wikiexplora Best Hikes of the World

wikiexplora reviewed 9 top hiking books:

Book 1: A Journey along the World’s Great Treks by Jeff Salvage and Kirk Markus

Book 2: Classic Hikes of the World: 23 Breathtaking Treks by Peter Potterfield

Book 3: Top Treks of the World by Steve Razzetti

Book 4: World’s Great Adventure Treks by Jack Jackson

Book 5: Outside Adventure Travel: Trekking by Outside Magazine

Book 6: Ultimate Adventures a Rough guide to Adventure Travel by The Rough Guides

Book 7: A Year of Adventures by Andrew Bain

Book 8: Lonely Plante’s 1000 Ultimate Experiences by Lonely Planet

Book 9: Classic Treks, The Most Spectacular Hikes in the World by Bill Birkett

From those, they arrived at their own top 10:

1 Chile Torres del Paine Trek, Patagonia
2 Perú Inca Trail
3 Tanzania Mt. Kilimanjaro
4 France-Italy-Switzerland Haute Route
5 Nepal Everest Base Camp
6 New Zealand Routeburn track, Fiordland-Mount Aspiring Nationals Parks, South Island
7 Pakistan Snow Lake/Biafo-Hispar/Lupke La Region
8 Pakistan Baltoro glacier / Concordia
8 India Zanskar river, Ladakh
10 USA Kaibab trail, Grand Canyon (Rim-to-Rim), Arizona

I wouldn’t consider their methodology foolproof. Just because the Inca Trail is famous, doesn’t mean it’s one of the top hiking experiences of the world.

Only the Haute Route and Everest are on our top 10 list.

Still, it’s worth clicking through. Check the next 40 hikes as well as honourable mentions.

Best Treks and Hikes of the World, Top 100 (Methodology)

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