Into the Wild Five Bucket List Hikes Around...

We love a good hike here at Culture Trip – especially when we’re on holiday. There’s no better way to connect with a place than by ambling through it at your own pace, stopping – often quite literally – to smell the roses. That’s why we’ve pulled together this list of the greatest hiking destinations around the world, all bookable through Culture Trip.

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Hike the Dana Canyons in Jordan

Going for a hike in the rust-red landscape of Jordan’s Wadi Rum is the closest thing you’ll experience to walking on another planet. So otherworldly is it in fact, that it’s served as the primary filming location for a number of space-based films, from The Martian (2015) to Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker (2019). And this intrepid nine-day adventure puts you right in the heart of it. You’ll spend the night with a local Bedouin family and hike through the red-walled Dana Canyons on the Shaq al Reesh trail. The next day, you can ease your aching muscles with a Dead Sea soak.

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STARTS AT

Amman, Jordan

ENDS AT

Amman, Jordan

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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Cabo Beach, Tayrona National Park, Colombia

Hike the Tayrona National Park in Colombia

The jungle, mountains and Caribbean beaches in Colombia make it a hiker’s paradise. And this eight-day adventure makes the most of this lush landscape with a day of trekking through the jaw-dropping Tayrona National Park. Tayrona miraculously combines the best of all worlds – tropical rainforest and palm-fringed beaches sit against a backdrop of snowy mountain peaks – and you’ll want to keep an eye out for howler monkeys, iguanas (and, very occasionally, a jaguar) as you make your way through the thick vegetation. You’ll be rewarded with a sea dip at Cabo San Juan at the halfway point, before finishing in Canaveral.

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STARTS AT

Cartagena, Colombia

ENDS AT

Santa Marta, Colombia

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

14

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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Tibetan prayer flags hang from a line at Mardi Himal Base Camp

Hike high-altitude trails and through rice terraces in Nepal

If there’s one place every hiker dreams of taking on, it’s the Himalayas – and our epic 11-day expedition gives you the opportunity to do just that. You’ll start in the high-altitude, high-octane capital of Kathmandu – sling your backpack on and hit the dusty trail up to the hilltop temple complex at Nuwakot and spot proper Himalayan peaks in Sarangkot. It’s after this, however, that things get a bit tougher: a three-hour hike through rice terraces and remote villages will lead you to Naudanda, where you’ll spend the evening rowing out onto the mirror-like Phewa Lake.

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STARTS AT

Kathmandu, Nepal

ENDS AT

Kathmandu, Nepal

DURATION

9

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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Doi Inthanon landmark twin pagodas at Inthanon mountain near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Hike Mae Hong Son and Doi Inthanon National Park in Thailand

With the heat and humidity, a hike in Thailand is rarely a stroll in the park – and our 10-day adventure includes two lengthy hikes to really get your blood pumping. The first is a full-day jungle trek around the hills of Mae Hong Son, where you’ll stomp through lush vegetation and stop to cool off at waterfalls along the way. The second one starts early, with a 4am wake-up to summit the peak of Doi Inthanon, where you’ll watch the sun break through the clouds. Your reward, later that day, is to feed and bathe former working elephants at Chiang Mai’s Elephant Nature Park.

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STARTS AT

Chiang Mai, Thailand

ENDS AT

Chiang Mai, Thailand

DURATION

10

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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Koruldi mountain lake, with clouds partially obscuring the snow-capped Caucasus mountains behind in Upper Svaneti, Georgia.

Hike around the Caucasus mountains in Georgia

Georgia is a hiker’s dream: jagged mountain peaks, remote villages and – while the country still flies under the radar – few crowds. Our nine-day adventure to this fascinating country includes a hike in Lagodekhi National Park, before heading into the Caucasus mountains for the trek up to Gergeti Trinity Church near Stepantsminda. You’ll have sublime views here, including of Mount Kazbegi – which towers over the area from a height of 5,054m (16,581ft). Finish up the trip with a well-deserved soak in the sulphur baths in Tbilisi.

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Next available from 24th Sep 2023

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STARTS AT

Tbilisi, Georgia

ENDS AT

Tbilisi, Georgia

DURATION

9

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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Maja Proescholdt contributed additional reporting to this article.

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