Each One a "Trip of a Lifetime".

When you fly for Free it is easy to go to the World's most scenic spots. 

When you walk on a trip, you gain much in health, inspiration, soul satisfaction, and experiences unimagined . 

Modern Maturity has done it again with a wonderful 
article on "Walks". 

There are many ways to look at walks. If your main transportation is your feet than you can see and experience things that you would never be able to otherwise do. 

There is something so basic, primative, almost primeval about walking long distances, 
going back to the days when walking was our main mode of transportation.

Of course, these Walks are of varying difficulties and all Walks are not for everyone. They run the gambit from a slow therapeutic country ramble in England to a difficult, challenging, sometimes wet slogging Trek through the Milford Track. It all depends on your idea of a "good time". 

When visiting Milford sound I saw dozen of hearty souls, covered in mud, who's feet were literally raw, red and shredding from spending many days out on the Track, and yet their faces beamed as they  spoke of  their experience.

Each one of these Walks represents a unique part of the world, some of the most breathtaking scenery imaginable, justly deserving of the title "places of a lifetime" to visit. Some of these places can only be accessed and seen  on foot.

Use our links for  more information about these Walks .

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Standing at the edge of Milford Sound on New Zealand's South Island, a place of magnificent natural beauty, I watched the Trekkers battered, but not beaten coming back from the Milford Track. The look on their faces was more pleasure than pain, somewhere between relief and ecstasy. There is nothing like traveling close to the ground. 

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1.    INCA TRAIL   Machu Picchu, Peru   H
        another contact:  BACKROADS
        Step back in time, almost 14,000 ft. up in the cloud forests and Incan terraces.

2.    HALF DOME   Yosemite National Park, California  H
        Climb the sheer granite, 5,000 ft. dome, by going round and round 17 miles.

3.    KILAUEA IKI TRAIL   Hawaii Volcano National Park  L
         Walk through the jungle ferns to the Kilauea Iki Crater floor.

4.    GREAT WALL   Beijing, China  L
          Built over 2,000 years ago, walk this wonder of the world over 2,500 miles long
          on a stretch that is only one hour away from downtown Beijing.
          Book with any tour operator.

5.    WORDSWORTH'S RAMBLE   Cumbria, England  L to M
         Walk in Wordsworth's romantic footsteps.  See scenery out of an English Novel.

6.    GRAND CANYON   Northern Arizona  H
          Walk down to the Canyon floor, see things you could never see from above.

7.    ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT   Pohahra, Nepal  H
          This is a big one, 20 days, 75 miles, but the Scenery is unsurpassed

8.    OLD CITY PILGRIMAGE   Jerusalem, Israel  L
           Home to many of the worlds great religions, feel the history.

9.    MILFORD TRACK   South Island, New Zealand  H
          Reserve a year in advance, very popular for all it has to offer, forests, glaciers,
          one of the world's tallest waterfalls, among the backdrop of Milford Sounds's
          Fiordland. You can hike the 33+ miles on your own, or hire a guide when you 
          get there. The Government has sleeping huts available. 

10.   APPALACHIAN TRAIL   Virginia  M
          This one goes from Georgia to Maine, a long 2,155 miles.  The strech that was
          chosen is a 101 mile section in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.

11.   MOUNT KILIMANJARO   Northern Tanzania  M
          another contact: THOMSON SAFARIS
          Make it to the top of Africa's tallest mountain, almost 20,000 feet, one of the
          only high altitude climbs that doesn't require special experience.

12.   VAN GOGH'S PATH   Provence, France  L to M
          Walk in Van Gogh's footsteps, experience the same olive orchards, 
           sunny vineyards and lavendar fields that he painted. Climb to the hilltops
           made of solid limestone.
 

 DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
H = High,   M = Moderate,   L = Low