The other day at Rathtrevor Beach I got closer than ever before to a gorgeous Pileated Woodpecker. About 1 metre. With my iPhone.
They are cheeky, brazen creatures. 😀
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The other day at Rathtrevor Beach I got closer than ever before to a gorgeous Pileated Woodpecker. About 1 metre. With my iPhone.
They are cheeky, brazen creatures. 😀
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Ausangate (or Auzangate) is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
Our favourite multi-day tramp in our favourite hiking region of the world — glorious New Zealand. 😎

World → South America → Central Andes → Peru → Ausangate

Click PLAY or watch a 1-minute introduction on YouTube.
For details click over to our Ausangate Circuit information page.
Alex Verheul and her family had just finished their first tramping New Zealand’s Kepler Track.
The son put the GoPro on a railing — and the cheeky Kea took off with the camera. Happily, he quickly recovered it.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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)
