Travelogues hiking vacations
Travel reports about walking holidays
Our hiking vacation travelogues are extended travel stories about walking holidays in different countries. There are 12 travel reports about hiking vacations. These travel journals are illustrated with 319 photos. Each travelogue has a separate page with independent travel information.
Jungle Trek to Ciudad Perdida
A five-days hike to the lost city of Teyuna
Hidden deep in the mountains of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the northern part of Colombia lies a Precolombian city, called Teyuna by the native Colombians, at an altitude of 1,200 meters. Its Spanish name is Ciudad Perdida, Lost City. From El Mamey it's five days up- and downhill through the green jungle, countless times crossing the Baritara River to bridge the 44 kilometers to the 1,200 stone steps that lead to circular terraces that were made around 800 and where a few thousand of Tairona Indians lived before the Spanish invasion. 24 photos.
Jungle Trek to Ciudad Perdida travel informationTravel story & photos: Peter van Boheemen
Mountain walking on Corsica
GR20: hiking 200 km in the central massif
Four men and a dog hike 200 kilometers in the central massif across Corsica in 2 weeks: the GR20. From cabin to cabin along deep canyons, over blocks and slabs, in stormy winds on hands and feet over the ridge, via klettersteige up and down straight walls; Cirque de la Solitude is conquered and Monte Cinto is climbed. GR20 is the most demanding and most beautiful hiking route of Europe, with different views every hour. 43 photos.
Hiking on Corsica travel informationTravel story & photos: Jo De Smedt
Climbing Mont Blanc via Grand Couloir
Don't look, just keep going...
First the Col du Tour is climbed to get acclimatized: snow bridges and jumping over glacier rifts. And then the climbing of Mont Blanc, by way of the dangerous Grand Couloir to the Goûter Hut and over a narrow snow ridge along chilling abysses to Les Bosses. When the trail skimps a wide glacier fissure, the motto is: don't look, just keep going... 35 photos.
Climbing Mont Blanc travel informationTravel story & photos: Jo De Smedt
Lot - A forgotten department
Rough canyons and medieval villages
Lot is sometimes called the forgotten department. Not many tourists visit this area with rough canyons, wild rivers, medieval towns, pilgrim retreats and castles. It's a great place for hiking as well for touring by car. 7 photos.
Hiking vacation Lot travel informationTravel story & photos: Manja Ressler
Walking on Thassos
Wild flowers blossom everywhere and fill the air with scents
The island of Thassos in the North Aegean Sea is hilly; its highest peak reaches 1203 meter (3600 feet). Along the coast one finds deep canyons with small, quiet bays. Large parts of the island, which abounds in water, are covered with trees. In Spring it is still quiet and wild flower blossom everywhere. An ideal time to explore the island, hiking from mountain village to archeological site to sandy beach. 22 photos.
Hiking vacation Thassos travel informationTravel story & photos: Marja van der Jagt
Hiking and biking in the Bükk Mountains
Dense beeck forest, brightly colored songbirds, shy squirrels and wild orchids
Dense beech forest where shy squirrels bolt away, flower fields with wild orchids and wild aconitum, songbirds between the green foliage and buzzards high in the sky. The Bükk Mountains in Hungary are fortunately protected. Hikers and bikers will find a paradise here. 11 photos.
Hiking and biking in the Bükk Mountains travel informationTravel story: Manja Ressler. Photos: Piet de Geus
Northern Italy
From 2000 m to sea level: the Dolomites and Venice
Hiking sky high in the Dolomites, once surprised by a summer snow storm, but the rest of the time the sun shines on the breathtaking landscape. Climbing along marked trails to mountain peaks and sunbathing on grassy slopes. The contrast with Venice couldn't be sharper - extremely touristy spots are out of the question after the peace and quiet of the mountains, but there's a lot to see in less well-known parts of the archipelago. 37 photos.
Dolomites and Venice travel informationTravel story & photos: Michelle Spaul
Mountain hiking in Valle d'Aosta
Climbing the Piramide Vincent, Balmenhorn and Gran Paradiso
Climbing three mountains over 4000 meters high in Valle d'Aosta: over glaciers and slippery rocks to the Piramide Vincent and the nearby Balmenhorn. On the way back it becomes clear how narrow the trail over the rocky ridge is. The climbing of Gran Paradiso starts in a friendly green landscape, but ends in a severe trek on cloud-covered glaciers with deep fissures. The weather can - even in August - turn a light climb into a tough trek against an arctic backdrop. 26 photos.
Mountain hiking in Valle d'Aosta travel informationTravel story & photos: Jo De Smedt
Ganesh Himal Trek
Rickety suspension bridges over deep canyons
Climbing stairs and rocks, hiking over terraces and in the jungle, crossing suspension bridges over rivers and canyons, walking through the clouds above 4,000 meters toward snowy peaks. On high mountain passes the tent is covered in ice when it freezes over ten degrees centigrade at night. The Ganesh Himal Trek is tough, but an unforgettable experience. 23 photos.
Hiking vacation Nepal travel informationTravel story & photos: Geja Rijsman
Kilimanjaro Trekking: Machame Route
From the jungle to the freezing cold of glaciers
Beginning at the Machame Gate (1,800 m) in Kilimanjaro National Park the hikers cross tropical rainforest to Machame Camp at 3,000 m. Through moorland on to Shira Camp at 3,800 m, with a view of the peak of Mt.Meru. Hiking to Lava Tower at 4,600 and then back to Baranco Camp at 3,900 m to acclimatise. Via Breakfast Wall and through a valley with lobelias to Barafu Base Camp at 4,600 m for the climb over glaciers to Uhuru peak at 5,895 m. Descending goes via Mweka Camp to Mweka Gate, where a Kilimanjaro beer is waiting. 35 photos.
Kilimanjaro Trekking Machame-route travel informationTravel story & photos: Suzan van Beest
Kilimanjaro Trekking
The snow-covered peak looks increasingly challenging
Via the Marangu route, the lightest and most popular (a.k.a. the Coca Cola route), to the top of Kilimanjaro. Through tropical rainforest to the Mandarahut, through a Jurrassic Park landscape to the Horombohut, through a desolate alpine desert higher up to the Kibohut and from Gilman's Point over the edge of the crater to the ice cap of the 5895 meter Uhuru Peak. 23 photos.
Kilimanjaro Trekking Marangu Route travel informationTravel story & photos: Peter van Boheemen
Wye Valley Walk
Hiking in the Wye Valley in Wales
Hiking upstream along the Wye river in Wales, surrounded by green and with great views; without straining climbs, passing through the occasional nice village, sometimes even without a store. There are few other hikers, but lots of sheep. You cross beautiful and sometimes quirky bridges over the Wye, again and again, while the river gets narrower and the hills higher, until you reach the Cambrian Mountains. 33 photos.
Walking in Wales travel informationTravel story & photos: Kees van Tol
Book your hiking holiday online
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