Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Pete Rojwongsurya:
… I spent almost a month traveling from Zanzibar to Serengeti and eventually ending my trip on Kilimanjaro.
It was one of the best trips of my life and this travel video is my attempt at capturing just how beautiful Tanzania is and how epic it was to explore it.
From tracking down the big five in Serengeti to hiking up to the top of Kilimanjaro in 6 days via Machame Route …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Dream by BestHike editor Rick McCharles
Many of my hiking travel plans have been cancelled starting March 2020. Pandemic. 😕
IF possible in August 2022, here’s my PLAN.
Cycle and hike Norway on my Trek Checkpoint touring bike.
Catch the ferry in northern Denmark. Stopover in the Faroe Islands.
Continue to Iceland for yet more cycling and hiking.
Fly out of Reykjavik.
Price for that ferry starts at 404.00€ plus meals onboard.
It’s 30+ hours to the Faroes. Another 15+ hours to eastern Iceland.
Travel between the islands is not difficult, I understand. Here’s an overview map of popular hikes.
BestHike editor Rick McCharles
After hiking the West Coast Trail twice in 2021, I put together a video playlist with two goals:
Below are all 7 videos. If they help, bookmark them and/or subscribe on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch the Introduction on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Bamfield to Michigan Creek on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Michigan Creek to Tsusiat Falls on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Tsusiat Fall to Cribs Creek on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Cribs Creek to Cullite Creek on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Cullite to Port Renfrew on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Nitinat Option on YouTube.
On finishing my first West Coast Trail hike 1999 I threw my backpack into the trunk. Drove directly to my parents home hours away.
Two days later I unpacked. Found 2 banana slugs inside.
I’m more careful now to keep pot, mug and cutlery clean and packed away at night.
My tent zipped.
Yet I still had a banana slug in my tent this year. 😐
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
… At just over 100 miles long, and taking 7 to 10 days to complete, the Arctic Circle Trail crosses the largest ice-free patch of West Greenland.
This splendid backpacking route, lying 25-30 miles north of the Arctic Circle runs from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut – both with airport access.
a summer walk, ideally from mid-June to mid-September, when the tundra is bursting with life; during the long winter, snow and ice, short days and bitter cold are the norm …
Bo Normander posted an excellent trip report from 2017:
Lisa Germany (from Australia) posted her trip report.
Or you can listen to an interview where she describes Greenland and the ACT in detail.
Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
The perfect day.
April 17, 2021.
Lake Minnewanka still frozen. Yet warm and sunny.
See more winter photos.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
A very popular short walk out of Banff townsite in the Canadian Rockies, the highlight is seeing song birds, waterfowl and amphibians.
Not so much in winter. 😀
Yet I’d argue it’s even more beautiful with snow and ice.
Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.
10 Adventures has a great write-up calling it the Marsh Loop Hike. (3.4km)
by BestHike editor Rick McCharles
I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky mountains.
BEST urban hiking — in my opinion — is along the north bank of the Bow River in the NW of the city of nearly 1.3 million.
A new attraction has been added. Dale Hodges Park – stormwater wetlands, wildlife habitat, trails for cycling and walking, and lookout points across the scenic river valley.
Formerly a gravel pit, it won the highest award of honour from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for its use of environmental landscape design.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I’d never seen a muskrat (photos) in my home town. Until I visited Dale Hodges Park.
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Tunnel Mountain 1,692 m (5,551 ft) is located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The mountain is nearly completely encircled by the town of Banff and the Banff Springs Hotel grounds.
Climbing Tunnel is super popular year round as the trail is well graded. In winter many folks bring hiking poles and ice cleats as there are slippery and icy sections.
4.3 km (3 mi) round-trip.
You’ll often see Elk on the way up as I did.
related – Banff’s Tunnel Mountain Hike is Wonderful in Winter
In my travels around the world I’ve seen much elusive wildlife including snow leopards.
BUT I’d never seen more than bobcat paw-prints.
In recent years, bobcats have been moving into big city Calgary, population 1.2 million plus.
The city offers plenty of squirrels and jackrabbits.
One took a nap in a city yard a couple of weeks ago.
I saw this one just after dawn in the neighbourhood where I grew up. It seemed totally unworried about me standing only about 2m distant.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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