Routes tagged
Desert
7 routes
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Trek IsraelEin Gedi Nature Reserve: Nahal David and the David Waterfall
A short, water-rich hike up a desert canyon to the David Waterfall, then higher to a hidden cave, a spring and a 5,000-year-old temple above the Dead Sea.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Easy
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Trek IsraelIsrael National Trail: Five-Day Highlights
The most beautiful five days of the 1,100 km Israel National Trail — the Galilee ridges, Mount Carmel, the Wilderness of Zin, the Ramon Crater and the Eilat Mountains down to the Red Sea.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Distance
- 92 km
- Difficulty
- Hard
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Trek TanzaniaKilimanjaro: The Machame Route to Uhuru Peak
Six days from rainforest to glaciers on the 'Whiskey Route', the most scenic way up Kilimanjaro, camping from gate to gate and topping out at Uhuru Peak (5,895 m), the roof of Africa.
- Duration
- 6 days
- Distance
- 62 km
- Difficulty
- Expert
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Trek IsraelMasada Snake Path: Sunrise Ascent to the Desert Fortress
A pre-dawn climb up the winding Snake Path from the Dead Sea shore to reach Herod's cliff-top fortress just as the sun breaks over the desert.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 4 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Trek JordanPetra on Foot: The Siq, the Treasury and the Monastery
A long, rewarding day walking into the Nabataean rose-red city — through the Siq to the Treasury, past the Royal Tombs, and up 800 steps to the Monastery.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 14 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Trek IcelandThe Laugavegur Trail — Landmannalaugar to Þórsmörk
Four days across Iceland's southern highlands, from the rhyolite mountains and hot springs of Landmannalaugar over an obsidian plateau and black-sand deserts to the birch woods of Þórsmörk.
- Duration
- 4 days
- Distance
- 55 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate
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Trek IsraelTimna Park — Copper, Sandstone and Solomon's Pillars
A full day threading the red sandstone of the southern Negev: the Mushroom, the Arches, ancient Egyptian copper mines and rock carvings, and the towering Solomon's Pillars.
- Duration
- 1 days
- Distance
- 10 km
- Difficulty
- Moderate