TREKKING · AROUND THE WORLD
The world's great walks, one trail at a time.
Everest Base Camp and the Annapurna Circuit. The Salkantay to Machu Picchu. Torres del Paine, Toubkal, the Tour du Mont Blanc. Real reviews of the multi-day treks worth the airfare, and the outfitters who run them right.
Worth a trip for the trail alone
Three ranges every trekker has a list for.
Plenty of places make a good week of walking. The Nepal Himalaya, the Peruvian Andes and Patagonia are the ones hikers cross continents for: the highest passes, the biggest peaks, the routes you plan a whole year around.
Nepal
The Nepal Himalaya
Nowhere else puts this many giant peaks within walking distance of a trail. From Kathmandu the classic routes climb for days through Sherpa villages and rhododendron forest to the foot of Everest, or loop the Annapurnas over the Thorong La. You sleep in teahouses, eat dal bhat by lamplight and wake to walls of ice. No mountain range on earth rewards a long walk more.
See all 151 treks →Peru
The Peruvian Andes
Above Cusco the trails run high and old. The Salkantay crosses a 4,600m pass under a glacier on the way to Machu Picchu, the Ausangate circles turquoise lakes and rainbow-striped ridges, and the Inca Trail walks stone laid five centuries ago. Thin air, big passes and ruins at the end of the day. This is high-altitude trekking at its most storied.
- 1 From Cusco: 7 Lakes Ausangate Trek with Breakfast and Lunch
- 2 Cusco: Full-Day Rainbow Mountain & Red Valley Trekking Tour
- 3 Salkantay Trek Challenge – 3 Days / 2 Nights
Argentina & Chile
Patagonia
At the bottom of the Americas the wind never stops and the granite never quits. Day walks under Fitz Roy out of El Chalten, the W and the O circuits through Torres del Paine, the ice cap and the calving glaciers near El Calafate. Raw, exposed and unforgettable, Patagonia is the trek serious hikers save for last.
- 1 El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Trekking Tour and Cruise
- 2 El Chaltén with Trekking from El Calafate
- 3 El Calafate: Safari Azul Los Glaciares Trekking Tour
If you only do one
The trek more hikers rave about than any other.
Out of every route on the site, this is the one that sends people home telling everyone they know to lace up and go.
The crowd-pleasers
The Most Popular Treks Right Now
Everest Base Camp, the Salkantay, the Rinjani crater, the Atlas summits. The trips hikers are happiest they signed up for.
Start with a region
The best treks, region by region.
Nepal for the Himalaya, Peru for the Andes, Morocco for the Atlas, Patagonia for the granite. Pick the range you are headed to and we will show you the treks worth booking there.
Which range
Three mountain ranges, three kinds of trek.
Still deciding where to walk? Start with the mountains. Each of these is a range the site covers deeply, and a very different week on your feet waiting at the end of it.
Nepal
A fortnight in the thin air.
The classic Nepal treks are long ones. The trail to Everest Base Camp climbs for two weeks through Namche, past spinning prayer wheels and suspension bridges, to a sea of ice below the highest mountain on earth. The Annapurna Circuit loops a whole massif over the Thorong La. You walk all day, sleep in teahouses and let an outfit handle the permits, porters and acclimatisation.
See the best Nepal treks →Peru
Walk old stone to Machu Picchu.
Above Cusco the trails run high and old. The Salkantay crosses a 4,600m pass under a hanging glacier on its way to Machu Picchu; the classic Inca Trail follows stone laid five centuries ago through cloud forest and ruins; the Ausangate loops turquoise lakes below a rainbow-striped ridge. Lodges or tents, porters, and a guide who knows the altitude.
See the best Peru treks →Patagonia
Where the granite never quits and the wind never stops.
At the bottom of the Americas the mountains turn raw. Day walks under the spires of Fitz Roy out of El Chalten, the W and the full O circuit through Torres del Paine, the calving glaciers and the southern ice cap near El Calafate. Exposed, weather-beaten and unforgettable, this is the trek serious hikers save for last.
See the best Patagonia treks →The High Atlas
Up Toubkal, North Africa's roof.
A few hours from the souks of Marrakech, the High Atlas climbs into another world. From the Berber village of Imlil it is a two-day walk to the 4,167m summit of Toubkal, with mule-supported camps, refuge huts and ridge routes spreading out across the range. The desert dunes of Merzouga and the Sahara camel treks are the other half of trekking Morocco.
- 1 3 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech To Merzouga Dunes & Camel Trek
- 2 3-Day Tour to Merzouga Erg Chebbi with Food & Camel Trek
- 3 2-Day Zagora Tour from Marrakech Including the Atlas Mountains, Camel Trek and Desert Camp
By difficulty
How hard a walk are you signing up for?
A day in the hills above Chiang Mai. Three days over the high passes in Peru. Two weeks to Everest Base Camp and back. Pick the one that matches the legs, the lungs and the time you have.
Day hiker
Chiang Mai, a day in the hills.A guided day through the Doi Inthanon highlands and the jungle trails north of the city: waterfalls, a hill-tribe village, lunch on the trail, back by dark. Real walking, no altitude, no overnight in a tent.
Multi-day trekker
Peru, three days over the passes.The Salkantay and the Inca routes to Machu Picchu climb above 4,000m and sleep in lodges or tents along the way. You carry a daypack, a team carries the rest, and a guide reads the altitude so you do not have to.
High-altitude expedition
Nepal, two weeks to Base Camp.Everest Base Camp and the Annapurna Circuit are the long ones: a fortnight of teahouse nights, 5,000m passes and thinning air. A local outfit handles permits, porters and the acclimatisation days that keep you moving.
Chiang Mai
Jungle trails and a 2,565m roof.
Northern Thailand is where a lot of trekkers take their first multi-day walk. The hills around Chiang Mai climb through bamboo forest and hill-tribe villages to Doi Inthanon, the highest point in the country, with overnight homestays, waterfalls and elephant sanctuaries strung along the way. Warm, green and gentle on the lungs, it is trekking without the altitude.
See all 29 Chiang Mai treks →By region
Pick a range to walk into.
Nepal for the Himalaya giants. Peru for the high Inca passes. Morocco for the Atlas summits. Chiang Mai for the jungle trails. Sapa for the rice terraces. Lombok for the Rinjani crater.
More regions
More ranges worth the boots.
Pokhara for the Annapurna foothills, Arequipa for the Colca Canyon, Merzouga for the Sahara, Ushuaia for the end of the world. The rest of the map, ready when you are.
Three first treks
New to multi-day walking? Start with one of these.
A valley homestay in Sapa, a volcano summit on Lombok, a Himalayan taster out of Pokhara. Three good ways to find out whether the long trails are for you.
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