Top 25 travel YouTubers in 2026

Travel documentaries from extreme places, including the frozen village of Oymyakon, Hong Kong coffin homes, the CECOT prison, Göbekli Tepe and the Hadza tribe.

A multi-part travel series visiting American landmarks like Yellowstone, Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon, plus waterpark hotels, country-hopping challenges and a cross-country train ride.

Travel episodes across Brazil, from living with locals in the Amazon and touring Rio's Rocinha favela to São Paulo street food, zoos and Iguazu Falls.

Travel challenge videos riding sleeper and bullet trains, testing capsule, luxury and budget hotels and cruises, and stunts like eating on several continents in a day.

Visits to American towns and communities, from Maine lobstermen, timber country and a remote island to Flint, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle and Fairfield County.

An episodic Mongol Rally series driving a school bus from Europe to Asia, plus a yacht captaining trip, a backyard ultra race and a luxury resort stay.

Luxury travel reviews of first and business class flights, sleeper trains in Japan, China, England and America, high-end river and ocean cruises, and an underwater hotel.

An episodic motorcycle journey from Kashmir through Afghanistan to Uzbekistan, with stops in Kabul, Bamyan, Mazar-i-Sharif and Samarkand, border crossings and an Afghan wedding.

A budget travel series through Bangladesh and Japan, trying cheap hotels and sleeper trains, unreviewed restaurants, street shaves and ear cleaning, and an India border crossing.

Travel vlogs built around meeting locals abroad, including a multi-part stay with a Russian family and village visits and dates in Turkey, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland.

Offbeat travel through former Soviet states, Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe, abandoned cities and rough neighborhoods, plus trips to Venezuela, the Philippines, Japan and India.

Visits to remote Philippine islands and towns, from Mapun Island and a crocodile village to islands near Taiwan and Malaysia, a dwarf forest and marble quarries.

Everyday life in Iran, from metro stations, bazaars, grocery runs and neighborhoods to small border towns, nightlife and a train ride to the Strait of Hormuz.

An episodic winter road trip in a city car from Europe through Siberia to Yakutsk, with camping in extreme cold, breakdowns and a return through Moscow.

Travel vlogs from Poland, New England, Menorca and Sweden, including Maine lighthouses, Martha's Vineyard, Halloween in the Witch City, an archaeological dig and long bus journeys.

Travel vlogs through Laos, Vietnam and Oman, from Luang Prabang and Sapa sleeper trains to Hanoi street life, adventure activities, tourist trap tests and local history.

Walking tours and day-in-the-life videos around Pattaya, Thailand, covering Jomtien beach road, night markets, street food, supermarkets and the city in the rainy low season.

History road trips around California and the Southwest, exploring abandoned highways, forgotten towns, old battlefields and gold rush sites, plus local mysteries like the missing mission bells.

Travel vlogs from Afghanistan's bazaars and the Grand Trunk Road to Bosnia, Poland, Malta, Greece and Colombia, including Medellín and a cruise ship arrival in Finland.

Documentary-style travel through rural America, China, Japan and Papua New Guinea, from Chinese livestreaming workers and a propaganda theme park to a Japanese volcano island.

Travel experiments such as cheap versus expensive hotel stays in London, Bali and the Alps, sleeper trains, towns selling cheap houses and a holiday with a stranger.

Sailing vlogs following boat buying and selling, engine repairs and relaunches, trips around Cape Hatteras and Cape Charles, and the Annapolis Boat Show.

Road trips and culture stories from Japan, including a cross-country cycle ride, remote islands, retro hot spring towns and mountain villages, several with guest CDawgVA.

Street-level travel through rough neighborhoods in Peru, Brazil, Mexico and the UK, catching scammers and crooks in European cities, plus volcano surfing in Nicaragua.

An episodic series traveling the Philippines, from surf towns, forests and remote villages to Filipino noodle dishes and trying Philippine Navy training and other tough jobs.