Rough itinerary. Any amendment needed (mostly due weather)?

Hi everyone!

I am mostly done planning and soon will have to set some dates in to the stone.

I have been searching weathers etc and mostly tried to aim for a shoulder seasons. Little rain or cold weather doesn't bother me, but I am concerned if I have missed some major rainy seasons or something else..

Little help, please? Does this look sound and doable?

1. India.

• Mumbai.

• 3 weeks.

• November.

2. Nepal.

• Kathmandu.

• 2 weeks

• November/December.

3. Train,

• Kathmandu - Lhasa - Chengdu.

• December.

4. China.

• From Chengdu to Northern Vietnam via land.

• 8-9 weeks.

• December, January, February

5. Vietnam, Laos, Thailand

• Not sure of the route yet, but will be overland. (Or do we even leave Vietnam, who knows )

• appr. 1,5-2 months

• February, March

6. Singapore, Malaysia, Singapore

• Touring overland

• 3-4 weeks

• March, April

7. Australia

• Darwin, Red Center, Perth, Sydney

• Mostly by car or train but will have to fly from Alice to Perth

• Appr. 1 month

• April, May

8. Chile

• Not sure yet, propably around Santiago

• Appr. 1 month

• May, June

9. Peru

• Cusco, Lima?

• Appr. 1 month

• June, July

10. Brazil

• Foz do Iguacu, Paraty, Rio? Not sure yet, but will be flying to Europe from Rio

• July, August, September, October

I think the most "problematic" area weather-wise might be Malaysia? Will it be too bad? Too bad meaning needing to coop up inside becouse all the roads are flooding?

What about South-America? The ammount of usual rain is somewhat different than in where I live and I don't have anything to compare it to never beeing thereabout. What do you think?

Most appreaciated!
Henna

I think you'll need to do more research on your itinerary, as some of your routes currently aren't possible, such as rail travel from Kathmandu to Lhasa. There currently is only one border crossing for tourists between Nepal and Tibet; that's between Rasuwa, Nepal, and Gyirong, China. See my itinerary in Bob's Travel 2018 on Travellerspoint. My other maps also might help in planning your routes. For example, I went from Indonesia (Bali) to Timor-Leste (Dili) to Darwin by air. Airnorth flies from Dili to Darwin in 80 minutes. Visit several national parks in the Darwin region, then fly to Perth, etc.

This Web site is helpful in planning rail travel around the globe: https://www.seat61.com/index.html

As for travel in Nepal in November-December, it depends on where you go, with some places warmer and others colder. Many visitors only stay in Kathmandu and perhaps venture to Pokhara. That's a shame. Having been to Nepal several times, some of the best views and experiences are beyond those two places.

Also, why spend three weeks in Mumbai? There are so many other interesting places to visit in the region and elsewhere.

Check and recheck entry requirements for the countries you plan to visit. You currently plan to spend four months in Brazil. The country currently allows short-term stays of up to 90 days.

Since you plan a long 'round-the-world trip, suggest you focus on flexibility to change plans quickly. Think one, two or three destinations ahead and plan accordingly.

From all your destinations I only can answer for Australia and Chile: And there you picked the worst time.
In Australie you'll be inmitten of the rainy season and in Chile it is deapest winter, but around Santiago not much snow for skiing. So it is wet and cold.

I'd say that although April in Australia still falls at the tail end of the rainy season; May is pretty much perfect.

July in Peru is peak season. If you want to hike the inca trail, make certain you book as early as possible, because permits will go very fast.

Thank you berner256 for your suggestions, I will have to check out your itinerary!

Quoting berner256

I think you'll need to do more research on your itinerary, as some of your routes currently aren't possible, such as rail travel from Kathmandu to Lhasa. There currently is only one border crossing for tourists between Nepal and Tibet; that's between Rasuwa, Nepal, and Gyirong, China. See my itinerary in Bob's Travel 2018 on Travellerspoint. My other maps also might help in planning your routes.

Yes, I know there isn't train route between Kathmandu and Lhasa, I should have mentioned that part I was planning to travel via road. But I thought there to be train between Lhasa and Chengdu, will have to look more into it.

Quoting berner256

As for travel in Nepal in November-December, it depends on where you go, with some places warmer and others colder. Many visitors only stay in Kathmandu and perhaps venture to Pokhara. That's a shame. Having been to Nepal several times, some of the best views and experiences are beyond those two places.

Also, why spend three weeks in Mumbai? There are so many other interesting places to visit in the region and elsewhere.

Ah, yes. I am sure there are many visit-worthy places in Nepal but I don't want to spend our time there running from place to place. So I am planning to see what we are able to see in the time we have there.

And India..The sore point in my planning..How did you manage to pick that up? I am going to travel with my spouse and he is not that keen on travelling there at all. I wanted to see the Bibi Ka Maqbara so we are propably going to spend most of our time in area near by the temple and only fly in and out from Mumbai. As far as I have researched there are good flyconnections from there.

Quoting berner256

Check and recheck entry requirements for the countries you plan to visit. You currently plan to spend four months in Brazil. The country currently allows short-term stays of up to 90 days.

Since you plan a long 'round-the-world trip, suggest you focus on flexibility to change plans quickly. Think one, two or three destinations ahead and plan accordingly.

Ah, yes, we might pop in Uruguay or Paraguay, or spend some time in Argentina before we reach Brazil so flexibility is already checked
I plan to book just few "must-do"s (Indian Pacific train in Australia and Machu Picchu permit mostlikely) before we leave so we can easily change plans on the fly if we need to

Thanks BeateR for your answer!

Quoting BeateR

From all your destinations I only can answer for Australia and Chile: And there you picked the worst time.
In Australie you'll be inmitten of the rainy season and in Chile it is deapest winter, but around Santiago not much snow for skiing. So it is wet and cold.

Winter and cold I don't have problem with but what you mean by wet? Constant raining, some showers, humid+cold...??

Thank you Sander for your reply!

Quoting Sander

I'd say that although April in Australia still falls at the tail end of the rainy season; May is pretty much perfect.

July in Peru is peak season. If you want to hike the inca trail, make certain you book as early as possible, because permits will go very fast.

I thought so too about Australia but wasn't 100% sure.

July in Peru was the only peak season I couldn't avoid if I wanted to decrease flights in to an minimum. Our travelling time isn't limitless and I didn't want to fly everywhere so it is what it is. I don't think we will do the inca trail but I would like to visit Machu Picchu so the park permit I will need to get before hand. Just have to confirm the dates...

You can "play"with this website:
https://www.iten-online.ch/klima/amerika/chile/santiago.htm
There you see the average weather for every of your mentioned destination. Sure, it is in German, but the numbers are the same, so you could read it.

OK, thanks!