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The Gartmore Experience: a walking holiday in the hills of Scotland
After spending most of last year hiking above 3000m; struggling to breathe, suffering from altitude sickness, carrying a 20kg bag and sleeping in tents when it’s far too cold to…
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Climbing Mount Kenya: The Chogoria/Shiptons Route
The highest mountain in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m) and it’s the most popular peak to climb. While you get extra cool bragging rights, you’re spending a ton of money…
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Hiking the Otter Trail: 45km in five days
The Otter Trail is a 45km coastal path that crosses numerous rivers, gives you endless ocean views of crashing waves and rewards you with wonderful log cabins to sleep in.…
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Hiking the Drakensberg Northern Traverse: 65km in 5 days
The Drakensberg are a mountain range that run along the border of South Africa and Lesotho, with dramatic cliffs falling away from the plateau at an almost constant altitude of…
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Hiking in the Malolotja Nature Reserve
Swaziland is a tiny landlocked African country, bordered by Mozambique to the east and South Africa to the north, west and south. This tiny gem is well worth a visit…
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Hiking through the Fish River Canyon: 90km in 5 days
The Fish River Canyon, located in southern Namibia, is the second largest in the world after the Grand Canyon. Those brave (and crazy) enough can take on the 90km trail…
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Survive the sulphur pools and lava lakes in the Danakil Depression
The Danakil Depression is the hottest place on earth with an average daily temperature of 35 degrees, it lies -116m below sea level and is one of the driest and…
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Another Australian Road Trip: Kosciuszko National Park
As someone who prefers mountains and forest over beaches and palm trees, leaving the coastline of New South Wales and heading inland to Kosciuszko National Park was a dream for…
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6 of the best day hikes on the Isle of Skye
After spending a summer in rainy England it was awesome to escape to rainy Scotland for a family holiday to the gorgeous Isle of Skye. There are a ton of…
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Volcano boarding, sinkholes and crater lakes: The El Hoyo Hike
If you can put up with a heavy pack and a lot of heat then this two-day adventure will be worth the pain. It’s volcano boarding down the youngest volcano…
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Roasting marshmallows on a volcano in Antigua
The colonial city of Antigua should be on everybody’s bucket list for Guatemala. It’s the perfect place to spend a week or even more if you have the time. It’s…
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7 Short and Beautiful Hikes Around Whistler
If you want to get outside and see everything that Whistler has to offer, but you don’t have either the time, the energy or the equipment for one of the…
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