Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
The Border Route Trail (BRT) is a 65-mile trail spanning the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, an expanse of rolling hills, lakes, and forests that is a paradise for canoeists.
The BRT is isolated, challenging, logistically difficult to get to, and it’s worth every step. …
The Trek
Warning. Parts are overgrown. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Logistics are challenging in India.
One option that appeals to me is signing on for a Do-It-Yourself adventure with IndiaHikes.
We do everything ourselves — but hike alongside an experienced Trek Leader who can answer questions and advise on the many complications of India.
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The Haute Route, from France to Switzerland, is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
Click PLAY or watch a 1 minute introduction on YouTube.
Chamonix to Zermatt, Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn – in two weeks of mountain travel you will see the greatest collection of 4000 metre peaks in the Alps!
Read more on our Haute Route information page.
I’d say Cam Honan is the world’s most accomplished hiker.
He’s done more of the best trails than anyone else — and hiked them everywhere in the world.
Needless to say, Cam has faced some life and death situations in the wilderness:
When things get tough on our (much easier) hikes, Cam’s advice is to stop. Think. And try to process the danger as an objective observer rather than a subjective participant.
Be logical. Not emotional.
Read his full post here:
Working on a longer video for the Bermuda Rail Trail hike, I’ve been posting exerpt clips as YouTube #shorts.
With no indigenous population, Bermuda was discovered in the in the early 1500s.
Only 21 square miles, there are a lot of graveyards.
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I enjoyed my first trip to Tenerife in 2022. And I’ll be returning SOON for more hiking on the Canary Islands.
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Queenstown, New Zealand. YES!
The Adventure Capital of the World, a gorgeous location on Lake Wakatipu opposite the saw-toothed Remarkable range.
If you’ve never been to New Zealand, start planning. Now. It’s our #1 hiking destination on Earth.
Queenstown is an international resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand’s South Island. …
According to the 2006 census, the usually resident population of the Queenstown urban area … is 10,416 …
… a centre for adventure tourism. Skiing, jet boating, whitewater rafting, bungy jumping, mountain biking, tramping and fly fishing are all strong promotional themes. …
Queenstown is the departure point for a large number of day trips to the similarly famous Milford Sound …
More interesting photos tagged Queenstown.
If you find it too much of a tourist trap, move away up the lake to Te Anau (pop. about 2000). It’s got everything you need to stage for an epic Kiwi hike.
Our favourite hike hikes out of Queenstown and Te Anau are:
• Milford Track
• Routeburn Track
• Kepler Track
These are the three on the list of Great Walks. (Kiwis avoid them because they’re crowded with international tourists. Locals can take you on hikes just as good, but unknown to foreigners.)
More “best hikes” in New Zealand and Australiasia.
Best months for these alpine tramps are December – March.
Start with our New Zealand information page.
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OK. What world class hiking towns did we miss?
Honourable mentions will be posted tomorrow.
Currently planning my adventures for summer 2023, I’m looking at bikepacking Italy and Norway. Faroe Islands and Iceland … if I last that long. Perhaps 2-3 months.
Along the way I’ll be doing the BEST HIKES, of course.
On a private Facebook page a bikepacker asked ChatGPT to define bikepacking. Nailed it.
Here’s my bike for the adventure – the Checkpoint ALR 4.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Ready for bad weather.
BestHike editor Rick McCharles
I’m in Bermuda for about 5 weeks Jan/Feb 2023.
It’s an ideal time of the year for hiking with highs averaging about 70°F (20C). Very little humidity.
Best of all, the beaches are near deserted in the winter. I had this one to myself. Launched the drone.
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