The Annapurna Circuit Trek is a legendary journey offering stunning mountain vistas, diverse cultures, and unforgettable experiences. Planning your budget is crucial, as costs can vary depending on preferences and services chosen. Key expenses include permits (ACAP and TIMS), transportation, meals, accommodations, and the cost of hiring guides or porters if needed. Additional factors like gear rental, side treks, snacks, and personal expenses should also be accounted for. Here is a comprehensive cost breakdown for Annapurna Ciruit Trek that ensures you're well-prepared for this incredible adventure.

Hello everyone! Every year for a new years tradition ive been going on bigger and bigger hikes for about 7 years now. And this year ive been wanting to do one of my biggest. For example , this year i completed the full Appalachian Trail and some for 2,234 miles as my longest all in one full blown hike. This year i want to take on The Continental Divide Trail... close to 800 miles over my highest. I am in the hopes of completing the full American Discovery Trail in the future. But i need some help for preparation. I know its gonna be a long journey but ive been preparing for a couple of years now to take this hike. Packing well enough for the journey just asking for some extra advice from the long distance hikers out there! Appreciate the time!

Hi looking for advice on walking/hiking boots thats also suitable for urban walks. Preferably stable and well damped as I pronate and use orthopedic insoles.

Male, 30yr and 200lbs. EU size 46-47 (29cm feet)

I have tried a lot of boots and like the following models but they are totally different. It is hard to translate an hour in store to real life walks.

Lowa Renegade Evo GTX

Feels lightweight and nimble. Would appreciate a bit more arch support but a very good boot. Would like to try the wide model but can't find it in a store.

Hanwag Tatra II Wide GTX

My feet fit like a glove in these and they felt rigid. They are on the heavy side and the sole may be too stiff for urban use?

Salomon Quest 4 GTX

Fit me good and felt like a middle ground of the Lowa and Hanwag. However I read Salomon quality went downhill recently.

Thanks in advance

We are planning a trip to Cusco, and I could use some advice on the best hiking options for us. My husband and I are avid day hikers, but we don't camp or like sleeping in sleeping bags.... I have a hard time with even sleeping in general. I really want to shower every day.

On vacation, we're used to walking 12-16 miles each day and love challenging day hikes.

We’ve read a lot about the Salkantay Trek, and it sounds incredible, but it seems like the only option that doesn't involve camping is the Mountain Lodges of Peru. The problem is that their trek is very expensive and is a more relaxed 7-day journey compared to the other companies. The hardest day is only 8 miles with 2,500 feet of gain, and they expect it to take 6 hours, and most of the other days are just 4-6 miles. I’m concerned that the pace may be way too slow for us. We also are not normally tour group people because we like to explore/wander at our own pace.

At normal altitudes, like in Olympic National Park, we were able to do a 20-mile hike with a lot of elevation no problem (we even did 12-13 miles the next day). Also, I am really bad at relaxing on vacation and I get really ansy if we don't get enough activity. I've literally ran up and down hotel stairs in the evenings on trips because I get so hyper. I am concerned that unless I get super sick from altitude, that only walking 4-6 miles days will drive me crazy.

Has anyone done the Mountain Lodges trek? How was their pacing? Could you walk around extra if you wanted? Is the elevation really going to make it feel that much harder than we expect? I didn't notice the altitude when I was in Park City, Utah, for 3 days, although I wasn't hiking. The agent I'm talking with insists that we will be very exhausted. We are both runners, too, if that makes a difference.

Would we be better off doing a series of day hikes from Cusco? Are there enough awesome hikes where we wouldn't feel like we are missing out? I am having some serious fomo about not doing the Salkantay trail. Should we suck it up and try to do the camping? We are in our 40s, so it feels like we are too old for all the camping tour groups and too young still for the Mountain Lodges group.

I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

I’m looking into getting some trekking poles and was hoping for some recommendations.

I’m a 5’1” female who typically hikes less than five miles at a time, nothing very technical or super challenging. My husband thinks they would benefit me (and my knees) especially when descending.

Hey! I’m a long time lover of nature and hiking and yet I’ve never hiked through a mountain or even large hill yet. I come from the (Us) Midwest so there’s a lot more plains than hills for the most part, and the closest mountains are probably 8-12 hours away from me lol, but I want to make it a personal goal of mine to hike a real mountain! I’d love some words of advice or to hear about your favorite places to hike if you’re interested in sharing. I don’t have any concrete plan or time frame yet, but I think I’d like to go during the summer for sure. I fell in love with the cascades in Washington, all the trees and greenery felt otherworldly and magical to me, but I’m open to hearing suggestions of any mountains in the Us!

Hello,

I'm interested in the Mauna Kea summit hike when I visit the big island in June/July time frame. I plan on traveling by myself and I've done alright visiting Colorado in the past for snowboarding but I haven't done anything super exerting at that altitude before. I live in Dallas so I don't live at elevation.

In my current plan, I'm going to spend a day in Volcanoes national park and then spend the next day in Hilo and the surrounding area before starting the hike at around 6 AM. Prior to these days, the rest of my time will be spent at sea level.

I've done some long hikes before like South Rim (15 miles) in Big Bend as a day hike in the past but the elevation was much lower.

Any advice on how to tackle this hike? Also, is it safe enough to hike it alone?

I appreciate that some of you will approach this from a weight perspective and say one but I’m interested to hear what everyone’s go to sock set up.

Do you wear

1 pair of anything thick, Something chunky and woollen, or Do you prefer 2 sock set up with a light weight merino liner sock

What gives the best comfort and protection against blisters and how much do you vary this according to the weather?

Any ideas for a smaller hiking-related Christmas gift? $20-$40 range!

Lives & hikes in Vancouver if that’s helpful

So we want to make a bike tour from germany to georgia next summer, and on the way we want to climb some mountains if possible the highest of the countries we pass through if its not needed to really climb up but you can 95% walk up there. So my questions would be: -How realistic is hiking up mountains with 0 experience which go like 2000~3000m? -Do you need acclimatizion for this altitude? -is one full day enough for this? -how many days are you extremely tired, so could you imagine countinue biking after 1 full day of pause? -and any tips for this? Would love to have some suggestions for mountains or just hiking trails, we will ride through germany then austria,slovenia,bosnia,croatia, montenegro,albania,macedonia,bulgaria, greece and turkey.

Thx for answering

Currently planning the next phase of our south and central America trip, and would love to get some recommendations for good hikes to do.

We are eyeing up Patagonia and Peru (obvious choices I know), but would be interested to hear from people who have been to these places what they would suggest, and if there's any lesser-known ones in other countries they'd recommend. Day hikes are good, but we'd be more interested in multi-day hikes.

We have a fair amount of experience (have done many multi-day hikes, did about 24 days straight in Nepal), and have experience at high altitude (been up to about 5,400 m). We don't have experience in mountaineering as such (hiked in snow but not used ice picks or crampons), but would be keen to try it. We also don't have our own camping gear here but again, would be happy to try rent it if it opens up options.

Cheers!

Hey guys. I recently got into hiking. However I live in the Netherlands and for hiking its not really the best place so I like to go close by to Belgium and Germany. Me and my brother would like to bike to Germany from Rotterdam and go hiking and wild camping or something similar. Has anyone tried this or have any experience with wild camping or something similar in Germany/Belgium? Any tips or ideas are much appreciated.