If there is nothing more exciting for you than putting away your backpack, putting on your hiking boots and walking, you will be like most other adventurers. Whether you’re travelling to regions closer to home or abroad, leaving spontaneously for a long weekend or going on a backpacking adventure for several months, discovering places with your feet alone is exciting, intense and takes you to places many tourists never even bother to visit.

If you’re hoping to see a lot of the world as soon as possible, you might decide to backpack. If you’re still not convinced, then take a look at the following. Here are some fantastic reasons that backpacking is the way that pays.