Asia

See the hikes on a custom Google map.

NEPAL TOP 10 → Best Hikes 

• Everest Base Camp / 3 Passes TOP 10 <trip>
• Everest Base Camp <wiki>
• Annapurna Sanctuary / Base Camp <trip><info><info><wiki>
• Manaslu Circuit <site><trip> and Nar Phu sidetrip
  
• Langtang
• Gosainkund & Helambu 
• Makalu Base Camp <blog><info>
  
• Annapurna Circuit
  • cycling Muktinath – Tatopani <trip>
• Khopra Ridge <trip November><trip May>
• Mardi Himal
• Tamang Heritage Trail <GHT>
• Upper Dolpo Circuit <GHT>
• Mustang Circuit <GHT><trip>
• Kangchenjunga Base Camp, border India <wiki><guide><guide><trip><video>
  
• Dhaulagiri Circuit Trek <trip><info>
• Rara Lake <info>
• Limi Valley <info>
• Upper Humla Valley <trip>
  
• Royal Trek <trip 2019>
• Indigenous Peoples Trail <wiki>
• Poon Hill <trip>
• Great Himalaya Trail <wiki><site><site><blog><trip>

There are many more great hikes in Nepal! … This list just scratches the surface.

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INDIAN HIMALAYA TOP 10

• Markha Valley
  • Stok Kangri trekking peak <info>
• Milam Glacier & Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand <guide><trip>
  • Nanda Devi treks, Uttarakhand <guide>
• Rupin Pass, Uttarakhand <guide>
• Buran Ghati, Himachal Pradesh <guide>
• Hampta Pass, Himachal Pradesh <guide>
• Ladahk – Zanskar treks
• Singge La & Lamayuru, Ladakh<guide>
• Lamayuru to Dacha Trek, Ladakh <guide>
  • Lamayuru-Padum, Ladakh <trip>
• Padum-Serchu, Ladakh <trip>
• Padam to Manali over Umasi La, Ladakh <guide>
• Sham Valley, Ladakh <trip><trip>
• Kauri Pass, Uttarakhand <trip>
• Har-ki Dun – Ruinsara, Uttarakhand <guide><guide>
• Singalila Ridge to Sandakphu, Sikkim <guide><info>
• Yuksom to Goecha La, West Bengal <trip>
  • Goechala trek <guide><wiki>
• Kanji La & Shilakong Gorge, Ladakh <guide>
• Kang La & Miyar Glacier, Ladakh
• Spiti Valley High-level Route, Himachal Pradesh <trip>
• Pin Parvati Pass, Himachal Pradesh <wiki><video><guide><warning>
• Beas Kund, Manali, Himachal Pradesh <video>
• Pin Bhaba Pass, Himachal Pradesh <guide>
• Source of the Ganges, Uttarakhand <guide>
• Yamnotri to Dodital, Uttarakhand <guide>
• Pemako trek, Arunachal Pradesh <guide><guide>
• Green Lake trek, Sikkim <guide>
• Parang La trek <guide>
• Curzon Trail, Uttarakhand <trip>
• Tarsar Marsar, Kashmir <wiki><guide>
• Sandakphu Phalut, West Bengal <guide>
• Kedarkantha summit, Uttarakhand <guide>

There are many more great hikes in India. In the mountains and throughout the subcontinent. It’s not easy to independently trek the major Himalaya trails, however. Infrastructure is far better in Nepal.

Ladakh is fantastic. But there are unique problems there.

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HONG KONG <article>

• Dragon’s Back <blog><wiki><HHK>
• MacLehose Trail <wiki><HHK><video>
• Lantau Trail <wiki><HHK>
  
• Hong Kong Trail <wiki><HHK>
• Wilson Trail <wiki><HHK>
• Peak Circle Walk <site>

Best urban hiking anywhere.

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KOREA

• Jeju Olle <trip><wiki>
• Mt. Hallasan <wiki><hikes>
• Seoraksan National Park <wiki><hikes>
• Jirisan National Park <wiki><wiki>

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TIBET

• Dingri to Mt. Everest
• Mt. Kailas Circuit <guidebook><wiki><trip><trip>
  
• Ganden to Samye
• Tsurphu to Yangpachen <guide>
• Lake Manasarovar Kora <wiki><trip>
• Shalu to Nartang <guide>
• Nyenchen Tanglha Traverse <wiki><guide>

Most trekkers in Tibet are guided. Or hike illegally. It’s a hassle to trek independently.

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BHUTAN

• Snowman Trek <site><guide><trip>
• Jhomolhari-Laya-Gasa Trek <website><trip>
• Druk Path <info>
• Bumthang Owl <guide>
• Thimphu day hikes <free guidebook PDF>

All tourists in Bhutan must pay a daily fee as high as US$250 per person.

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VIETNAM

• • Fansipan not recommended <trip><wiki>

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JAPAN <blog>

• Tate-Yama to Kamikochi <info>
• – Mt Yari <trip><trip>
• Daisetzu-zan Grand Traverse <trip>
• Kita-dake to Huiri-dake <wiki>
• Mt Asahi, Hokkaido <wiki><trip>
• Rishiri-Zan (Oshidomari to Kutsugata), Hokkaido
• Yoshida Trail, Mt Fuji <wiki>
  • Subashiri Trail <info><transport>
• Mt Yōtei, Hokkaido <trip>
• Mount Yufu, Yufu and Beppu <trip>
• Mt Aso, Kyūshū <trip>

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MALAYSIA

• Mount Tahan <site><wiki>
• Mt Kinabalu <wiki><trip><trip><trip>
• Mulu Caves and The Pinnacles <trip>

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INDONESIA

• Mount Rinjani, Lombok <wiki><trip><trip>
• Mount Bromo, Java <wiki>
  • Penanjakan
• Mount Semeru, Java <wiki><trip>
• Ijen Crater, Java <trip>
• Gunung Lokon, Sulawesi <wiki>
• Cross Borneo Trek <guide>

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CHINA

• Hua Shan, Shaanxi <wiki>
• Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan <wiki>
• Emei Shan, Sichuan <trip><wiki>
• Huangshan, Anhui <trip><wiki>
• Jinshanling to Simatai, Beijing, Great Wall <wiki>
• Tianmen Mountain Walkway, Zhangjiajie <wiki>

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TURKEY

• Lycian Way <site>
• St. Paul Trail <site>
• Kaçkar Mountains Trails
• Carian Trails <site><wiki><trip><map>
• Evliya Çelebi Way <wiki>
• Göreme, Cappadocia 
  • Rose, Love, Pigeon Valleys <trip> TOP 10

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GEORGIA

• Atsunta Pass <guide>
  

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RUSSIA

• Mt. Elbrus <wiki>
  

Obviously, Russia should be one of the great hiking destinations of the world. But infrastructure has been slow to develop.

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KYRGYZSTAN

• Tian Shan <wiki>
  
  • NEW Jyrgalan Trek <trip>

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TAJIKISTAN

• Pamir Mountains <wiki>
• Fan Mountains (Fannsky Gory)

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KAZAKHSTAN

• Alatau Mountains

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TAIWAN

• Chilai Ridge
• Yushan <wiki>
  

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MONGOLIA

• Tavan Bogd <trip><wiki>

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PAKISTAN (not recommended – 11 trekkers  killed at Nanga Parbat Basecamp in 2013 )

• Concordia & K2 Base Camp via Baltaro Glacier <info><guide><guide>
  • Gondogoro La <trip>
• Snow Lake and Hispar La
• Rakaposhi Base Camp <wiki><trip><trip>
• Fairy Meadows and Nanga Parbat Base Camp <wiki><guide><trip>
• Pakora Pass
• Rush Phari <trip>
• Batura Glacier
• Shimshal Pamir
• Ultar Meadow <trip>

See the hikes on a custom Google map. 

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