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An Indian tour company is launching the 'world's longest bus trip' that travels to 22 countries over 56 days. A ticket costs $24,350.https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/an-indian-tour-company-is-launching-the-aposworldaposs-longest-bus-tripapos-that-travels-to-22-countries-over-56-days-a-ticket-costs-24350-/slidelist/99239356.cms2023-04-04T15:54:37+05:30

An Indian tour company is launching the 'world's longest bus trip' that travels to 22 countries over 56 days. A ticket costs $24,350.

Brittany ChangApr 4, 2023, 15:54 IST

If you weren't able to scratch your road trip itch in 2020, now's your chance.

In August, India-based Adventures Overland's luxury bus will embark on a 56-day road trip across 22 countries and nearly 7,460 miles.

According to the travel company, this eight-week journey will be the world's longest bus trip. And it won't come cheap: A seat costs a little over $24,350.

The 56-day journey will start in early August in Istanbul.

From there, the bus and its passengers will pass through five time zones and cities like Sofia, Bulgaria; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Krakow, Poland; and Copenhagen, Denmark before arriving in London.

Throughout this journey, travelers will get to experience the northern lights in Norway, the Santa Claus Village amusement park in Finland, and a ride on a ferry across the Gulf of Finland.

To facilitate this long-haul trip, Adventures Overland will deploy a luxury 30-seater bus. Four to five of these seats will be reserved for crew.

The seats — organized in a two-by-one configuration — will have typical long-haul bus amenities like USB outlets and folding trays.

Yes, there's also a bathroom. But don't expect anything too glamorous — it is a bus after all.

And there's no need to pack light. Each person can bring two suitcases.

Besides a seat on the bus, hotels, meals, and snacks will be included in the cost of the trip.

If you have a hard time sitting still on a long Greyhound trip, 56 days on the road may seem unbearably long.

But there's already plenty of interest for this eight-week journey: Half of the seats are sold out, Tushar Agarwal, Adventure Overland's cofounder, told Insider in an email.

He believes the rest will be sold in the coming weeks.

For those who enjoy long road trips, bus rides give travelers a road trip feel without the stress of planning and driving.

And unlike a world cruise or train trip, these road-based itineraries aren't limited to port towns or a preset train route.

The company is no stranger to long road trips. Adventures Overland specializes in long-haul drives from an eight-night "self-drive" through Kyrgyzstan to a 20-day bus ride from India to Singapore.

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