World's Best Hikes: Epic Trails

A truly great trail winds into the essence of a place, so when assembling this list of the world’s great hikes we kept an eye on more than the footpath. We looked for walks that travel deeper into a location’s history and culture. Sure, there’s outdoor adventure on each of these 20 hikes, but the trails also tell a rich story. So here they are, the holy grails of trails across the world. —Doug Schnitzspahn

Cortesía de National Geographic:

• Mount Kailash Pilgrimage, Tibet
• Israel National Trail, Israel
• North Drakensberg Traverse, South Africa/Lesotho, uKhahlamba/ Drakensberg Park
• Cinque Terre, Sentiero Azzuro, Italy
• Yoshida Trail, Mount Fuji, Japan
• Santa Cruz Trek, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
• Hayduke Trail, Utah and Arizona
• Laugavegurinn/Fimmvörðuháls Pass, Iceland
• The Way of St. James via the French Way, Spain
• Continental Divide Trail, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico
• Bibbulmun Track, Australia
• West Highland Way, Scotland
• Shackleton's Route, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic/Antarctica
• Shipwreck Coast/Shi Shi Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington
• GR 20, Corsica, France
• Copper Canyon/Tararecua Canyon, Mexico
• Great Himalaya Trail, Nepal
• Benton MacKaye Trail, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina
• The Snowman Trek, Bhutan
• International Appalachian Trail, U.S., Canada, Greenland, Scotland, Spain, Morocco

Para una explicación detallada de cada una y más información aquí.

 

Santa Cruz Trek, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Photograph by Bennett Barthelemy, Tandem