Need some travel inspiration? Follow our favourite Instagram travel accounts as they capture beautiful images of people, landscapes, and animals from around the world.
With over 150 million active users uploading an average of 55 million pictures a day, Instagram is the most popular dedicated photo-sharing site on the web.
It’s no wonder it has become our go-to place for inspirations and this includes travel. After all, the next best thing about actually globe-trotting ourselves, is collecting inspirations of beautiful places that we ourselves can dream about visiting next.
To help you take notes, we’ve put together our top 5 accounts that we love. If the following photos doesn’t inspire you to dust off your passport and explore the world, then we don’t know what will.
5. Earthxplorer
JD Andrews, like most of us in this industry, find travel to be our passion. JD lives in south Florida but travels often and he’s been to 90 countries and all seven continents. Along the way, he creates inspiring videos and photographs and shares them on Instagram.
4. ZachsPassport
Zach is a photographer based in New York City who originally set up his account to share travel adventures with friends and family. Passionate about travel, he actively promotes its ‘transformative power’ and now sees Instagram as a way of life. You’ll find an eclectic mix of people, places and food here.
3. jaredchambers
Jared Chambers is a California-based photographer, whose latest photos of current day L.A. take us back through a time warp. Chambers plays with lighting and exposure to drain the color from his images so they resemble faded photographs from yesteryear. His older photos, whether landscapes or portraits, also exhibit his less saturated yet homely style.
2. fosterhunting
Foster Huntington left a New York design job in 2011 and has since been surfing and camping his way around the United States in his trusty campervan. Expect cool, rustically-styled photos of the American outdoor life.
1. theplanetd
Dave and Deb are award-winning travel bloggers and photographers, who ditched the ‘9 to 5’ in Canada 10 years ago to explore the world and convince others that ‘adventure is for everyone’. Mainly landscapes, their images are big, bold and colourful.