Are you a man consumed by wanderlust? You know, the strong irresistible desire to travel and explore every inch of the globe.

If adventure is in your heart, you’ll want to tour these travel tattoo ideas.

Just consider the words of the great French novelist Marcel Proust first, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

As you take in these masculine designs, you’ll find not only exceptional talent but also plenty of curiosity-provoking meanings. From plane tattoos to ones showing passport stamps and postcards, each tattoo design displays a different journey filled with its own unique experiences.

Of course, you can also be an airplane pilot and simply love your job. Whatever the case, I’m sure you’ll appreciate some cool, manly traveling-themed tattoo styles below.

Travel Tattoo Ideas

This lower arm tattoo prominently features an open compass resting on top of a world map. Compasses have long been used for finding one’s direction and, with the aid of a map, for plotting out a course of travel, particularly in the days before the global positioning system and Google Maps. That being said, the compass and map combo is certainly a strong and classic way to demonstrate one’s love of travel in ink.

This is a rather interesting and complex travel ink. It incorporates multiple elements, including a skull, a compass, a globe, some red coloring applied in a rather abstract manner, and, perhaps most importantly, the words, “We’re only at home when we’re ON THE RUN.” It stands to reason that this tattoo most likely represents several things that are not necessarily apparent just from a single look. 

It does seem evident, however, that the owner of this multifaceted artwork has a strong love for travel as demonstrated by the words and images featured in the piece. Take the compass, for instance, which often resembles finding one’s way, whether that be literally or metaphorically. The same goes for the globe which presents strong evidence of international travel.