News – Tagged "hiking"– Page 4 – Hiking Trails Pty Ltd

Focussing on our why; Hiking Trails Pty Ltd

by Nick Noble March 27, 2024

Focussing on our why; Hiking Trails Pty Ltd

At Hiking Trails Pty Ltd, we've been doing some work on our why. Asking why do we exist? What is our purpose? What do we do really well that we can...

Posted in australian hiking, australian walks, Chikatsuya, cradle mountain, food and wine, glamping, great walks, hiking, hiking accessories, hiking guide, hiking japan, hiking trails, Hongu, japan, japanese food, japanese onsen, Kawayu Onsen, Ki Tanabe, Kii Katsuura, koguchi, kumano kodo, Kumano Kodo Trail Map, minshuku, Nagano, nakahechi, onsen, pilgrimage trail, Ryokan, Shin-etsu, takahara

Read more

Shin-etsu Trail Day-by-Day Highlights, Sections 1 - 5.

by Nick Noble February 22, 2024

Shin-etsu Trail Day-by-Day Highlights, Sections 1 - 5.

The Shin-etsu Trail in its fullest is a 110km hiking trail stretching through Japan's Nagano and Niigata prefectures, and located 2-hours by bullet...

Posted in accommodation, day pack, great walks, hiking, hiking guide, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, japanese food, japanese onsen, minshuku, Nagano, onsen, Shin-etsu

Read more

Introducing our newest Japan walk; The Shin-etsu Trail.

by Nick Noble February 22, 2024

Introducing our newest Japan walk; The Shin-etsu Trail.

Japan's Shin-etsu Trail is located just 2-hours by Shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo and allows walkers to experience over several days spectacu...

Posted in accommodation, great walks, guided walks, hiking, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, japanese food, japanese onsen, minshuku, Nagano, Ryokan, Shin-etsu

Read more

Minshuku Tateishi

by Nick Noble January 26, 2024

Kawayu Onsen (Hongu) Minshuku Minshuku Tateishi is a friendly, relaxed family-run guesthouse in Kawayu Onsen. There are two buildings which are ...

Posted in accommodation, hiking, hiking japan, japan, japanese food, japanese onsen, Kawayu Onsen, kumano kodo, minshuku

Read more

Kawayu Midoriya

by Nick Noble January 26, 2024

Kawayu Onsen (Hongu) Ryokan Kawayu Midoriya is one of the larger hotels in Kawayu Onsen and is located at the west end of the village. There ...

Posted in accommodation, hiking, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, japanese food, japanese onsen, Kawayu Onsen, kumano kodo

Read more

Guesthouse SORA Chikatsuyu

by Nick Noble January 26, 2024

Chikatsuyu Guest House Chikatsuyu Guesthouse Sora is a homestay in the waystop village of Chikatsuyu along the Kumano Kodo between Takijiri-oji ...

Posted in accommodation, B&B, Chikatsuya, great walks, Guest House, hiking, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, japanese food, nakahechi

Read more

Rating the Difficulty of Hiking Trails

by Nick Noble July 1, 2023

Rating the difficulty of hiking trails is challenging because so many variables shape a hiker’s experience, and no single scale can capture them all.

Posted in hiking, hiking guide, hiking trails

Read more

Recommended Kumano Kodo Packing List

by Nick Noble April 13, 2023

Now that you've confirmed your Kumano Kodo self-guided Pilgrimage Walk, in addition to your walking training, it's time to start thinking about you...

Posted in hiking, hiking accessories, hiking guide, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, kumano kodo, pilgrimage trail, travel advice

Read more

Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail

by Nick Noble November 18, 2022

The Kumano Kodo pilgrimage is one of the most beautiful and sacred pilgrimage trails in Japan. It’s a network of pathways that lead to 33 UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kii Mountain range in Wakayama Prefecture, central Japan.

Posted in great walks, hiking, hiking guide, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, kumano kodo, nakahechi, pilgrimage trail, travel advice

Read more

Japan to reopen to independent travellers

by Nick Noble September 25, 2022

Japan to reopen to independent travellers

Japan has announced a return to visa-free, independent travel and the removal of daily arrival caps from October 11, 2022.

Posted in great walks, hiking, hiking japan, japan, kumano kodo, nakahechi, pilgrimage trail, travel advice

Read more

The Camino de Santiago from Sarria

by Nick Noble February 18, 2022

The Camino de Santiago (or Way of Saint James) from Sarria is the most popular section of the entire Camino de Santiago. This section, from Sarria...

Posted in camino de santiago, food and wine, great walks, hiking, hiking europe, hiking trails, pilgrimage trail, travel advice

Read more

Japanese Onsens on the Kumano Kodo

by Nick Noble January 26, 2022

Whether for health, recovery or recreation Japan’s communal onsen baths are a feature that ranges between fascination to delight for many westerner...

Posted in great walks, hiking, hiking guide, hiking japan, hiking trails, japan, japanese onsen, kumano kodo, luxury, onsen, pilgrimage trail

Read more