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Hiking on São Miguel in Portugal´s Azores Islands

Enrico PescantiniPortugal's answer to Spain's Canary Islands, the Azores are a nine-island grouping  1,529 kilometres (950 miles) out in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Iberian Peninsula. The largest (759km²/293 square mi.) and most populous of the archipelago, São Miguel, is home to capital Ponta Delgada, but also a spectacular volcanic but verdant landscape including towering cliffs and ancient laurisilva forests that make a truly splendid playground for nature and adventure lovers.Topping the…

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Trekking in the Peruvian Andes in ´7 Awesome Active Vacation Ideas for 2023´

  Jorge Arciniega If you like some action on your vacations, there's no doubt our planet is packed with all sorts of active, adventurous, and sometimes downright adrenaline-pumping options. Some are "soft," requiring no great skill or physical fitness, while others will delightfully challenge you. How to narrow it down to just seven? Well, let me give it a try! read post  

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A guide to trekking/climbing majestic Mount Kenya

  Håkon Dahlmo     Kenya's highest mountain (and Africa’s second highest mountain after neighbouring Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro) located within an eponymous national park around the centre of the country, this extinct volcano is estimated to be 2.5 million years old. Time has taken its toll on the former, reducing the peak from around 6,500 meters originally to 5,199 today as well as eroding the crater. Its higher slopes permanently covered in snow, surrounded by 715 square kilometers (1,852…

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Luang Prabang trekking - the great outdoor side of Laos' ancient city

    by Barry Northern Laos is famous for its natural beauty: rolling green hills and mountains interspersed with rice fields and countless water buffalo. From the moment we arrived in South East Asia, a trekking adventure through the countryside and staying with a local tribe family was top of our list of things to do. Once we arrived in Luang Prabang, we knew this was the place to do it.     read post    

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  • Nope, I indeed never would have guessed https://www.thetimes.com/article/this-is-europes-best-hiking-destin...
    This is Europe’s best hiking destination (which you’ll never guess)
    It’s easy to overlook diminutive Luxembourg, but the new Minett Trail offers walkers quirky places to stay, lush forests and abandoned mines
  • This does indeed look epic! https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/hiking-transcaucasian-trail-a...
    How to plan an epic hike through Armenia on the Transcaucasian Trail
    Do some careful planning before going on this truly off-the-beaten-path thru-hike.
  • As we all know, there´s plenty of pretty spectacular hiking out there. But recently Outside magazine took it upon itself to proclaim the ten ¨most beautiful¨ trails. Do you agree? https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/10-most...
    The Ten Most Beautiful Hikes in the World
    Our trails columnist has hiked thousands of miles. These are the routes at the top of his bucket list. Thrill yourself with a trip to an amazing trai…
  • The so called W Trek in Chilean Patagonia´s Torres del Paine National Park is world’s most epic (and complicated) multi-day hikes, and here a Lonely Planet writer maps it out for us: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/how-to-hike-w-trek-chile
    Organize a hike on Chile’s famous W Trek
    In five easy steps.
  • Many visitors sign onto tour groups when trekking in Nepal, but apparently plenty do it on their own. Well, as of April for safety reasons that will be banned in the country's national parks - including the popular Annapurna Circuit and widening a previous prohibition on solo trekking/climbing on mountains within the national territory: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/world/asia/nepal-solo-trekking-b...
  • A writer for the website TravelAwaits.com claims that Alabama is getting a rep as a winter hiking destination - who knew? And its writer offers eight great examples: https://www.travelawaits.com/2839998/best-hikes-in-alabama-during-w...
  • I recently caught this post on Medium listing one writer's top five hiking/trekking routes in the world. Agree? Any to add? https://medium.com/illumination/the-most-scenic-hiking-trails-in-th...
    “The Most Scenic Hiking Trails in the World” | by Aaran Shakya | ILLUMINATION | Dec, 2022 | Medium
  • Germans love to hike - and The Guardian recently published a piece on how their country is home to lots of cool trails on which to do it: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/aug/30/paradise-for-walkers...
    A paradise for walkers: Germany is home to more than 150 long-distance hiking trails
    An impressive network of trails, nearly all accessible by public transport, makes it easy to plan your own adventure in the Bundesrepublik
  • The allures of hiking the Appalachian Trail - in winter! https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpack...
    Are Winter Hikes of the Appalachian Trail the Next Thing?
    Scott Benerofe finished a rare and daunting southbound winter thru-hike of the AT. His self-proclaimed normalcy about the endeavor suggests such trek…
  • In May 2021, my home country's Ministry of the Environment and the storied Italian Alpine Club announced an ambitious €35m, 13-year plan to extend Italy's existing Sentiero Italia (the Grand Italian Route) by roughly 1,000km to form a new path connecting each of its 25 national parks, including those on the islands of Sardinia and Sicily. When it's completed in 2033, the new route, known as the Sentiero dei Parchi (Path of the Parks) will cross each of Italy’s 20 regions, pass through six ÚNESCO World Heritage sites and stretch nearly 8,000km. A BBC Travel piece provided more details and context around that time: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210517-the-sentiero-dei-parchi...
    The Sentiero dei Parchi: A new hiking trail uniting Italy
    The country that created the Slow Food movement is now championing slow travel with an ambitious €35m, 13-year plan to connect all of Italy's 25 nati…
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