All up the squad will travel more than 36,000km on nine flights as the team plays two games in the Super rugby competition, first in Port Elizabeth in South Africa, then in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
But there will not be any moans from the Highlanders about long times in the air and viewing the inside of airports.
Highlanders chief executive Roger Clark said the team was shrugging off the travel and it was just part of the competition.
The side left for South Africa on Saturday night, flying from Dunedin to Auckland and then over to Sydney. It then departed Sydney and was scheduled to arrive in Johannesburg in South Africa late yesterday.
It will be in the South African city for two days before flying to Port Elizabeth to play the Kings.
The match will be played at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and the side will depart from Port Elizabeth at 6am on Sunday morning (South Africa time) to head back to Johannesburg.
From Johannesburg, the Highlanders will hop on a plane and head to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, a flight of more than 13 hours.
After landing in Brazil, the team will board another plane and fly from Rio de Janeiro to Buenos Aires.
The Highlanders will take on the Jaguares on July 10 (NZ time) and then leave Argentina at 3pm on Monday, July 11 (NZ time) to fly to Auckland, which is a flight of 13 and a-half hours.
They will get into Auckland at 4.35am on July 12 and will then catch the red-eye flight to Dunedin from Auckland on the Tuesday morning. The side flies business class when it can.
The team will get back to Dunedin at 9.15am on that Tuesday and has a key game against the Chiefs just four days later at Forsyth Barr Stadium on July 16.
Clark said the travel was just part of the competition and the team viewed it as such.
"We have always left for South Africa at least a week before the game. The bottom line is a lot of these players get used to the travel and take the attitude it is what is is and you just get on with it,'' he said.
"Our nutritionists and doctors know all the right things the players should do such as what and when to eat and drink and exercise and what to do when you get to places.''
He said it was important to be well hydrated and all the processes were followed.
"But it is as much about a mindset as anything. If you talk about how long a trip is all the time, then it becomes a long trip. So the way to avoid that is just not talk about it.''
Clark said it was also very exciting for a lot of the young players to go on a trip like this.
The side has left five All Blacks behind in New Zealand - Ben Smith, Aaron Smith, Waisake Naholo, Malakai Fekitoa and Elliot Dixon - and they will travel to Argentina on Sunday.
Lima Sopoaga and Liam Squire left for South Africa on Sunday after playing for the All Blacks on Saturday night.
Fekitoa is in doubt for the trip after picking up leg and face injuries in the second test against Wales on June 18.
