Maxwells vs The World

Easy – It costs $NZD 19,372 (USD$ 12,204)

Shall I elaborate?

One 20-something couple travelling for 56 Days going though Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Walking Machu Picchu, Seeing the Nazca Lines, Visiting an Amazon Jungle Lodge, Photograhing Macaws, Visiting Lake Titicaca, Worlds most dangerous road, Worlds largest salt pans, Sailing though Chilian Fjords, Trekking Southern Patagonia, 120 Foot Iceburgs, even higher Glaciers and the Magellian Straight. Whew.

All Prices are in New Zealand Dollars!

H’ok. Two sections, pre-travel, and costs per country. Note that I don’t include flight costs in the per country breakdown as we got a special deal for combining it all together. Also note that the costs are for two people, not one!

Quicky breakdown for per day costs, keeping in mind this includes EVERYTHING except flights. Thats tours, food, transport, the lot (cheapest to most expensive):

$100 / day – Bolivia (all meals at resturants, private rooms with bathrooms)
$138 / day – Chile (self catering, sleeping in dorm rooms in cheap hostels)
$140 / day – Argentina (self catering, sleeping in dorm rooms in cheap hostels)
$166 / day – Peru (all meals at resturants, private rooms with bathrooms)

Pre-Travel

Medical

$791.05 – Anti-Malarial, Hep B, Typhoid Shots, consultant fees
$195 – Geri’s 3 rabies shots
$58.80 – 4 x Doctor Consultant Fees
$65.30 – our share of a travellers medical pack (Marzine, Buscopan, Loperamide, Diamox, Romicin, Ciprofloxacin)

Total: NZD $1110

Travel

$4968 – International Flights
$2242 – Local Flights

Total: NZD $7210

Equipment

$450 – Two Gortex Outershells (over 50% on sale)
$80 – 2 x Water Filter Bottle
$30 – Lonely Planet Bolivia (25% off)
$40 – Lonely Planet Chile and the Easter Islands (25% off)
$14 – Rubber bands + Oven bags (cheap camera waterproof cover ) and travel diaries.
$486 – 4x 2GB CompactFlash Memory cards for the Camera
$93 – 5 miniDV video camera cassetts, and a camera tripod

Total: NZD $1193

Other

$1000 – Personal Spanish Lessons
$320 – More Spanish Lessons
$10 – Mag to read on the plane
$199 – Bank fees recieved due to taking money out in South America via their ATMs

Total: NZD $1529

Countries

Peru

$272 – Transport
$3591 – Tours
$371 – Accomidation
$397 – Food
$171 – Souvineers
$69 – Net and Laundry

Total: NZD $5171

Bolivia

$80 – Transport
$380 – Tours
$95 – Accomidation
$58 – Food
$179 – Souvineers
$10 – Net and Laundry

Total: NZD $802

Chile

$171 – Transport
$1044 – Tours
$192 – Accomidation
$157 – Food
$81 – Souvineers
$10 – Net and Laundry

Total: NZD $1655

Argentina

$180 – Transport
$272 – Tours
$115 – Accomidation
$100 – Food
$35 – Souvineers
$1 – Net and Laundry

Total: NZD $702

Exchange rates used

NZD$ 1 will get you:
2 Nuevo Soles (Peru)
5 Bolivianos (Bolivia)
350 Chillian Pesos (Chile)
2 Argentinian Pesos (Argentina)
0.63 Dollars (USA)