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Top ten world walks announced

Tuesday, 16 August 20113 min read
Top ten world walks announced

Appalachian Trail top of walk wish list

Cheapflights has published the world’s top ten walks – thousands of miles of strolling from Africa to China.

In order…

  1. Appalachian Trail – Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Mount Katahdin, Maine, USA.With aspirations to be a world walk over the Atlantic to Europe
  2. Camino Frances – St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to Compostela, Spain.Over 250,000 people a year follow the scallop shell
  3. Pembrokeshire Coast Path.Britain’s only full coastal path
  4. Mount Kilimanjaro – Tanzania.One of the great charity walks of all time
  5. Zion Narrows – Zion National Park, Utah, USA.Dramatic scenery on the Colorado Plateau
  6. Tongariro Alpine Crossing – Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.New Zealand’s most spectacular tramping track
  7. Paine Circuit Trail – Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.Spectacular mountain trail
  8. West Coast Trail – Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada.Spectacular backpacking trail in Vancouver Island
  9. Tiger Leaping Gorge – Yunnan, China15km trail by the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
  10. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu – Peru A million hippies can't be wrong!

Valere Tjolle
Valere is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suite 2011 Special Offers HERE