at low cost restaurants and traveling primarily by bus with occasional domestic flights to cover some distance.

Can people who have done a trip like this offer some insight into what they budgeted and spent? Thanks!