5 Jan
The new North Coast Trail is close to the top of my MUST HIKE BEFORE I DIE list.
The North Coast Trail is a 43.1 km wilderness hiking trail in Cape Scott Provincial Park on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
… in Cape Scott Provincial Park runs along beaches and in forest around the northern [...]
30 Nov
Marc Guitard recommends a 41km hike in Fundy National Park, Canada.
Marc writes:
It’s a truly wild coastal area along the Bay of Fundy which has the world’s highest tides. There are 2 river crossings that have to be timed at low tide or else they are otherwise inpassable.
They rate it as 41 kms, but is [...]
26 Nov
Over the past 3 years I’ve checked out or tented most of the official campgrounds on Kauai and Maui.
Despite being an outdoor tropical paradise, the campground situation on those 2 islands is a mess.
Your choices include National Campgrounds, State Campgrounds, County Campgrounds and a few private campgrounds.
Though inexpensive, the problem is actually [...]
18 Nov
The Bibbulmun Track is a long distance walk trail in Western Australia, … almost 1000 km long. The name comes from the Bibbulmun, or Noongar people, Indigenous Australians from the Perth area.
Dave Tomlinson gives some tips on best sections, water, fuel and tenting vs shelters:
Our Hiking Blog – Bibbulmun Track – Advice and tips on [...]
17 Nov
There are a number of day hikes, short and long, out of uber popular Waiʻanapanapa State Park.
The park includes … seabird colonies, anchialine pools, native hala (Pandanus tectorius) forest, caves, heiau (religious temple), a natural arch, sea stacks, blowholes and a small black sand beach….
You can walk to Hana (3mi) along the coast, [...]
2 Nov
Trip report by site editor Rick McCharles.
Most tourists in Maui drive a rent-a-car to Kipahulu Visitors Center in Haleakala National Park, the end of the famed Road to Hana.
The main attraction are the so called “Seven Sacred Pools“, a name invented by some overzealous tourism marketer. In reality, the ʻOheʻo Gulch [...]
1 Nov
Trip Report by besthike editor Rick McCharles.
I first heard of this hike on Trailspotting.
… the Hoapili Trail will take you across … 200 year old lava beds to a secluded beach.
From the trailhead hike through patches of kiawe woodland and beaches scattered with sand and white coral, contrasting starkly with the black of the [...]
29 Oct
… We hope to develop a walking trail network of some 2,000 kilometres (about 1,250 miles), which will pass along the Eastern Cape York Peninsula.
This is one of the last pristine tropical regions in the world. It is wild, beautiful and presently largely trackless and inaccessible. The coast has many stunning [...]
28 Oct
Madeira is an archipelago in the Atlantic, an Autonomous region of Portugal. Madeira Island and Porto Santo Island are the only inhabited islands.
I’ve just subscribed to Madeira Walking, a quality, impressive site.
The unique attraction of this area are Levada, irrigation channels that double as ideal hiking trails.
Nature Meetings, partners on this site, [...]
25 Oct
Though it needs more, this Hawaiian Island has only one roadway tunnel.
Before the tunnel was built, an impassible headland forced travelers to either swim or climb over. The 5.5mi Lahaina Pali Trail bypass was built between 1830 and 1850.
Though the trail is well signed, I managed to get lost within the first [...]
