48 of the World's Greatest Hiking Trails ...

Hiking isn't everyone's cup of tea vacation-wise but some of the World's greatest trails take you to places you'd only ever see in photographs. Up hill and down dale, skirting lakes, glaciers and lava fields, being sprayed by mist from cascading waterfalls, seeing the world from a high mountain top, being your own boss and with maybe just Mother Nature for company, there really is nothing quite like hiking. Especially if you set out to conquer one of these great hiking trails:

1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina, USA

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2 Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales

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3 South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States

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4 Island Walks, Fernando De Noronha, Brazil

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5 “Lover’s Lane” Trail and Wood Line, Presidio National Park, San Francisco, USA

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6 Walter's Wiggles on Way to Angel's Landing in Zion N.P. Utah

Source: Breathtaking Zion National Park - ...

7 Hike to the Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Source: Magnificent Fairy Pools in Scotland

8 Skyline Trail Mt Rainier, Seattle, USA

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9 Hiking Trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, USA

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10 Ha'iku Stairs, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

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11 Snowman Trek, Bhutan

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12 Appalachian Trail, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA

Source: Shenandoah National Park

13 Mount Huashan, China

Source: Don't Look Down!

14 Coast Trail, Na Pali, Hawaii, USA

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15 The Milford Track, South Island, New Zealand

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16 Up Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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17 Torres Del Paine Circuit Trek, Chile

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18 Mount Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal

Source: 25 Gorgeous Hikes You Have ...

19 Santa Cruz Trek, Peru

Source: Chimney Rock Park

20 Hiking Trail, Lombardia, Italy

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21 West Coast Trail, Vancouver Island, Canada

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22 Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru

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23 Tongariro Northern Circuit, New Zealand

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24 Via Ferrata, Dolomiti Del Brenta, Italy

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25 Tour Du Mont Blanc, France, Italy and Switzerland

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26 National Trail, Israel

Source: Backpacking_Tips_for_Beginners-REI_Expert_Advice

27 Pacific Crest Trail, National Forest, Washington, USA

Source: Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Section ...

28 Jungfrau in Interlaken, Switzerland

Source: World's most beautiful waterfalls

29 Tiger Leaping Gorge, China

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30 Sentieno Azzurro, Cinque Terre, Italy

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31 El Camino Del Rey, Malaga, Spain

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32 Zion Canyon, Utah, USA

Source: Zion Canyon Hiking Trails

33 Forest Walk, the Redwoods, California, USA

Source: Forest Walk, The Redwoods, California.

34 Mountain Hiking Trail near Lijiang, China

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35 GR20, Corsica, France

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36 Bibbulmun Track, Australia

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37 North Drakensberg Traverse, South Africa

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38 Laugavegurinn/Fimmvörðuháls Pass, Iceland

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39 The Sir Samuel and Lady Florence Baker Historical Trail, South Sudan to Uganda

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40 Urique-Batopilas Trail, Copper Canyon, Mexico

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41 Overland Track, Tasmania, Australia

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42 MacLehose Trail, New Territories, Hong Kong

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43 Mount Kailash Pilgrimage, Tibet

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44 Yoshida Trail, Mount Fuji, Japan

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45 E7 Path, Slovenia

Source: berries and fruit

46 El Camino De Santiago De Compostela, Spain

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47 West Highland Way, Scotland

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48 Shackleton's Route, South Georgia Island, South Atlantic/Antarctica

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