30 Dec
Ciudad Perdida (Lost City) in Colombia is one of our best hikes in South America.
It’s fantastic. But safety concerns have stopped many over the years from traveling to Colombia. And stopped others from doing the trek.
Bt82 joined a group of 11 hikers to do it in the Fall of 2009. No problema. Everything [...]
16 Dec
The “new” Machu Picchu is steadily getting developed.
This “lost city” fascinated 19th century explorers, and Hiram Bingham visited it two years before he discovered Machu Picchu. Difficult to reach, the ruins are rarely visited by travellers.
The southern approach to Choquequirao from Cachora requires a steep descent from almost 3200 metres down to the Apurímac [...]
21 Nov
A very accessible and easy jungle stroll. Maximum 1.5mi (2.4km).
And a popular stop for everyone doing the “Road to Hana” on Maui just past mile 9.
Still, I recommend it even for experienced hikers. A good stop for lunch.
A few photos …
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20 Nov
The easiest walk you might call a “hike” on Maui I would still recommend for everyone.
It’s very pretty.
… The highlight of the park of course is Iao Needle, a 2,250 foot tall pinnacle. Due to its height, the Needle is often shrouded in clouds of fog, making for interesting photo opportunities.
There is a [...]
8 Nov
I did an overgrown and little known hike on Maui. It’s one of the ways to get high up the steep walls of the Iao Valley.
The goal is this crucifix erected and maintained by High School students.
This trip report I put up merely to document how to get to the cross as there [...]
7 Nov
I’m a sucker for great trees. Botanical gardens.
But I skipped the Garden of Eden ($5 entry) instead walking the nearby Keanae Arboretum (free).
Around half-mile beyond mile marker 16 on the Hana Highway …
The Ke‘anae Arboretum lies alongside the Pi‘ina‘au Stream on leveled terraces built hundreds of years ago by Hawaiians for growing taro, a mainstay [...]
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 [...]
25 Apr
The Kokoda Track is one of the best, and toughest, hikes in the world.
… a single-file foot thoroughfare that runs 96 kilometres (60 mi) overland — 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line — through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The track is the most famous in PNG and [...]
20 Feb
Have you ever heard of this magnificent waterfall?
… Kaieteur National Park, Guyana. Kaieteur Falls has none of the tourist facilities of the other great wonders of the world, not even handrails or fences to protect you from the drop which, apparently, lasts 7 seconds. As such it is a truly wonderful, undiscovered gem.
… The [...]
18 Feb
I just got a recommendation from Andreas for a German / Venezuelan trekking guide company Kamadac based out of Santa Elena in the Gran Sabana.
Looks good.
For those who love to hike, the Roraima Trekking is one of the highlights of Venezuela. The tablemountains belong to the oldest rock formation in the world. During millions [...]
