Summary of Hikes

A summary of hikes (by length) and trip reports. All links for the hike location are to the starting point (trailhead) on Google Maps.

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Australia – ACT

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Gibraltar Peak (1,038m)	Dalsetta carpark, Tidbinbilla	Easy	All year	7.7km circuit
Mount Tennant (1,375m)	Namadgi Visitor Centre	Moderate	All year	14.7km return
Mount Gingera (1,857m)	Corin Dam car park	Moderate	All year	20.4km return

Australia – NSW

For a comprehensive list of multi-day walks – Overnight Walks around Sydney
The 59km Harbour to Hawkesbury walk from Manly to Berowra Waters traverses the Ku-ring-gai Chase, Garigal and Berowra Valley National Parks.

Sydney & Sydney Harbour

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Taronga Zoo to Balmoral Beach	Bradleys Head Road	Easy	All year	6.8km one-way
The Spit to Manly	Mosman, Sydney (north)	Easy	All year	10km one-way

Sydney North – West Head

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
The Duckhole (Lower Gledhill Falls)	Start of West Head Rd	Easy	All year	800m return
Topham Hill rock art	South of Topham Track	Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	1km approx
Koolewong Track	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	1.3km return
West Head Army Track	West Head Lookout	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	1.3km return
Flannel Flower Beach	West Head Lookout	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	2km return
Crystal Creek Falls	McCarrs Creek Road	Hard	All year	2km return
Bairne Trig	West Head Road	Hard	All year	2.2km return
Topham Track	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	2.5km return
America Bay Track	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	2.6km return
Flint & Steel Bay	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	2.8km circuit
Challenger Trail	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	3km return
Hungry Beach	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (low tide)	3.6km return
Hungary Trail	General San Martin Drive	Hard	All year	3.6km return
Cottage Point Trigs	General San Martin Drive	Hard	All year	Approx 4km
Resolute Loop Trail	West Head Lookout	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	4.3km circuit
Elvina Bay Circuit	West Head Road	Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	5.4km circuit
Towlers Bay Circuit via Birnie Lookout	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	6.5km circuit
Wallaroo Trig	West Head Road	Moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	6.5km return
Secrets of the Basin Trail	West Head Road	Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	6-8km return
Duckholes Trail loop (short)	McCarrs Creek Road	Easy	All year	8.6km circuit
Towlers Bay	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	9.4km return
Waratah Trail	West Head Road	Easy/Hard	All year (8am-6pm)	9.5km return
Bairne Trail	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	9.6km return
Bairne to Basin Circuit	West Head Road	Easy-moderate	All year (8am-6pm)	12km circuit
Salvation Loop, Wallaroo and Yeomans Tracks	West Head Road	Easy	All year (8am-6pm)	13.6km return

• Best West Head Walks for recommendations on the top West Head trails
• Guide to West Head Bushwalks covering all the trails, lookouts and picnic areas

Sydney North – Ku-ring-gai Chase NP (including St Ives Wildflower Garden)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Terrey Hills Aboriginal Engravings	Larool Road	Moderate	All year	Approx 1.5km
Chiltern Trail North	Chiltern Road, Ingleside	Easy	All year	2km return
Duffys Wharf Track and Slades Trail	Booralie Road, Duffys Forest	Easy/Moderate	All year	2.8km circuit
Solander Trail & Senses Track	St Ives Wildflower Garden	Easy	All year (8am-5pm)	2.9km return
Barrenjoey Lighthouse loop	Governor Phillip Park, Palm Beach	Easy	All year	3km circuit
Bibbenluke Trail	Bibbenluke Avenue, Terrey Hills	Easy	All year	3.6km return
Kierans Creek Route	Anembo Reserve, Duffys Forest	Moderate	All year	3.9km circuit
Sphinx Loop	Memorial Road / Sphinx car park	Moderate	All year (6am-8pm)	4km circuit
Mueller Track	St Ives Wildflower Garden	Easy	All year (8am-5pm)	4.3km circuit
Christies Pool	Warrimoo Road	Moderate	All year	4.7km return
Smiths Creek	Booligal Road, Terrey Hills	Easy	All year	5.8km return
Under the Motorway	Grosvenor Street, North Wahroonga)	Moderate	All year	6km return
Frog Hollow Circuit (Wahroonga Reserve)	Lister Street, North Wahroonga	Moderate	All year	6.4km circuit
Secrets of the Chiltern Trail	Chiltern Road, Ingleside	Moderate	All year	6.6km circuit
Bibbenluke to Anembo Reserve via Kierans Creek	Anembo Reserve, Duffys Forest	Hard	Summer best	6.8km circuit
Centre Track	General San Martin Drive: east and west	Easy	All year	7.2km return
Darri Track loop	End of Toolang Road, St Ives	Moderate	All year	7.7km return
Wildflowers on the Cowan Trail	End of Bulara St, Duffys Forest	Easy	All year	8km return
Mt Ku-ring-gai to Berowra	Harwood Ave  / Berowra station	Moderate	All year	9km one-way
Shark Rock Ridge	Berowra railway station	Moderate	All year	9.2km return
Kierans Creek Loop	Anembo Reserve, Duffys Forest	Hard	All year	9.4km circuit
Sphinx Memorial to Bobbin Head loop	Memorial Road	Moderate	All year	9.8km circuit
Long Trail	Booligal Road (Terrey Hills)	Easy	All year	10.4km return
Mount Murray Anderson	Bulara St (Duffys Forest)	Moderate	All year	11km return
Cowan and Wilkins Tracks	Bulara St, Duffys Forest	Easy	All year	12.2km return
St Ives to Mt Ku-ring-gai via Warrimoo Track	Warrimoo Road (St Ives) and Mt Ku-ring-gai station	Moderate	All year	13km one-way
Brooklyn to Cowan (Great North Walk)	Hawkesbury River / Cowan stations	Moderate	All year	13km one-way
Pylons Loop (Warrimoo to St Ives Wildflower Garden)	Warrimoo Road (St Ives Chase)	Moderate/Hard	All year	13.5km circuit
Gibberagong Track & Murrua Fire Trail loop	Grosvenor Street, North Wahroonga	Moderate/Hard	All year	14km circuit

Guide to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park  covers all the walking and mountain-biking trails

Sydney North – GARIGAL NATIONAL PARK

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Carroll Trig	Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive, Davidson	Easy	All year	0.8km return
Upper Cambourne Circuit	Cambourne Avenue, St Ives	Easy	All year	1.5km circuit
Natural Bridge Loop	Currie Road, Forestville	Easy	All year	3.3km circuit
Caleyi Trail Loop	Mona Vale Road, Ingleside	Easy	All year	3.9km circuit
Red Hill Loop	Maybrook Avenue, Cromer Heights	Easy	All year	4km circuit
Rocky Creek Loop	Eastern Arterial Road	Moderate	All year	4.3km circuit
Down to Five Mile Creek	Kamber Road, Terrey Hills	Moderate	All year	4.7km circuit
Pipeline Track	St Ives, Sydney (north)	Easy	All year	5.5km circuit
Cascades Track	St Ives, Sydney (north)	Easy	All year	5.6km circuit
Moon Rock Loop	Slippery Dip Trail, Morgan Road, Belrose	Easy/Moderate	All year	6km circuit
Carroll Trig to Cascades	Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive, Davidson	Moderate	All year	6.3km circuit
Heath Trail & Bare Creek Loop	Ralston Ave, Belrose	Easy	All year	7km circuit
Bantry Bay Loop	Ararat Reserve, Frenchs Forest)	Easy/Moderate	All year	7.4km circuit
Flat Rock Beach Circuit	Downpatrick Road (Killarney Heights)	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.2km circuit
Deep Creek Loop	Deep Creek Reserve, Narrabeen	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.3km circuit
Carroll Creek Loop	Hunter Ave, St Ives	Easy/Moderate	All year	8.6km circuit
Casuarina and Lyrebird Loop	Downpatrick Road (Killarney Heights)	Moderate	All year	9.1km circuit
Slippery Dip Loop	Slippery Dip Trail, Morgan Road, Belrose	Moderate/Hard	All year	10.2km circuit
Five Mile Creek Loop	Forest Way (0.9km from Mona Vale Rd	Moderate	All year	11km circuit
Middle Harbour Creek circuit	St Ives, Sydney (north)	Easy/Moderate	All year	19km circuit

Guide to Garigal National Park covers all the walking and mountain-biking trails

Sydney North – Berowra Valley Regional Park / Berowra Valley National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Refuge Rock & Natural Arch	Trevors Lane (Cherrybrook)	Easy	All year	2.7km loop
Blue Gum Walk	Rosemead Road Picnic Area (Hornsby)	Easy	All year	4.2km loop
Berowra Heights Circuit	Alston Drive (Berowra Heights)	Moderate	All year	8.1km loop
Pogson Trig Loop	Quarter Sessions Road (Westleigh)	Moderate	All year	11km loop
Cowan to Berowra	Cowan or Berowra  station	Moderate	All year	14km one-way
Thornleigh to Berowra (Great North Walk)	Bellamy St, Pennant Hills	Moderate/Hard	All year	26-29km one-way

Sydney North – Muogamarra Nature Reserve

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Lloyd Trig	Old Pacific Hway 3.5km north of Cowan	Easy	Open 6 weekends Aug / Sep	2.8km return
Peats Bight and Deerubbin Lookover	Old Pacific Hway 3.5km north of Cowan	Easy/Moderate	Open 6 weekends Aug / Sep	26-29km one-way

Sydney North – Bouddi National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bullimah Spur Circuit	Bouddi National Park	Easy	All year	4.6km circuit
Bouddi Coastal Walk	Little Beach or Putty Beach	Easy	All year	14km return

Sydney North – Brisbane Water National Park

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Girakool Loop	Girakool Picnic Area	Easy	All year	1.4km circuit
Piles Creek circuit	Girakool Picnic Area (Girakool)	Easy	All year	5.7km circuit
Pindar Cave and Mt Wondabyne	Wondabyne Station (train access only)	Moderate	All year	26.8km one-way

Sydney West – Blue Mountains & Wollemi NP

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Furber Steps	Scenic World	Moderate	All year	1.2km return
Orphan Rock	Scenic World	Moderate	All year	1.8km return
Leura Cascades & Fern Bower	Leura Cascades Picnic Area	Easy	All year	2km one-way / 3km loop
Bulcamatta Falls Track	Burralow Creek camping ground	Easy	All year	3km return
Overcliff and Undercliff Tracks	Conservation Hut / Wentworth Falls Picnic Area	Easy	All year	4km circuit
Glow Worm Tunnel via Pagoda Track	Old Coach Road carpark (Wollemi NP)	Easy	All year.	6.8km return
Glow Worm Tunnel from Newnes	Near Newnes (Lithgow area)	Moderate	All year	9km return
Wollangambe Canyon (Upper)	Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains	Moderate	Summer	9km circuit
Grand Canyon to Pulpit Rock	Neates Glen car park	Easy/Moderate	All year	9.3km one-way
Lost World Lookout	Farm Road, Springwood (Blue Mts)	Moderate	Avoid summer	10.3km return
Glenbrook Creek (Warrimoo to Glenbrook)	Florabella St, Warrimoo (Blue Mts)	Moderate	Summer	12.8km one-way
Lockleys Pylon to Blue Gum Forest	Mt Hay Road, Blue Mountains	Moderate	All year	13km return
Ruined Castle	Katoomba, Blue Mountains	Moderate	All year	14km return
Wollangambe Canyon (Lower)	Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains	Moderate	Summer	13.8km circuit
Blue Labyrinth (Faulconbridge to Glenbrook)	Faulconbridge & Glenbrook	Moderate	All year	24km approx
Kanangra to Kowmung River	Kanangra Walls carpark	Hard	All year	26km approx
Katoomba to Wentworth Falls	Wilson Park (Wentworth Falls) & Echo Point (Katoomba)	Moderate/Hard	All year	32km approx
Six Foot Track	Explorers Tree, Nellies Glen Rd	Moderate	All year	45km one-way (1-3 days)

Sydney South West – Bungonia Gorge, Nattai & Morton NP

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bungonia Gorge circuit	David Reid carpark, Bungonia NP	Hard	All year.	10km circuit
The Castle	Long Gully, Morton NP	Very Hard	All year.	12.6km return
Russells Needle & Starlight Track	Wattle Ridge Rd, Nattai NP	Hard	All year.	30km circuit

Sydney South – Dharawal, Kamay Botany Bay & Royal NP

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Figure 8 Pool	Garrawarra Farm (Royal NP)	Easy	All year. Low tide.	6.5km return
Jingga Pool and Minerva Pool	Dhawaral NP	Easy	All year.	6.5km return
Curra Moors Loop	Curra Moors trailhead (Royal NP)	Easy/Moderate	All year.	10.2km circuit
Cape Baily Loop	Cape Solander carpark (Botany Bay)	Easy	All year.	11km circuit
Waterfall to Engadine	Waterfall or Engadine stations (Royal NP)	Easy/Moderate	All year.	15.6km one-way
Illawarra Escarpment Track	Stanwell Park railway station	Easy/Moderate	All year	17km one-way
Royal National Park Coast Track	Otford station to  Bundeena Wharf	Moderate	All year	26-32km one-way

South West NSW

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Fitzroy Falls East to West Rim	Yarrunga Lookout Access Trail	Easy	All year	8.1km mostly one-way

South Coast

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mumbulla Falls	Near Bega, South Coast	Easy	All year	800m return
Drawing Room Rocks	Brogers Creek Road, near Berry	Easy	Best at sunset / sunrise	2.8km circuit
Murrays Beach and Governors Head	Booderee National Park	Easy	All year	3km return
Little Dromedary / Najanuga (186m)	Central Tilba (south coast)	Moderate/Hard	All year /w permission	5km return (off-track)
Steamers Beach	Booderee National Park	Easy	All year.	6.3km return
Mt Dromedary (806m)	Central Tilba (south coast)	Easy-moderate	All year	14.5km return

Snowy Mountains – Kosciusko NP & Jagungal Wilderness

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mt Jagungal (2,061m)	Snowy Mts	Moderate	Nov-Apr best	38km circuit (2 days)

Northern NSW

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Wonga Walk	Dorrigo NP	Easy	All year	7.1km circuit
Mount Warning / Wollumbin (1,156m)	Tweed Ranges, northern NSW	Moderate	All year	8.8km return
Rocky Crossing, Barrington Tops	Williams River Picnic Area	Easy	All year	17km return
Careys Peak, Barrington Tops	Lagoon Pinch Picnic Area	Moderate	All year	21km return
Fernleigh Track	Belmont / Adamstown, Central Coast	Easy (cycling & hiking track)	All year	31km one-way
Mount Gower (875m)	Lagoon Road, Lord Howe Island	Moderate	All year. Book local guide	11km return

Trip report: A week exploring Lord Howe Island

Australia – NT

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Uluru Climb	Uluru carpark	Moderate	CLOSED	3.1km return
Valley of the Winds (Uluru)	Valley of the Winds carpark	Moderate	All year	7.4km loop
Uluru Base Walk	Uluru Mala carpark	Easy	All year	11km loop
Tabletop Track, Litchfield NP	Approx 100km from Darwin	Hard	May-Sep (Dry season)	Approx 45km circuit

• A Guide to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park includes the best lookouts and main walking tracks

Australia – VIC

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Pilot (545m)	Mt Pilot carpark, Chiltern-Mt Pilot NP	Easy	All year	600m return
Wilsons Promontory (Southern Circuit)	Tidal River, Wilsons Prom	Moderate/Hard	All year	59km (shorter options)

Australia – Queensland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Chance Bay	Whitsunday Islands	Easy	All year	5.1km return
Coral Cove	Hamilton Island Resort	Easy	All year	5.4km circuit
Mount Warning / Wollumbin (1,159m)	Mount Warning Road	Moderate	All year	8.8km return
Passage Peak & Escape Beach	Hamilton Island Resort	Easy/Moderate	All year	14km circuit
Mount Barney (1,351m)	Yellow Pinch, Mount Barney NP	Hard	All year. Winter best	Approx 22km return
Binna Burra	Lamington NP (Gold Coast)	Moderate	All year	27km return
Thorsborne Trail (Hinchinbrook Island)	Ramsay Bay (from Cardwell) or George Point (from Lucinda)	Moderate	All year32	32km on-way

Australia – Tasmania

East Coast (inc Tasman Peninsula)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Amos (454m)	Freycinet carpark	Moderate	All year (when dry)	4km return
Fossil Cliffs & Reservoir Circuit	Maria Island	Easy	All year	7.8km circuit
Bishop & Clerk (620m)	Maria Island	Moderate	All year	13.8km circuit
Freycinet Peninsula	Coles Bay	Moderate	All year	41km circuit (2-3 days)
Three Capes	Fortescue Bay, Tasman Peninsula	Hard	All year	41km circuit
Darlington to Frenchs Farm, Haunted Bay & Mt Maria (711m)	Maria Island	Moderate	All year	70km circuit (3 days)

Trip report: Wombats & Devils on Maria Island

Launceston Region & Great Western Tiers

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Liffey Falls	Liffey Falls upper carpark	Easy	All year	2.4km return
Meander Falls	Meander	Moderate	All year	12km circuit
Mount Roland	O’Neills Rd, Gowrie Park	Moderate	All year	17.5km return

Central Highlands

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Kitchen’s Hut	Cradle Mountain	Moderate	All year	11.5km return
Narcissus Hut to Cynthia Bay	Lake St Clair Lodge (Cynthia Bay)	Moderate	All year	19km one-way
Dixons Hut, Walls of Jerusalem	Walls of Jerusalem NP	Moderate	Sep/Oct – April	22km return
Mt Rufus (1,416m) and Little Rufus circuit	Lake St Clair Lodge (Cynthia Bay)	Moderate	Sep/Oct – April best	25.5km circuit
Barn Bluff (1,559m)	Cradle Mountain	Moderate	Sep/Oct – April	24-28km circuit

Flinders Island

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Castle Rock	Allports Beach, Flinders Island	Easy	All year (low tide best)	4km one-way
Egg Beach	West End, Flinders Island	Easy	All year (low tide best)	5km return
Mt Strzelecki (756m)	Trousers Pt Rd, Flinders Island	Moderate	All year (morning best)	6.6km return
Mt Killiecrankie circuit (316m)	Killiecrankie, Flinders Island	Hard	All year	18km circuit

Trip report: Flinders Island

Australia – Western Australia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Monadnocks & Mt Cooke loop (Bibbulman Track)	Albany Hwy, 9.5km after Jarrahdale Rd	Moderate / Hard	All year	40km circuit

Austria

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Schneeberg (2,076m)	Puchberg am Schneeberg	Easy/Moderate	May-Nov

Botswana

Trip report: On Safari in Botswana

Canada

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
High Falls Creek	Squamish River Forest Road (Squamish, BC)	Moderate/Hard	May-Nov	3-8km
Stawamus Chief, South Peak	Stawamus Chief Provincial Park or Shannon Waterfall carpark	Moderate/Hard	Mar-Oct	6km return
Lake Garibaldi	Rubble Creek car park	Moderate	May-Oct	18.2km return

France

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Grottes du Cerdon	Labalme (French Jura)	Easy	All year	1.2km
Gorges du Fier	Lovagny, near Annecy	Easy	Mar-Oct	2-7km return
Lac Blanc	Argentière, near Chamonix	Moderate/Hard	May-Oct	12km loop

Hong Kong

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Dragon’s Back (284m)	Shek O Country Park	Easy	All year	10.5km one-way

Iceland

Trip report: A circuit around Iceland

Indonesia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Gunung Agung (3,031m)	Pura Besakih, Bali	Hard	All year	16.2km return
Gunung Rinjani (3,726m)	Sembalun or Senaru (Lombok)	Very Hard	Mar-Dec	28km return

Italy

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Villa Gregoriana and Monte Castillo	Tivoli (near Rome)	Easy	All year	Approx 11km
Mount Faito	Castellammare Di Stabia station (Sorrento)	Easy	All year	3.6km return

Japan

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mount Nantai (2,486m)	Nikko Futarasan Jinja Chugushi Shrine	Hard	5 May to 25 Oct	9km return
Mount Fuji (3,776m)	Fuji Subaru Line 5th Station	Moderate/Hard	1 Jul to 14 Sep	16km return

Korea

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Manisan Mountain (Ganghwa Island)	Manisan Mountain entrance	Easy	All year	5.6km loop

Malaysia

Around Kuala Lumpur (KL)

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Bukit Tabur East (357m)	Jalan Kolam Air	Moderate	All year	4.2km circuit
Bukit Tabur West (446m)	Jalan Kolam Air	Moderate	All year	4.3km circuit
Pisang Falls	Karak Highway near Batu Caves, Selangor	Easy	All year	5km return
Medang Falls	Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor	Easy	All year	12km return
Bukit Kutu (1,050m)	Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor	Moderate	All year	12km return
Gunung Angsi (825m)	Near Seremban	Moderate	All year	12km open loop

Further Afield

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Gunung Machinchang (701m asl)	Jalan Telega Tujuh	Moderate	All year. Nov-Mar best	9.3km return
Mt Kinabalu (4,095m)	Timpohon Gate, Kinabalu NP	Hard	All year	2 days / 12km
Mount Trusmadi (2,642m)	Sinua, in Keningau District	Hard	All year	3 days / 24km
Pinnacles (Mulu)	Mulu National Park. Sarawak	Hard	All year	7km caves tour + 21km Pinnacles

Trip report: Chasing Orangutans in Borneo

Morocco

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Jebel Toubkal (4,167m)	Imlil, 2hrs from Marrakech	Hard	All year	2 days / 28km

Namibia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Damaraland Desert Hiking	Camp Kipwe	Easy	All year	3-5km
Giraffe Trail	Okonjima Nature Reserve	Easy	All year	5km circuit
Kalahari Dunes Walk	Kalahari Red Dunes	Easy	All year	7.5km circuit
Olive Trail	Naukluft Mountains	Moderate	All year	9.7km circuit

Trip report: Two Weeks Around Namibia

New Caledonia

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ouen Toro	Promenade Pierre Vernier	Easy	All year	2-4km
Pic Malaoui	Mont Koghi (30min from Noumea)	Moderate	All year	7.1km return

New Zealand

North Island

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Tawhai Falls	State Highway 48	Easy	All year	1km return
Ridge Track, Tongariro NP	Whakapapa	Easy	Oct-Apr	2.4km return
Ruapehu Crater Lake	Iwikau	Moderate / Hard	Oct-Apr	12km return
Tongariro Northern Circuit	Whakapapa Village	Moderate / Hard	Oct-Apr	59km circuit
Ruapehu Round the Mountain	Whakapapa Village	Hard	Oct-Apr	75km circuit

South Island

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Allans Beach (Otago Peninsula)	Allans Beach Road	Easy	All year	1km return
Tunnel Beach (Dunedin)	Tunnel Beach Road	Easy	All year. Low tide.	2.2km return
Mt Charles (Otago Peninsula)	Allans Beach Road	Easy	All year	4km return
Alta Lake (The Remarkables)	Remarkables skifield carpark	Easy	Oct-Apr	4.4km return
Mt Cargill & Organ Pipes (Dunedin)	End of Cowan Road	Easy	All year	4.4km return
Shadow Basin Lookout (The Remarkables)	Remarkables skifield carpark	Moderate	Oct-Apr	5.8km return
Victory Beach (Otago Peninsula)	End of Dick Road	Easy	All year	6km circuit
Sandymount (Otago Peninsula)	Sandymount Road	Easy/Moderate	Oct-Jul	7.2km circuit
Ben Lomond (Queenstown)	Skyline Queenstown or end of Brecon Street	Moderate	Oct-Apr	11.8km return
Silver Peak Circuit (Dunedin)	End of Mountain Road	Hard	Oct-Apr	26.4km circuit
Routeburn Track	The Divide or Routeburn Shelter	Moderate	Oct-Apr	37.2km one-way

Trip report: Best of Milford Sound

Norway

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Reinebringen (448m)	Reine	Moderate	Jun-Oct	2km return
Plateaufjellet	Longyearben, Svalbard	Easy	Jun-Sep	3.1km return
Trondheim city walk	Trondheim	Easy	All year	7.2km circuit
Fløya (590m)	Svolvaer	Moderate/Hard	Jun-Oct	4km return
Glomtinden (419m)	Henningsvær	Easy	May-Nov	6km return
Sukkertoppen (456m)	Hamn i Senja	Moderate	Jun-Nov	6.2km return
Stokkvikskaret	Å (Lofoten Islands)	Moderate	May-Nov	7km return
Storhaugen (1,142m)	Lyngen	Moderate/Hard	Jun-Oct	8.8km return
Trollsteinen (850m)	Longyearben, Svalbard	Moderate	Jun-Sep	10km return
Nordenskioldfjellet (1,053m)	Longyearben, Svalbard	Moderate	Jun-Sep	11km return
Justadtinden (738m)	Hagskaret, near Leknes	Easy/Moderate	Jun-Oct	12km return
Sommarsetvatnet	Sjøvegan	Moderate	Jun-Oct	12.5km return
Trolltunga (1,100m)	Skjeggedal	Moderate	Jun-Oct	23km return

Trip Reports:
– Senja & the Lofoten Islands
– Svalbard (and also Pyramiden, in Svalbard)

Philippines

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mt Maculot traverse	Cuenca, Batangas	Moderate	All year (Jan-Mar best)	9km circuit

Poland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Giewont (1,894m) and Kasprowsky Wierch (1,987m)	Kuźnice (2hr from Krakow)	Moderate	May-Nov	15km one-way

Singapore

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Changi Boardwalk	Changi Point	Easy	All year	2.2km one-way
Southern Ridge Walk	Harbourfront MRT or Kent Ridge Park	Easy	All year	9km one-way

Switzerland

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Sex des Ganges	Salvan, near Martigny	Hard	All year	16km circuit

Taiwan

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Taroko Gorge	Taroko National Park, East Taiwan	Easy	All year	Varies

United Kingdom

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cheddar Gorge Loop	Cheddar Gorge and Caves car park	Easy	All year	5km circuit
Black Mountain	Glyntawe, Brecon Beacons	Moderate	All year	26.6km circuit

USA

Arizona

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cherum Peak (2,128m)	Near Kingman	Easy	All year	8.5km return
Havasu Falls	Hualapai Hilltop	Moderate	All year (need permit)	47km return (2 days)

California

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Badland Loop	Zabriskie Point, Death Valley	Easy	Avoid summer	4.3km circuit
Badwater	Badwater Basin, Death Valley	Easy	Avoid summer	Up to 6.4km return
Telescope Peak (3,368m)	Mahogony Flat Campground, Death Valley	Moderate	All year	22.1km return
Mount Whitney (4,420m)	Whitney Portal, 18.5km from Lone Pine	Very Hard	May-Nov	34.6km return
Clouds Rest and Sunrise Lakes	Sunrise Lakes trailhead on Tioga Road	Hard	Jun-Oct	36.9km circuit

Nevada

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Cathedral Rock (1,514m)	Cathedral Rocks Picnic Area	Easy	May-Nov best	5.2km return
Blue Diamond Overlook	Highway 160, near Blue Diamond Road	Easy	Avoid summer	5.5km return
Turtlehead Peak (1,834m)	Red Rock Canyon	Moderate	Avoid summer	8km return
Mummy Mountain (3,514m)	Trail Canyon trailhead	Hard	May-Nov best	14.4km return
Mount Charleston (3,632m) via South Loop	Cathedral Rocks Picnic Area	Moderate/Hard	May-Nov best	28km return

Texas

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Tuff Canyon	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	1.2km return
Hamilton Pool	Dripping Springs	Easy	All year. Booking Apr-Oct	800m – 2.4km return
Santa Elena Canyon	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	3.2km return
Enchanted Rock	Central Texas	Easy	All year	7.3km circuit
Lost Mine Trail (2,088m)	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	7.8km circuit
The Chimneys	Big Bend NP	Easy	All year	8.4km return
The Window	The Basin, Big Bend NP	Easy	All year. Avoid after storms	9km return
Emory Peak via North and South Rim (2,385m)	The Basin, Big Bend NP	Moderate	All year	24.6km circuit

Trip report:  The Best of Big Bend (Texas)

Utah

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Canyon Overlook	Zion NP	Easy	All year	2km return
West Rim Trail	Zion NP	Moderate	Jun-Nov	24km one-way
Bryce Canyon – multiple trails	Sunrise Point or Sunset Point	Moderate/Hard	All year	26.8km circuit

Vanuatu

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Mele Cascades	12km from Port Vila	Easy	All year (9am-5pm)	4km return
Efate Jungle Trek	Ulei to Port Vila airport	Hard	All year (9am-5pm)	Approx 19km one-way

Vietnam

Hike	Location	Difficulty	When?	Length
Ham Ron (Dragon) Mountain	Behind Sapa Church	Easy	All year (9am-5pm)	2.8km return
Sapa hiking	Sapa	Moderate	All year	8km approx
Biking Van Long Reserve	Van Long Reserve	Easy	All year	15km approx