Route notes
Why this routing works
This round-the-world itinerary is built as a directional eastbound loop starting and ending in Istanbul. It begins with a concentrated cluster in the western Indian Ocean: Mahe, Antananarivo, Reunion, an overland transition into Dzaoudzi, then onward via Moroni and Reunion again to RRG and Port Louis. Grouping these islands early keeps the most fragmented regional flying together before the route opens into longer intercontinental sectors.
From Mauritius, the trip uses an overland break into Perth, then continues by air to Sydney and on to New Zealand, where another overland transition connects Auckland and Christchurch. The Pacific section then runs Christchurch-Nadi-Papeete-Port Vila before another overland break into Buenos Aires. Structurally, that sequencing matters: it strings together harder-to-combine oceanic segments first, then hands off into simpler mainland connections in South America, North America, and Europe.
The final third is comparatively linear: Buenos Aires to Santiago to Bogota, then New York City, Bermuda, London, Lisbon, Ponta Delgada, Las Palmas, and back to Istanbul. That back-end routing works well for a long RTW ticket because it reduces backtracking and finishes with shorter Atlantic and European sectors after the larger Pacific crossings are already complete. The schedule also leaves longer stays in a few places, including 16 nights in Antananarivo, 15 nights in Port Louis, 6 nights in Bogota, and 15 nights in New York City.
At the ticketing level, this is a complex economy RTW with 26 positions, multiple island chains, and several intentional surface sectors. February departure timing places the whole plan in the January-March season window, and the sold price range of USD 8,453 to USD 11,066 reflects the breadth of the routing rather than a simple continent-to-continent fare. It is the kind of itinerary where the value comes from fitting difficult regional links and overland gaps into one coherent long-haul sequence.