Travel Tales by Afar

Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Join us each week as we dig into stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed. Travel Tales by Afar is your ticket to the world, no passport required.

Places & Travel
1
A Ride Through South Dakota’s Most Misunderstoo...
16 min
2
What Touring America Taught a Southern Comic Ab...
26 min
3
In the Warming Arctic, These Inuit Traditions R...
23 min
4
I Solo Hiked 7,500 Miles from Cape Town to Cair...
37 min
5
Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski Ate Around the Worl...
27 min
6
The Spontaneous (Travel!) Story of How Afar Cam...
60 min
7
Want to Get to the Soul of Switzerland? Jump In...
15 min
8
Only 10 People Have Walked Around the World—and...
42 min
9
A Cross-Country Road Trip Helped Make the World...
13 min
10
I Traveled the World With President Obama. Now,...
18 min
11
When Zebras Taught Me to Drive in Namibia
28 min
12
Is This Europe’s Most Underrated Food Tradition?
18 min
13
In Mumbai, Everyone Thought I Was a Local. Here...
13 min
14
The Unexpected Magic of a Turkish Barbershop
14 min
15
Replay: Comedian Michelle Buteau, "I Got Stood ...
17 min
16
Why This Man Biked Across the United States—Wit...
29 min
17
A Poet’s Pilgrimage to Italy’s Violin-Making Ca...
24 min
18
Big Animals, and Even Bigger Adventures, in a P...
27 min
19
I’ve Made Polar Bears My Life’s Work. Here's Wh...
19 min
20
The Plus-Size Traveler on a Mission to Change t...
32 min
21
A Canadian Grizzly Bear Changed My Life
29 min
22
Life Lessons From a Dutch Art Movement
26 min
23
A Blind Surfer Takes on Kauai’s Legendary Waves
32 min
24
On France’s Newest Food Trail, Life Is One Long...
26 min
25
Dolly Parton Went From a One-Room Cabin to a Sm...
16 min