Wilderness backpacking Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
outdoor recreation of carrying gear on one's back, while hiking for more than a day. It is often but not always an extended journey, and may or may not involve camping outdoors
About Wilderness backpacking
Wanderer, there is no path, the path is made by walking —Antonio Machado, "Proverbios y cantares XXIX", viaWikiquote Carrying everything you'll need to get along for several days in the wilderness isn't everyone's idea of a "vacation", but if you don't mind including some physical effort and additional inconvenience in your travel time, it's an ideal way to truly "get away from it all", and hopefully see some truly majestic scenery. For some treks, you need not carry everything yourself but can hire porters. In a poor country where people desperately need work, this is the socially responsible thing to do. Before taking off on a backpacking trip, assess what kind of territory you'll be traveling through. Distances on a map never look that hard to cover, but once you find yourself staring u
Wilderness backpacking Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: