Welcome to Barkpacker!
We are an online resource and community for those who wish to travel long distances on a budget with their small - medium sized, well behaved furry companions. If you have a tip about your hometown or destinations you've traveled to with a pup in the past, send over an email and I'll be sure to include it in the site. The idea is to come together as dog-lovers to help fellow dog-lovers live out their dreams of seeing the world with their fur babies.
PS: Barkpacking is more than just having a companion to travel with. It's important to understand that many sacrifices and compromises will have to be made when taking a dog with you. This is a trip for you and your pup equally and should be planned and carried out accordingly.
PS: Barkpacking is more than just having a companion to travel with. It's important to understand that many sacrifices and compromises will have to be made when taking a dog with you. This is a trip for you and your pup equally and should be planned and carried out accordingly.
From the Blog
The last thing you'd expect when traveling with your dog
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The hardest part of traveling with another person for a long period of time is the eventuality of getting really sick of each other. Believe it or not, this can happen when you're traveling with a dog too. I feel it. I know Olive feels it. |
Who said you had to stay in a hostel to make friends?
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Eager to visit Ghent but unable to find a pet-friendly hostel, my pup Olive and I spent our nights at a lovely airbnb. Having done the whole backpacking thing before, I was a bit nervous that this traveling with a dog thing would cripple me socially. First day in and that certainly wasn't the case... read more |
Into the forest - the start of a 3-week Workaway in Germany
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I knew this trip would be much more expensive than traveling alone and couldn't afford accommodation for two months, so I reached out to several workaways that looked right up our alley and ended up choosing two. Our first one was 3 weeks in western Germany in the Eifel region. Literally in the middle of nowhere... read more |
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"I created Barkpacker because after nearly 4 months of traveling by myself, the hardest part was being away from my Olive. I found that there were little to no online resources that gave me solid information about traveling abroad with a dog. I want more people to know it's possible to take their fur babies on an international adventure by providing any and all information I had to dig deep for. I also wanted to create a community of people and their dogs around the world to collect insights, share stories and maybe someday travel together!" |
Founder Nohelani and dog Olive in Brussels
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