Hiking

Apr 13, 2018 • 6 min read

A remote and still relatively undiscovered destination, Papua New Guinea is one of the few places left in the world where you can truly go off the beaten…

Apr 13, 2018 • 8 min read

When you live in a country as vast and varied as the US, it’s hard to decide where to spend that oh-so-precious family vacation. And the answer also…

Apr 12, 2018 • 5 min read

The drive from Molveno in the Brenta Dolomites to Riva del Garda on the north shore of Lake Garda takes only an hour, but the change in scenery and…

Apr 9, 2018 • 4 min read

The warmth of Portuguese people prompted Lonely Planet Local Emily McAuliffe to plant roots in Porto in 2016. In search of culture and adventure, she…

Apr 6, 2018 • 5 min read

Lonely Planet Local Clementine Logan moved to Nairobi for a job in journalism over five years ago and hasn’t looked back. She compares the city to the…

Mar 29, 2018 • 6 min read

The 470km-long Lebanon Mountain Trail traverses the full length of this tiny Middle Eastern country, passing through ancient cedar forests and olive…

Mar 28, 2018 • 6 min read

Sitting pretty on the Iberian Peninsula’s north coast, tiny Cantabria offers a completely different vision of Spain. Still largely unknown to outsiders –…

Mar 23, 2018 • 5 min read

Despite its gritty reputation, Johannesburg is a fantastic city to get outdoors in. Trees blanket large swaths of town, rocky ridges provide sweeping…

Mar 22, 2018 • 4 min read

Often overshadowed by the popular Pamir Highway, Tajikistan’s Fan Mountains are a wonderland full of rugged alpine landscapes and stunning glacial lakes…

Mar 15, 2018 • 7 min read

‘Up there – can you see them?’ Scanning the evening sky above the jungle, they were alarmingly easy to spot: hundreds of Pteropus vampyrus – or flying foxes –…

Mar 14, 2018 • 5 min read

You might imagine the Trans-Siberian as a lonely, melancholic train journey through a snowy plain. But it’s better visualised as a chain of really cool…

Mar 13, 2018 • 7 min read

When most people think of the Canary Islands, images of beachside resorts and party-going travellers spring to mind – but that’s because no one is…

Mar 13, 2018 • 6 min read

The Ring Road may be Iceland's classic road-tripping route and hold plenty of treasures, but taking your four wheels north off the beaten track and along…

Mar 13, 2018 • 6 min read

For the last few years, Kosovo, which celebrates a decade of independence in 2018, has hovered at the radar’s edge for in-the-know explorers. By many…

Mar 8, 2018 • 6 min read

It’s hard to tear yourself away from Jerusalem’s divine selection of sights and its heady Old City, but great escapes are just a short hop away for when…

Feb 21, 2018 • 5 min read

Dolphins, gators and fish, oh my! Welcome to sunny Florida, where these animals and more are as abundant as the UV rays. When people think about adventure…

Feb 19, 2018 • 7 min read

Whether being hauled up the high-passes of the Himalaya, strapped to the roof of a speeding Serengeti jeep or paraded along the promenades of Paris,…

Feb 12, 2018 • 5 min read

New year, new you, right? Well, maybe. If experience has taught us anything, it’s that bad habits are hard to break. Here's a list of resolutions you're sure…

Jan 30, 2018 • 6 min read

With its wind-whittled landscape, honeycomb tombs and silent canyons blessed by forgotten gods, the ancient city of Petra embraces human history on an…

Jan 25, 2018 • 5 min read

For decades travelers have journeyed to Big Sur seeking communion with the wild. Artists and writers, adventure-seekers and soul-searchers have looked to…

Jan 21, 2018 • 6 min read

It’s one of the world’s most spectacular archaeological sites, yet Machu Picchu has become a victim of its own popularity, with the 2017 introduction of a…

Jan 15, 2018 • 5 min read

Stretching from the edge of the Red Sea to the highest point in Egypt, the Sinai Trail leads trekkers across scorched desert landscapes, past biblical…