Hike to Choma Waterfalls, located in the Uluguru Mountains, near Mikumi National Park above the town of Morogoro, is one of the most popular hikes in the mountain range. It was a refreshing escape from dusty town into lush greenery, to cascading waters and serene pools. The waterfall is...
The Uluguru Mountains are part of the Eastern Arc Mountain range in eastern Tanzania, renowned for their high biodiversity and ancient forests. They are a vital watershed for the Ruvu River, which supplies Dar es Salaam. The highest point of the main range is 2,630 meters. Forests are...
In the afternoon, we took a two-hour walk on the Oloolua Nature Trail. Finding the main gate was easy, so we paid 600 KES in cash (no ticket) and started our walk. They told us it is well marked, but that’s not true, so we recommend taking a picture of the trail map hanging next to...
One of the most popular trails at Dana, and the only one without a guide, is the 14 km-long Wadi Dana Trail. First, we paid the entrance fee to the Dana Biosphere Reserve (🎟️ 10 JOD), and then we started our 5-hour hike from Dana to Feynan Ecolodge. This trail leads downhill but is not as...
We followed Google to the Ajloun Forrest Reserve Visitors Centre, which was a huge mistake. We ended up on steep, narrow streets in the middle of Ajloun, so we had a tough time driving through and finding the correct direction. After arrival, we found out that the only available unguided...
A one-hour drive from Trabzon to the south, in Kaçkars Mountains, you will find a lakeside mosque and forested mountains that recall Switzerland. The “hidden valley” of Uzungöl is not idyllic anymore. The tourist boom of recent years and the growing number of visitors from the Gulf States...
Another crowded place, but still worth visiting, is the Zelve Open-Air Museum (🎫 65 TRY – valid also for Fairy Chimneys,🅿️ – 25 TRY), where three valleys of crumbling cave-habitations and churches converge. Zelve was a monastic retreat from the 9th to the 13th century and then a...
Aşıklar (Love) Valley in Cappadocia is a place of natural wonders. Famed for its phallic rock formations and rough mountain ridges, it is one of the most popular hiking trails in Cappadocia. The famous viewpoint (🅿️ – 30 TRY), where you can camp overnight, is located above the...
We hiked around perfectly pink Güllüdere (Rose) Valley rock formations the whole afternoon. The trails that loop around the valley are easily accessible to all levels of hikers and provide some of the finest fairy-chimney-strewn vistas in Cappadocia. As well as this, they hide fabulous...
After a short ride we have parked in Starý Smokovec (3 hours / 8 EUR) – another popular ski resort, from where we took the Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular (11 EUR / person) to the small peak Hrebienok at an altitude of 1285 meters. There we hiked in cloudy weather for an hour around...