Tag: hiking
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Platteklip Gorge Hike to Table Mountain at Sunrise, Cape Town, South Africa
Watching the sunrise from the top of Table Mountain is a memory I won’t ever forget. Hiking up to Table Mountain is a firm must if you’re in Cape Town in my book – and doing it at the start of the day is even better. There’s nothing better than the view from atop a…
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Lost in the Peak District: Hiking from Edale to Kinder Scout
I don’t know what’s gotten into me lately. Normally I’m a meticulously organised, over-prepared person when it comes to just about anything. I like to think I’m a model student with my use of lists and pre-trip research – but for some reason I got a bit slack with my planning when James and I…
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Is the hike to World’s End worth it?
One of the reasons I knew I would love Sri Lanka is because of its Hill Country; a beautiful area famed for its miles and miles of tea plantations and its abundance of great walking tracks. After exploring the ancient cities north of Kandy, I couldn’t wait to experience the nature of the hills –…
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Climbing Adam’s Peak: The Pilgrimage to Sri Pada, Sri Lanka
Huddled together on the uneven steps, our noses cold from the altitude but our bodies warm from the proximity of hundreds of other people, we clutched our cameras and smartphones, waiting in anticipation for the sun to creep over the distant hills. We’d done it. Exhausted after a strenuous climb, James and I – and hundreds…
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Wellington’s walking tracks: You’ll be spoilt for choice!
New Zealand’s coolest little capital is truly that: a small but awesome city with heaps of things to see and do, overflowing with great coffee and quirky vibes. But something I didn’t realise until I moved there is that there are so many great walking tracks in Wellington, many of which are accessible via public…
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The best hikes in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
I’m a tiny bit embarrassed to say that before we came to New Zealand, I hadn’t actually heard of Aoraki/Mount Cook! Truth be told I didn’t really know a lot about New Zealand at all. At a whopping 3,724m tall, Aoraki/Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in the country, and its image is plastered on…
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Climbing Mount Holdsworth: a weekend in Tararua Forest Park
I love that feeling you get when you reach the summit of a mountain. I’ve only felt it a few times, as I am by no means an expert when it comes to mountain-climbing, but it gives me such a buzz of excitement to know I’ve reached the top – especially when it’s a tough climb…
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Hiking in New Zealand: Know before you go
I’ve always been a lover of the outdoors. I was a bit of a tom-boy really; I loved climbing trees and playing hide and seek in our garden, and I would often come home with scabs on my knees from falling over or scratches on my arms from picking blackberries. But I never really considered…
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Stairway to Heaven: Paekakariki to Pukerua Bay Escarpment Track
That old Led Zeppelin number is one of my all-time favourite songs. Dad used to play it to us kids at bedtime when we were little. So when James and I discovered there is a walking track near Wellington that shares the name, we were intrigued and eager to give it a try. The Stairway…
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A guide to hiking in Taranaki, New Zealand
I need to start by apologising for falling off the face of the earth recently – I haven’t posted anything in a whole month! I have been very busy this June: jetting off to Bangkok, home to the UK, and to Spain to visit my sister – but that’s no excuse! But more on my…
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