No matter, if you visit the tourist information office, you can pick up an extra stamp for your effort.
Known as the end of the world and located at the southern tip of South America, Ushuaia may feel as far away as Antarctica, but technically it’s still located in Argentina. If you head to the country’s famed Iguazu Falls, be sure to ask the park staff for a commemorative stamp for your passport. With many sought-after destinations located all over the map in Argentina, two favorites are also places where you can acquire more stamps to commemorate your far-flung travels. In Argentina (Photo by Sasha Stories/Unsplash) Head to the local post office to collect this brag-worthy stamp. One of TPG’s favorite passport stamps is the one he collected while visiting the remote Easter Island, located more than 2,000 miles (or a five-hour flight) away from mainland Chile. In Chile (Photo by Diego Jimenez/Unsplash) #7 Easter Island/Rapa Nui
While you’re learning about the Uros culture that predates Incan times, you can pick up an extra souvenir stamp. If you make it to Peru’s border with Bolivia, Lake Titicaca - believed to be the cradle of Andean civilizations - is a must see, as are the lake’s celebrated Uros floating islands, made by hand out of locally growing totora reeds by the indigenous Uros people. You can get a stamp at no extra charge at this UNESCO World Heritage site when you enter the historic sanctuary. Once you collect your stamp upon entering Peru, don’t forget to bring your passport with you as you head to the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. Two of Peru’s top attractions, and places to immerse yourself in the country’s rich history, are also sites where you can collect extra stamps for your passport. In Peru (Photo by Gianella Castro/Unsplash) While there’s a visitor’s center, monument, and a souvenir line painted to mark the equator, it’s worth noting that the real equator is actually located several hundred feet away, unadorned. #4 The equator, aka “La Mitad del Mundo”īack on the mainland, you can take up even more space in your passport with an extra stamp at the equator, known locally as “La Mitad del Mundo” (“the Middle of the World”). You can collect extra stamps for visiting the Galápagos Islands themselves and for going to two popular attractions, including the Rancho El Chato Reserve and the Charles Darwin Research Station. #1-3 The Galápagos Islands (and attractions) This South American country is known for its biodiversity, and for travelers it’s a great place to collect extra souvenir stamps in addition to the one you’ll get for entering the country. (Just be sure to remember to bring your passport to each location.) In Ecuador (Photo by Simon Matzinger/Unsplash) From the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador to the United Nations in New York City, here’s a list of places where you can collect extra stamps for your passport within a given country. proof of accommodation for the whole duration of the stay, i.e.Usually collecting passport stamps requires entering a new country.In addition, the FCDO, in a piece of previous advice, had urged Brits to have the following documents with them when travelling to any of the EU and Schengen Area countries: Since January this year, when Brits became third-country citizens to the EU, stamping is mandatory. Up until December 31, 2020, as EU nationals, Brits could travel throughout the whole block without having their passports stamped. One of the cases is that of a 72 years old woman who, on September 26, was rejected from entering Spain after she did not have the exit stamp of her previous stay. The advice comes in the light of media reports on several cases where Brits had problems due to their passports not being stamped. It also advises Brits travelling to the EU whose passports haven’t been stamped when entering or leaving the block to ask the border guards to add that date and location in their passports by showing evidence of when and where they entered or exited the Schengen Zone. “ If relevant entry or exit stamps are not in your passport, border guards will presume that you have overstayed your visa-free limit,” the advice further reads. “ Check your passport is stamped if you enter or exit the Schengen area as a visitor,” the FCDO new advice reads, further noting that at each border control, the border guards are obliged to check passports stamps in order to make sure that travellers are not overstaying the permitted 90 days for short stays in the Schengen Area. The FCDO now advises British travellers to make sure that their passports are being stamped when entering and leaving the border-free Schengen Area, or else they might face problems, reports.