Overseas

Summary

We all know Australia is the place for bushwalking... New Zealand has some good tracks too... but surprisingly the rest of the world has some places worth visiting too! (imaging that!)

This is the place to share walks from outside of Australia/New Zealand.

Popular Walks

Walks in Fiji

Easy
1.5 km return
1 hr

Tavuni Hill Fort

This short walk around the Tavuni Hill Fort Archaeological Site combines history with some great views as the fort is situated on a 90m high limestone ridge that sits above the Sigatoka River.

Easy
400 m return
20 mins

Uru's Waterfall

A short roadside stop on the Kings Road with a short trail around a waterfall.

Walks in France

Medium
10 km return
4 hrs

Calanque of Port-Miou, Port-Pin & En-Vau

A stunning walk in the Calanques National Park from Cassis which takes in three Calanques.

Hard

Caranca Gorge

This is an excellent walk up Caranca Gorge In the French Pyrenees, eventually leading unto Spain if you choose. There is a refuge near the highest point which is a good spot to stay whether returning to your start or continuing into Spain. Lots of scary cliff hugging path carved out of the mountain side and a of walk ways hanging above the river. Eventually you emerge onto Alpine pasture and forest.

Hard
30 km return
3 days

Col des tents via Breche de Roland and Orlu National Park circuit

This is an excellent, but slightly difficult 3 day circuit walk in the high Pyrenees. It takes in the imposing Breche de Roland, stunning and desolate high mountain scenery and wonderful canyon scenery in the Orlu canyon in Spain.

Easy
5 km return
2 hrs

Domain of Chantilly

A wander around the Château de Chantilly estate where there is much to see from the Château de Chantilly itself to the many out buildings and water features as well as a kangaroo enclosure.

Hard
16 km return
4 hrs

Forests de Belesta

A circuit walk through the extensive plantation forests above the village of Belesta, Ariege, France. Lots of climbing, strolling through forest, birdsong and half abandoned hamlets.

Medium
4.5 km return
75 mins

Gorges de Pereille

This is a walk of two halves in the Gorges de Pereille, just outside Lavelanet, Ariege, France. To begin you follow a well formed track which is the old access road for a mine in the gorge. The return journey is along the other bank of the river which flows through the gorge, and involves following animal tracks and some scrambling up steep sides of the gorge.

Medium
4.5 km return
3 hrs

Le Mont Aigu & La Bombarde

A walk in Fontainebleau Forest to Le Mont Aigu (123m) and then across to La Bombarde.

Medium
25 km return
5 hrs

L'Hers river from Belesta and over the hills to Belesta

This is a 25 km circuit walk that takes you along the banks of a lovely river for 7 kms and then up onto a valley between two ridges, giving wonderful views of snow capped mountains(season dependent), before coming back down to Belesta.