The Trans Rift Trails is a 140km route that connects a network of footpaths across the most scenic part of the African Rift Valley across the basin floor, from ridge...
Te Araroa Trail
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Bluff, New Zealand
Te Araroa is a continuous 3,000 km coast-to-coast walking track from Cape Reinga to Bluff in New Zealand, along beaches, rivers, lakes and crossing volcanoes, mountains and valleys. In 1990...
Bataan March
Mariveles, Philippines
San Fernando, Philippines
The Bataan Death March was the transfer of 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers who were surrendered to Japanese forces during World War II after the three-month Battle of Bataan in...
Streekpad Nijmegen
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
A 117K route circling around Nijmegen, the oldest town of the Netherlands.This path shows the beautiful variety of landscapes with winding dykes, mills, lakes, river sand dunes, rolling forests, and...
Selma To Montgomery March
Selma, AL, USA
Montgomery, AL, USA
On March 7, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. led the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, USA, for equal rights. It ended in a “Bloody Sunday”, when police attacked...
El Camino Real
San Diego, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
The San Antonio Missions are a group of five frontier mission complexes situated along a 12.4-kilometer (7.7-mile) stretch of the San Antonio River basin in southern Texas. The complexes were...
The Silk Road
Xian, China
Rome, Italy
The Great Silk Road is one of the oldest routes of international trade in the world. This system of caravan routes connected Asia with the Mediterranean and European world and...
JOGLE / LEJOG
Land's End, UK
John O Groats, UK
Trail across Sahara desert
Dakar, Senegal
Giza, Egypt
The Tuareg caravan is one of the two last salt caravan routes in the Sahara that are still in use. Both caravans have largely been replaced by unpaved truck routes....
Lowest to Highest Route Death Valley
Badwater Basin, CA, USA
Mt. Whitney, CA, USA
With temperatures that can reach 130 °F (54 °C) Death Valley is the hottest and driest of the national parks in the United States. The route from Badwater to the...
Iditarod Trail
Seward, Alaska, USA
Nome, Alaska, USA
This National Historic Trail in Alaska is the only winter trail in the US National Trails System. The main trail of 1,000 mile, also known as the Seward-to-Nome Trail, crosses...
Jordan Trail
Um Qais, Jordan
Aqaba, Jordan
The Jordan Trail is a long distance hiking trail in Jordan connecting the length of Jordan from Um Qais in the north to Aqaba in the south.
Pheidippides Feat
Athens, Greece
Sparta, Greece
Until more efficient ways of transport were developed, running was a common way to transfer a message. Especially in times of war it was important to have couriers with strong...
