Hiking trails
Great Ocean Walk: stages, hike-in camps, tides and transport
Great Ocean Walk from Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles: the eight stages, booking the seven hike-in camps, tides and surf, and coaches and parking at each end.
10 min read
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Source-based guides to outdoor trips in Bulgaria and beyond: choose a route, plan your stay and leave less waste behind.
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Hiking trailsOtago and Southland
Rakiura Track: ferry or flight, huts and kiwi on Stewart Island
Plan the 32 km Rakiura Track loop on Stewart Island: ferry or flight to Oban, DOC hut and campsite bookings and fees, tides and mud, and how to see Rakiura tokoeka.
12 min read
Hiking trailsCentral North Island
Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk: transport, huts and Te Urewera
Planning the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk in Te Urewera: the gravel road, water taxi and shuttle times, hut and campsite fees, direction and what huts lack.
12 min read
Hiking trailsCentral North Island
Tongariro Alpine Crossing: shuttles, parking, season and alerts
Plan the Tongariro Alpine Crossing: the 4-hour parking limit and shuttles, the free booking, summer and winter seasons, the weather advisory and volcanic alert levels.
11 min read
Hiking trailsWest Coast
Paparoa Track: huts, shuttles and the Pike29 Memorial Track
Plan the Paparoa Track on foot or by bike: hut bookings and seasonal NZD fees, night-by-night options, shuttles and car relocation, the Pike29 link and the hazards.
14 min read
Hiking trailsFiordland
Kepler Track from Te Anau: huts, the alpine day and the seasons
The 60 km Kepler Track loop from Te Anau: stage times, hut and camping plans, Great Walk fees and bookings, the alpine section, winter conditions and side trips.
13 min read
Access & conditions
Australian fire danger ratings, fire bans and park closures for hikers
How Australia's four fire danger ratings, total fire bans and park closures fit together, which camp stoves each state allows on a ban day, and where to check.
10 min read
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Guides to Bulgaria's mountains, waterfalls, coast and picnic areas, with source-based access and waste-planning notes.
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New Zealand
Glacial fiords, huts and biosecurity responsibilities in Fiordland.
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Plan visits to US public lands with the relevant land manager's access, camping and permit information.
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Scottish uplands, access rights and community-managed landscapes in Cairngorms.
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Coral reefs, sea Country and regulated marine recreation on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Lake visits, camping bases and practical outdoor trip planning in Slovenia.
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Atlantic mountains, granite valleys and protected villages in the Peneda-Gerês landscape.
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Morocco
High Atlas villages, alpine passes and water-scarce trekking around Toubkal.
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Glaciers, lenga forests and sudden weather in Los Glaciares National Park.
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‘Instead of scuba diving on shrinking reefs, we helped regrow them’: readers’ best conservation tourism experiences
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