Honeymoon
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My future in laws are insisting on paying for our honeymoon for our wedding present. The budget is 20k tops but we have no idea where we want to go. We've traveled a lot (in Europe/Costa Rica/US). We really like hiking/mountain regions, semi okay with beaches but if there are beaches we would prefer a lot of attractions in the area (not just snorkeling/etc). Any suggestions?
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-Machu Picchu (Peru). Beautiful and really exciting. This would be easiest with the time change from America.
-Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)- This is an intense week long climb but truly awesome to do. They have porters to help you carry things. This one you can also combine it with a short safari afterwards.
-South Africa (Cape Town, Kruger National Park, Stellenbosch wine country etc). I would definitely suggest this if you wanted a lot of different activities: City escape (Cape Town is awesome), wine country, beaches, nature hikes, botanical gardens, Safari (very easy to see the big 5 animals: lions, cheetah, elephants, rhino and leopard in SA) and cultural museums. Every day you can really do something completely different so it can be made longer or shorter as your time allows).
-New Zealand south Island for the Southern Alps (especially if you like Lord of the Rings). This is a brutal flight, but totally worth it. I would only suggest this if you have at least 2 weeks as the time change alone will take a few days to get over. But its unbelievably beautiful.
@LondonLisa's Machu Picchu suggestion is a good one. If you like to hike, the Inca Trail is one of those bucket list items for a lot of people. Just know that you'd be there at the start of the rainy season where it rains pretty heavily most days. The good thing is that it's warmer, cheaper, and less busy, but the bad thing is that it's rainy (obviously) and not all the trails are open. If you do this, you could go the Galapagos, Easter Island, or a beach in Chile (Zapallar or Bahia Inglesa are both nice) for the second half of your trip.
Personally, I'd probably do the Southern Alps in New Zealand for a week and then spend the other week on a South Pacific beach (Bora Bora, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Fiji...). That trip has been on my list for a long time. November is actually exactly when I've looked into going - it's late spring in New Zealand, decently warm but not too hot for hiking, just before busy season, tons of beautiful scenery and flowers. Mountain adventure and relaxing beach....I'll just live vicariously through you until I'm able to take that trip.
I've also been to French Polynesia, The Cook Islands, and Fiji. So many awesome places, but if you don't want to be bored, try for Moorea in French Polynesia.
I hope you guys already own a house. This was our priority when we were newlyweds. We were pleased to quietly help out our kids when they bought their own homes. A honeymoon was not a huge priority for daughter, either, though they did take a cruise to Alaska.
I get it that the money was offered to you for the specific purpose of using it on your honeymoon. I hope you have a wonderful trip.
Just want to say, everyone has different priorities here and buying a house isn't a priority for everyone.
Ill also echo Machu Pichu. A good friend of mine did it this year and she and her H had an amazing time.
https://www.belmond.com/belmond-andean-explorer/peru-luxury-sleeper-trains
I second New Zealand. There is such a variety of things to do, and everyone speaks English, though they are incapable of pronouncing the short "i" vowel.