The Travelers’ Century Club is a group limited to those travelers who have visited 100 or more territories of the world. I’m not a member but my goal is to become one some day. Here are some things to know about the club:
– The Travelers’ Century Club’s official list of countries and territories totals 324 as of January 1, 2014. Not all of these are actually countries in their own right, many have been included because they are removed from the parent country geographically, politically, or ethnologically.
– In order to qualify as having visited a country or territory, even the shortest of visits will suffice (layover, fuel stop, port-0f-call).
Here’s the official Geographic Directory of Travelers’ Century Club Countries and Territories. I’ve highlighted and dated (the year of my first visit) the places I’ve visited. Currently, my count is 30/324. It’s humbling to quantify how little of the world I’ve seen but also inspiring to see all of the places I still need to experience.
Cheers to reaching 100!
North America (3/6)
- Alaska
- Canada – 1997
- Mexico – 2009
- Prince Edward Island
- St. Pierre & Miquelon
- United States (continental) – 1990
Central America (1/7)
- Belize (British Honduras)
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Honduras – 2011
- Nicaragua
- Panama
Caribbean (5/30)
- Anguilla
- Antigua & Deps. (Barbuda, Redonda)
- Aruba
- Bahamas – 2000
- Barbados
- Bonaire
- Cayman Islands – 2010
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada & Deps. (Carriacou, Grenadines)
- Guadeloupe & Deps.(Marie Galante)
- Haiti
- Jamaica – 2010
- Leeward Islands, French (St. Martin) – 2008
- Leeward Islands, Netherlands (Saba, St. Eustatius)
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- St. Barts
- San Andres & Providencia
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Maarten (formerly Netherlands Antilles) – 2008
- St. Vincent & Deps. (Bequia, Canouan Grenadines)
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turks & Caicos Islands
- Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas)
- Virgin Islands, British (Tortola, etc.)
South America (0/14)
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana (British Guiana)
- Nueva Esparta (Margarita Island)
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname (Netherlands Guiana)
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Pacific Ocean (1/39)
- Australia
- Bismark Archipelago (New Ireland, New Britain, Bougainville, Admiralty Islands)
- Chatham Islands
- Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Penrhyn)
- Easter Island
- Fiji Islands
- French Polynesia (Tahiti,Tuamotu, Austral, Gambier)
- Galapagos Islands
- Guam
- Hawaiian Islands – 2011
- Juan Fernandez Islands (Robinson Crusoe Island)
- Kiribati (Gilberts,Tarawa, Ocean Island)
- Line/Phoenix Islands (Palmyra, Fanning, Christmas, Canton, Enderbury, Howland)
- Lord Howe Island
- Marquesas Islands
- Marshall Islands, Republic of (Majuro, Kwajalein, Eniwetok)
- Micronesia, Fed.States of (Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk,Yap,Caroline Islands)
- Midway Island
- Nauru
- New Caledonia & Deps. (Noumea, Loyalty Islands)
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian)
- Ogasawara (Bonin, Volcano Island, Iwo Jima)
- Palau, Republic of
- Papua New Guinea
- Pitcairn Island
- Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa)
- Samoa, American (Pago Pago)
- Samoa (Apia)
- Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal, New Georgia,Tulagi)
- Tasmania
- Tokelau Islands (Fakaofu, Atafu, Union)
- Tonga (Nukualofa)
- Tuvalu (Ellice Island, Funafuti, Vaitapu)
- Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islands)
- Wake Island
- Wallis & Futuna Islands
Atlantic Ocean (0/13)
- Ascension
- Azores Islands
- Bermuda
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verde Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Fernando do Noronha
- Faroe Islands
- Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
- Iceland
- Madeira
- St. Helena
- Tristan da Cunha
Europe & Mediterranean (14/67)
- Aland Islands (Mariehamn)
- Albania
- Andorra – 2012
- Austria – 2015
- Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Minorca)
- Belarus
- Belgium – 2015
- Bosnia & Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
- Bulgaria
- Corsica
- Crete
- Croatia
- Cyprus, Republic
- Cyprus, Turkish Fed. State
- Czech Republic – 2015
- Denmark
- Dodecanese Is. (Rhodes)
- England – 2012
- Estonia
- Finland
- France – 2012
- Germany – 2012
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Guernsey & Deps (Alderney, Herm, Sark, Channel Islands)
- Hungary – 2015
- Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.)
- Ireland (Eire) – 2012
- Ireland, Northern (Ulster)
- Isle of Man
- Italy – 2009
- Jersey (Channel Islands)
- Kaliningrad
- Kosovo
- Lampedusa
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands – 2012
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal – 2012
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Sardinia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Sicily
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain – 2011
- Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island)
- Srpska
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Trans Dniester
- Turkey in Europe (Istanbul) – 2015
- Ukraine
- Vatican City
- Wales
Antarctica (0/7)
- Argentine (Palmer Peninsula)
- Australian Antarctic Territory South Pole (Mawson, Davis, Macquarie, Heard)
- Chilean (Palmer Peninsula)
- Falkland Islands Dependencies (British Antarctica, Graham Land, So. Shetland, So. Sandwich, So. Georgia, So. Orkney)
- French Southern & Antarctic Territory (Kerguelen, Crozet, Amsterdam, St. Paul)
- Norwegian (Queen Maud Land, Bouvet)
- New Zealand (Ross Dependency)
Africa (0/55)
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin (Dahomey)
- Botswana (Bechuanaland)
- Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
- Burundi (Urundi)
- Cabinda
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Republic of Congo
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt in Africa
- Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Fernando Poo)
- Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni)
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana (Gold Coast, British Togoland)
- Guinea (French)
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho (Basutoland)
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malawi (Nyasaland)
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Morocco,Spanish (Ceuta, Melilla)
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome & Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia (Italian Somaliland)
- Somaliland (Brit.)
- South Africa
- Sudan, North
- Sudan, South
- Swaziland
- Tanzania (Tanganyika)
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara)
- Zambia (No. Rhodesia)
- Zanzibar
- Zimbabwe (So. Rhodesia)
Middle East (0/21)
- Abu Dhabi
- Ajman
- Bahrain
- Dubai
- Egypt in Asia (Sinai Peninsula)
- Fujeirah
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Ras Al Khaimah
- Saudi Arabia
- Sharjah
- Syria
- Umm Al Qaiwain
- Yemen
Indian Ocean (0/14)
- Andaman-Nicobar Islands
- British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Arch, Diego Garcia)
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands (Keeling)
- Comoro Islands (Anjouan, Moheli, Grand Comoro)
- Lakshadweep
- Madagascar
- Maldive Islands
- Maldive Islands
- Mauritius & Deps. (Agalega, St. Brandon)
- Mayotte (Dzaoudzi)
- Reunion & Deps. (Tromelin, Glorioso)
- Rodriguez Island
- Seychelles
- Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Aldabra, Farquhar, Amirante Is.)
Asia (6/51)
- Abkhazia
- Afghanistan
- Armenia (Yerevan)
- Azerbaijan (Baku)
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China, People’s Republic – 2011
- Georgia
- Hainan Island
- Hong Kong – 2011
- India
- Indonesia (Java)
- Irian Jaya (Dutch New Guinea)
- Japan
- Jeju Island (South Korea)
- Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)
- Kashmir
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Korea, North
- Korea, South – 2011
- Laos
- Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali,Timor, Indonesia)
- Macau – 2011
- Malaysia
- Moluka
- Mongolia, Republic
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Nakhichevan
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Philippines – 2011
- Sabah (No. Borneo)
- Sarawak
- Siberia (Russia in Asia)
- Sikkim
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Sulawesi (Celebes, Indonesia)
- Sumatra (Indonesia)
- Taiwan. R.O.C.
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tibet
- Timor Leste
- Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir) – 2015
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam