The Academy of Free Travel (Russian: Академия Вольных Путешествий, AVP) is a hitchhiking club in Russia, founded on September 2, 1995. The main organizer of the club's activist is the Russian hitchhiker and travel guide author Anton Krotov.
The club's aims are
- to collect information about the world, its countries and regions and their peculiarities,
- organize hitchhiking expeditions and hikes in various parts of the globe and Russia,
- educate people on the properties of the surrounding world and the possibilities for independent travel.
The club periodically sets up houses in various parts of the world where hitchhikers can base themselves while exploring the surrounding area.
- Osh, Kyrgyzstan (Summer 2007)
- Cairo, Egypt (December 2008 - February 2009)
- Vladivostok, Russia (July 2009 - September 2009)
- Arkhangelsk, Russia (Winter 2009-2010)
- Tajikistan (Summer 2010)