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Oct 2024: The Accursed Mountains, Albania. Some of Europe's finest walking, although getting discovered. Crazed limestone at its finest, lovely forests on the lower slopes, endless culurtal interest in the valleys. Unforgettable.

Oct 2023: Himalayan wonders experienced up the Langtang Valley, Nepal. Climbing through rich forest, then pasture and scrub, with a 5,000m summit to savour at the end. 

Feb 2023: The Central Highlands, Sri Lanka. What variety, from the tough granite of the Knuckles to the gobsmacking drop-off at World's End to a gentle wander by the lake at Kandy. 

July 2021: kept those muscles and beauty-receptors busy at home in the UK: Exmoor, Dartmoor, Snowdonia. Come and visit our lovely country!

April 2021: our spring 2021 magazine: Walking with Trees: the Kumano Kōdō Kōhechi  - Stephen Barber's account and photos of one of Japan's great pilgrimage trails. 

March 2021:  our main focus is keeping our walking friends cheerful in these depressing times - posting "virus antidotes" and a new magazine about to be published - and adding new walks: have a look at our Yosemite, Skye and Jasper NP pages!

January 2021: our winter e-magazine:  Virus antidote 3 - another batch of gorgeous photos to give some hope and cheer. There is a future with walking! 

October 2020: UK's Cairngorms, Hadrian's Wall, Cumbria High Way. With much the world in varied lockdown, we fled north the check out some of the UK's best walking during a lockdown lull. Refreshing in a difficult time.

August 2020: the amazing Isle of Skye. Extraordinarily varied landscape, from the thrilling, world-famous Black Cuilllin to the geological oddity of the Quiraing to white coral sand beaches. Walking bliss.

March 2020: we've finally got to Mt Kilimanjaro. Wonderful walking, done the slow way. Just before the virus really hit, so we feel both lucky and sad for the wonderful team there, for whom life isn't going to be easy in the coming months.

The world's 100 best walks

What are the world's 100 best walks?

Here is our current Top 10:

• Mount Kailash Kora, China
• Inca Trail Hikes, Peru
• Mustang, Nepal
• Hadrian's Wall Path, United Kingdom
• The Azores, Portugal
• Dolomites Hikes and Walks, Italy
• Langtang Valley, Nepal
• The Arsenale to the Dogana, Venice, Italy
• The Knuckles, Sri Lanka
• Garwhal, Kumaon Himalaya , India

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All our walks, by destination

See the full list of all our walks, arranged by country

Huangshan, China

Armchair exploration: a random walk

Walk of the month: Valbona area

Which countries have the
most great walks?

Overland Track, Tasmania

Mustang, Nepal

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