Travel captions for Instagram – 40 unique and beautiful travel quotes

Looking for the perfect travel captions for Instagram? You’ve come to the right place!

Aside from the picture itself (and some great hashtags), Instagram captions are one of the most important factors in deciding whether your Instagram picture is going to get a lot of attention. 

And by attention, I mean likes and comments. This will help you to eventually reach the top posts or even explore page. And of course, that’s also true for travel pictures!

However, it is sometimes super difficult to come up with some creative ideas with beautiful travel captions for Instagram (hey, we all have those days, don’t we?). Thus, I searched for unique travel quotes that can work perfectly as an travel caption for Instagram.

Below you will find my list of the 40 best travel captions for Instagram I came across and that I also use for my own Instagram Account @fernwehsarah. 

And since Instagram is such a visual platform, I decided to put them not in a naked bullet point list but on beautiful travel photos too. This way, you can pin your favorite travel captions for Instagram to Pinterest and save them for later! 🙂

And don’t worry, there’s a list as well so you can easily copy and paste these travel captions for Instagram!

Oh, and in case you are looking for some awesome travel hashtags – well, then I got you covered as well!

Read: Best travel hashtags for Instagram (500+ grouped hashtags)

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Funny Travel Captions for Instagram

Funny Travel Captions can be a great idea to make your followers smile when they look at your picture. You will definitely get more smileys than usual by using one of these travel captions for Instagram!

• I need six months of vacations twice a year
• Let’s wander where the WiFi is weak
• I must be a mermaid – I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living
• I have an insane calling to be where I am not

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Beautiful Travel Captions for Instagram

Sometimes you are just in awe of the beauty of nature and don’t want to distract too much from your Instagram post. So it’s better not to make a joke but rather add some travel captions for Instagram that are just as beautiful as your travel picture!

• We dream in colors borrowed from the sea
• A good friend listens to your adventures. Your best friend makes them with you
• Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost
• Great things never come from comfort zones
• I am really good at finding paradise wherever I go. Care to come along?
• One life. One world. Explore it.
• Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing
• Wanderlust. A desire to travel, to understand one’s very existence
• Not every paradise is tropical
• Travel. First, it leaves you speechless – then it turns you into a storyteller.
• Life is short and the world is wide

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Thoughtful Travel Captions for Instagram

Travel pictures can be an excellent start to spark a thought in the mind of your followers. Use one of the travel captions for Instagram below to make your readers think about their lives!

• We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us
• Take nothing but memories and pictures, leave nothing but footprints
• Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.
• Life is about the places you go, the people you meet and the memories you make along the way
• Travel makes one modest. You see which tiny place you occupy in the world 
• The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have
•  Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow
• Wherever you go, go with all your heart 
• Live your life by a compass, not a clock
• It’s your road and your road alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you
• Buy a ticket. Pack a bag. Catch a plane. Make new friends. Have a great time. Get lost.
• In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take
• Don’t be a tourist. Be a traveler.
• Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport
• Investment in travel is an investment in yourself
• Seek adventures that open your mind
• Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times
• Travel is not a question of money but of courage

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Famous quotes to serve as Travel Captions

Travel quotes are BIG on Instagram. Why? Because we love reading about what famous people have said about traveling the world. And that’s why travel quotes make up for some really awesome travel captions for Instagram as well!

• “Where you lead I will follow you” – Carole King
• “Every once in a while, go someplace you have never been before” – The Dalai Lama
• “The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever” – Lewis Carroll
• “Not all those who wander are lost” – J.R.R.Tolkien
• “There are seven days in a week and “someday” isn’t one of them” – Benny Lewis
• “It’s not down in any map – true places never are” – Herman Merville

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Find the right hashtags for your Instagram travel picture

Finding the right quote to serve as a travel caption for Instagram is only one of the steps to go. In order to get your post seen by a lot of people, you also need to use the right hashtags! And in this case, that’s some travel hashtags for Instagram!

But don’t worry – I have got you covered! I created a list of over 500 travel hashtags for Instagram for you too!

Related: 500+ grouped Instagram hashtags for travel

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How did you like this Instagram Travel caption list?

I really hope that this list will help you to create beautiful travel captions for Instagram from these inspiring travel quotes! 

I did not include every quote I could find but sticked to the ones that I believe work best for Instagram. Do you think I missed one? Then let me know in the comments and I will add it with a picture!

And if you want to learn more about Instagram and Instagram travel strategies – check my ultimate Instagram bible too!

Also read: The Instagram Bible – How to be successful on Instagram

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