Explore! posted this list of their top hikes in the world according to:
- Length (Distance)
- Elevation
- Duration
- Weather
- Instagrammability
I find it a strange mix of short day hikes, multi-day adventures, and even one technical mountain climb (Huayna Potosi).
#2 is the Scenic Drive, Zion National Park. Zion is beautiful — but a drive is in a vehicle. I’m assuming they mean to day hike from that vehicle.
- Perito Moreno Glacier Trail, El Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina
- Aoraki/Mount Cook Loop, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Scenic Drive, Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah, USA
- Continental Divide Trail From NM 547, Grants, New Mexico, USA
- Lower Yosemite Falls Trail, Yosemite Valley, California, USA
- Carnarvon Gorge, Carnarvon Park, Queensland, Australia
- Colca Canyon:Cabanaconde – Llahuar, Cabanaconde, Arequipa, Peru
- Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia
- B’nei Hamoshavim Ascent Loop from ןיע ידג, Ein Gedi, Israel
- Jaffa Port – St Peter’s Church Loop from יזבש, Tel Aviv, Israel
- South Kaibab Trail to Ooh Aah Point, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
- Okatse Canyon Loop from ზედა გორდი, Banchueti, Georgia
- Western Wall, Jerusalem ינמראה עבור from Loop, Jerusalem, Israel
- Catbells Circular, Lake District, Cumbria, UK
- Piatra Craiului Ridge Walk, Magura, Brasov County, Transylvania, Romania
- Mirador Loop, Cotapaxi, Mejia, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
- Path of the Gods, Bomerano, Campania, Italy
- Balcony Trail, Madeira, Portugal
- Offa’s Dyke Trail, Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Prestatyn, Denbighshire, UK
- Kaieteur Falls, Chenapau, Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana
- Birtvisi Canyon Viewpoint and Ruins Hike, Tbisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
- El Tepozteco, Tepoztlan, Mexico
- Grand Canyon Track, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
- Shulamit-Quelle Loop ידג ןיע from, Wadi David, Israel
- Berber Villages, Atlas Mountains, Asni, Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco
- Robberg Peninsula, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
- Montfort Castle Loop from הפצמ הליה, Upper Galilee, Israel
- Cecilia Waterfall via Cecilia Forest, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa
- Inca Trail (Mollepata), Aguas Calientes, Peru
- Huayna Potosi, La Paz, Bolivia
- Mt Rosea Loop, The Grampians, Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia
- Dschelada Pavian Loop from Gich, Simien National Park, Ethiopia
- Annapurna Circuit, Besi Sahar, Nepal
- Kilimanjaro, Lemosho Route, Arusha, Tanzania
Like most of these meaningless lists, it’s effective in getting me thinking about future hiking trips. I looked up the Birtvisi Canyon Viewpoint and Ruins Hike, for example, but found it’s only 1.8-km long.
