Best Treks / Hikes of the World, top 100
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Criteria
Our selection criterion is: The best trek is that which is most listed in books covering the greatest treks in the world.
Development
We have selected the best 7 books (in our opinion) that gather the greatest treks in the world (we will include 2 more). We assigned a score to every trek in each publication basing ourselves on a series of variables, one of the most important being the amount of treks the book covers (a trek that is in a book covering 10 treks is awarded a higher score than another in a book covering 50).
Our selection of books is the following:
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World's TOP 10 Treks
Rank | Country | Name of the Trek / Hike /Circuit | Publication | Score | ||||||
Book1 | Book2 | Book3 | Book4 | Book5 | Book6 | Book7 | ||||
1 | Tanzania | Mt. Kilimanjaro Trek | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | |
2 | Chile | Torres del Paine Trek, Patagonia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | |
3 | Perú | Inca Trail | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||
4 | Nepal | Annapurna Area,(Annapurna circuit, Kopra Ridge) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | ||
5 | France-Italy-Switzerland | Haute Route | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | ||
6 | Pakistan | Snow Lake/Biafo-Hispar/Lupke La Region | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1,5 | 14,5 | ||
7 | India | Zanskar river, Ladakh | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |||
8 | New Zealand | Milford Trek | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||
9 | Nepal | Everest Base Camp | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | ||||
10 | New Zealand | Routeburn track, Fiordland-Mount Aspiring Nationals Parks, South Island | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
World's TOP 40 Treks
Rank | Country | Name of the Trek / Hike /Circuit | Publication | Score | ||||||
Book1 | Book2 | Book3 | Book4 | Book5 | Book6 | Book7 | ||||
11 | USA | Rim-to-Rim of the Grand Canyon | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||
12 | Pakistan | Baltoro glacier / Concordia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1,5 | 10,5 | |||
13 | USA | Kalalau trail, Kauai, Hawai | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
14 | Canada | West Coast trail | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
15 | Spain | El Camino de Santiago | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||||
16 | Morocco | Tichka to Toubkal, Atlas Mountains | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
17 | Argentina | Mount Fitzroy, El Chalten, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Patagonia | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
18 | South Georgia | Shackleton crossing, South georgia | 4 | 2 | 1,5 | 7,5 | ||||
19 | Nepal | Kangchendzonga Himal | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
20 | Tibet | The Mount Kailas Circuit | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||
21 | Uganda | The Ruwenzori | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||
22 | Australia | The Overland Track, Tasmania | 3 | 2 | 1,5 | 6,5 | ||||
23 | Australia | The Larapinta trail, West MacDonnell Range | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
24 | USA | Continental Divide trail, Rockies | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
25 | Sweden | Kungsleden | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
26 | Scotland | West Highland way | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
27 | Greece | North Pindos Mountains | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
28 | South Africa | Northern Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
29 | USA | The Appalachian trail, Georgia to Main | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
30 | France | Grande Randonnee 20, Parc naturel regional de la Corse, Corsica | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
31 | Venezuela | Trekking to Angel falls, Canaima national Park | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
32 | Perú | Huayhuash circuit, Cordillera Huayhuash | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
33 | Perú | Alpamayo circuit, Cordillera Blanca | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
34 | Ethiopia | Semien Mountains, Semien National Park | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
35 | Bhutan | The Snowman Trek (Lunana Trek), Himalaya | 3 | 1,5 | 4,5 | |||||
36 | USA | Jhon Muir Trail | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
37 | Bhutan | The Chomolhari trek | 2 | 1,5 | 3,5 |
Other Treks (mentioned once)
Rank | Country | Name of the Trek / Hike /Circuit | Publication | Score | ||||||
Book1 | Book2 | Book3 | Book4 | Book5 | Book6 | Book7 | ||||
Birmania | Kachin Tribal Village Trek | 5 | 5 | |||||||
Europe | Tour de Mont Blanc | 5 | 5 | |||||||
Nepal | Inner Dolpo | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Bhutan | A tiger´s lair (Paro Taktsang) & a sacred peak | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Mongolia | Kharkhiraa & Turgen, Altai | 4 | 4 | |||||||
New Zealand | Kepler Trek, Fiordland Nat park | 4 | 4 | |||||||
New Zealand | Aoraki to Arthurs pass, Aoraki Nat Park - Arthurs pass Nat Park, Central Southern Alps | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Australia | Thobsborne trail, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland | 4 | 4 | |||||||
USA | Evolution Loop, Kings Canyon Nat Park, Sierra Nevada, California | 4 | 4 | |||||||
USA | Highline trail, Wyoming Rockies | 4 | 4 | |||||||
USA | Sawtooth traverse, Idaho Rockies | 4 | 4 | |||||||
USA | Alaska on foot, Anchorage area, Alaska | 4 | 4 | |||||||
USA | Llama-Trekking in Escalante Canyon, Utah | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Canada | The Rockwall trail | 4 | 4 | |||||||
France | Tour de la vanoise glacier, Parc Nat de la Vanoise | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Spain | Ways of St James, Pyrenees | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Spain | Picos de Europa, Cantabrian Mountains | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Greece | Across the spine of Crete | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Italia | The Dolomites Traverse | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Kazakhstan | Foothills of the Tian Shan | 4 | 4 | |||||||
México | Copper Canyon | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Chile | Exploradores valley, Aysen, Patagonia | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Panamá | The Darien Gap | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Turkey | Kackar of the pontic Alps, black sea | 4 | 4 | |||||||
Nepal | Dhaulagiri circuit, Himalaya | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Nepal-Tibet | Jumla to Mount Kailas, Himalaya | 3 | 3 | |||||||
India | Singalila to kangchendzonga,Singalila National Park, Sikkim Himalaya | 3 | 3 | |||||||
India | Valleys of flowers, Joshimath, Himalaya | 3 | 3 | |||||||
China | Tiger Leaping Gorge | 3 | 3 | |||||||
China | Huan Shan, Shaanxi | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Japan | The 88 temple circuit | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Japan | Hokkaido, Daisetsuzan National Park, Hokkaido | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Japan | Hike in Japans North Alps | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Kyrgystan | Central Tian Shan, Tian Shan Range | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Iran | Damavand | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Thailand | Hill-Tribe Trek in Northern Thailand | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Turkey | The Lycian way | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Vietnam | Fanispan, Vietnam | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Israel | The Israel National trail | 3 | 3 | |||||||
New Zealand | Tongaviro Mountains, North Island | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Australia | Eden to Mallacoota, Wilderness Coast | 3 | 3 | |||||||
New Guinea | Kokoda trail. | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Canada | The Trans Canada Trail | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Scotland | Bag Some Munros | 3 | 3 | |||||||
France-Spain | Pyrenean Haute Route, Pyrenees | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Italia | Alta Via 2, Dolomitas, South Tyrol | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Greece | Mt Olympus | 3 | 3 | |||||||
England | The South West Coast path | 3 | 3 | |||||||
England | Peak District | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Ireland | Croagh Patrick | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Bulgaria | Rila Mountains | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Bolivia | Illampu circuit, Cordillera Real | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Tanzania | Selous Game Preserve | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Kenia | Chogoria & summit circuit routes, Mount Kenia Nat Park | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Namibia | Fish River Canyon | 3 | 3 | |||||||
SoutH Africa | Otter & Tsitsikamma trails, Southern cape | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Turkey | The Lycian Way, Lycia | 3 | 3 | |||||||
South Africa | Kruger Wilderness Trails | 3 | 3 | |||||||
South Africa | The Hoerikwaggo Trail | 3 | 3 | |||||||
India | Rajasthan, Rajasthan | 2 | 2 | |||||||
India | Coorg, western Ghat Mountains, Karnataka | 2 | 2 | |||||||
China | Xishuangbanna, Yunnan | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Japan | Walking the Nakasendo, Kyoto to Tokyo | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Tajikistan | Mountain Climbing in Estern Tajukistan, Pamir Mountains | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Malasya | Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Australia | Fraser Island Wildlife, Queensland | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Chesler Park, UTAH | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Maroon Bells circuit, Colorado | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Buckskin Gulch, Utah | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | The Wonderland trail, Mount Rainier Nat Park, Washington | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Diablo Lake to Lake Chelan, Ross Lake Nat Recreation Area, Washington | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | White Mountain Traverse | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | McGonagall pass, Denali, Alaska | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Glacier National Park, Montana | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Pacific Crest trail | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Zion Narrows, Plateau, Colorado, Utah | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Climbing Mauna Loa, Hawai | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Isle Royale National Park | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Colorado´s Fourteeners, Rockys Mountains, Colorado, USA | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Hiking Half Dome, Yosemite, California | 2 | 2 | |||||||
USA | Trekking the Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Canada | Gros Morne, Canada | 2 | 2 | |||||||
UK | Across the Llýn, Wales | 2 | 2 | |||||||
England | Hadrian´s wall | 2 | 2 | |||||||
England | The North Devon Coast, Braunton-Lynmouth | 2 | 2 | |||||||
England | England from coast to coast | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Ireland | The Kerry Way, Iveragh Peninsula | 2 | 2 | |||||||
France | The Cévennes | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Russia | Lake Baikal | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Jamaica | The Cockpit Country, Albert Town | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Romania-Ukranine | The Carpathians | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Perú | Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazon | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Mexico | The Copper Canyon, El Fuerte | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Brazil | Serra do mar, Paraná | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Panamá | Cordillera Talamanca | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Nicaragua | The Masaya and Maderas volcanoes | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Namibia | The Skeleton Coast | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Uganda / Congo | The Rwenzori Mountains, Rwenzori National Park / Des Virunga Nat Park | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Uganda / Congo | Trekking in the Rwenzori Mountains, Rwenzori National Park / Des Virunga Nat Park, Uganda / Congo | 2 | 2 |