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A few pics from my hike today with Tom Mangan of Two-Heel Drive.
We headed across the Golden Gate Bridge en route to Point Bonita Lighthouse, touted in my guidebook the “most sensational easy hike in the Bay area”.
Tom concurred.

It’s only open a few hours each day, access blocked by a locked tunnel. […]

Most do only the 4mi return from the trailhead at stunning Ke’e Beach through to Hanakapiai Beach (one drowning / year). This is the glorious, but dangerous, Na Pali coast.
Serious hikers definitely want to overnight on the Kalalau Trail, the best hike in Hawaii. The highlight of my 3wks on Kauai.
I was there […]

Truly one of the best hikes in the world. Of many possible options, the best way to hike the cliff edge of the Nā Pali Coast in Kauai is on this loop.

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Distance: 12.2mi (9.8 without walking the road)
Elevation gain: 3,000ft (914m)
You could start with breakfast at Kokee Lodge in Koke’e State Park. The trailhead is […]

Often included on lists of “best hikes in the world” — deservedly — is the Kalalau Trail on Kauai. It’s widely considered the best hike in Hawaii.
Many non-hiking tourists get a taste of the Kalalau by doing the challenging first 2mi (3.2km) from the trailhead at Ke’e Beach through to gorgeous Hanakapiai Beach.

Ke’e […]

The Maha’ulepu Coast.
As the last accessible undeveloped coastline on the south shore of Kauai, Maha`ulepu is a quiet retreat, a place to get away from the crowds at popular resort beaches. …
The area is also a remote retreat for resident and visitor alike to be awed and inspired by its beauty and rich past. The […]

Love in a Tent loved the QCT, posting a detailed trip report:
… We randomly decided to spend 4 days doing the 3-5 day trip, without having first checked on details like, say, the distance. So we were a little surprised to see that it was 71km long - that’s longer than our 5-day trek on […]

The only person more excited than me about the new North Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, Canada, is BluePeak editor Rogier Gruys.
Rogier linked to an article in Wild Coast Magazine in which the authors claim the NCT is even better than the famed WCT, our #1 hike in the world.
High praise!
We’ll need to hike […]

I’ve finally done it.
Made the trekker’s pilgrimage to the volcanic island of Kauaʻi (also spelled Kauai). My first trip.
There are more miles of hiking trails here than on the rest of Hawaiian islands combined. It’s the “Garden Isle”. The one used in the opening fly-in scene for Jurassic Park.
The most useful website I’ve […]

One of the great coastal walks of the world is Long Beach on Vancouver Island. I try to get out there at least once every year.
It’s the gorgeous section of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve between Tofino and Ucluelet.

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more amazing photos of this wonderland by Bravewest
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If I was flying there today, I’d head for the Island of Gran Canaria.
The Canary Islands are an African archipelago which are part of Spain and consist of seven islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located off the north-western coast of mainland Africa (Morocco and the Western Sahara).

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