Travel Idea: Mountains, Volcanoes and Trekking around the world

Antigua Guatemala

Old Guatemala is a nice, colonial city amidst several active and inactive volcanos. Several tourists settled here and opened little shops and restaurants. Highly recommended.

If you like to learn Spanish, this is certainly one of the better options with a wide variety of schools. 4-6 hours per day for a month with overnight stay at a local family and you are ready to discover Latin America.

Tours:
• Guatemala
• Antigua Guatemala

Banff National Park

Banff is a very touristy little town in southern Alberta. Oner of the most famous attractions is the Banff Springs Hotel.

Banff National Park is one of the best places to enjoy the Rocky Mountains with beautiful snowy mountains, blue glacier lakes, canoeing opportunities and hiking trails. Highlights include Lake Louise and Moraine Lake.

Tours:
• Canada
• Banff National Park

Bariloche

Bariloche is known as "little Switzerland". Heidi does not live here nor is there a Matterhorn, but there is lots of Chocolate and great scenery. The lakes could indeed be Lucerne, but less crowded...

Tours:
• Argentina
• Bariloche

Chamonix

Chamonix is the starting Point to ascend the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of Europe. This can be either a serious mountaineering experience or a ride on a cable cabin...

Tours:
• France
• Chamonix

Cotopaxi

Cotopaxi is a volcano in the heart of Ecuador. At almost 5900 m is one of the highest in the world. You may see alpacas and other camels here.

Tours:
• Ecuador
• Cotopaxi

Denali National Park

Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley) is the highest mountain in North America.

Denali National Park, an international biosphere reserve, offers a wide variety of wildlife, in particular Grizzly Bears and Moose. A large part of this large park is inaccessible and has no roads whatsoever.

Tours:
• Alaska
• Denali National Park

Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier is a 13 km long glacier located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Like nearby Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier is one of the most accessible glaciers in the world,

Tours:
• New Zealand
• Fox Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier is a 12 km long glacier located on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Like nearby Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier is one of the most accessible glaciers in the world,

Tours:
• New Zealand
• Franz Josef Glacier

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is an Alpine city on the border with Austria. The Zugspitze (highest mountain in Germany) is nearby. The city is known for great skiing including famous ski-jumping tournaments.

Tours:
• Germany
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Glacier National Park

Glacier National Park is an American national park on the Canada–United States border, adjacent to Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. The park encompasses more than 4,000 km2 and includes mountains, more than 130 lakes, various plants and hundreds of species of animals.

Tours:
• America
• Glacier National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park encompasses two active, very impressive volcanoes: Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. Eruptions are common.

Tours:
• Hawaii
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Huaraz

Huaraz is a major city in North-Eastern Peru and the main tourist destination of the region. Trekking and mountaineering are the buzzwords here and there is a lot of choice. Treks include easy 1-day tours to strenuous week-long expeditions including camping and cooking.

Tours:
• Peru
• Huaraz

Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the capital city of Tirol in Western Austria. Due to the many surrounding mountains it is an internationally renowned wintersport location that hosted the winter Olympics (regular, paralympics and youth) multiple times.

Tours:
• Austria
• Innsbruck

Interlaken

Interlaken is located in the heart of the Bernese Alps Interlaken is very well visited by tourists. And with good reason. The vicinity to the mountains, the abundance of activities, the unique location between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz and the excellent shopping make this a place well worth visiting. From here it is a short trip to Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen for more scenery, waterfalls and the Jungfraujoch.

Tours:
• Switzerland
• Interlaken

Jasper (Jasper National Park)

Jasper and Jasper National Park are a true highlight in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It is easy to spend several days or longer to discover the mountains, glaciers, waterfalls. You can be active and do some trekking or canoeing - or take boat rides.

Jasper is a must-do between Vancouver and Banff.

Tours:
• Canada
• Jasper

Kathmandu

Kathmandu, capital of Nepal and a very crowded place. People have children and all come to the capital to have a better life. Kathmandu is the starting point for any mountaineering in the Himalayas and it is good shopping here for anything warm, with a brand-name, without actually being the brand... The real highlights are the old parts of the city (square) plus Patan, the great Buddhinath Stupa and the burning ghat.

Tours:
• Nepal
• Kathmandu

Kilimanjaro

The Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain of Africa. Thanks to its location close to the equator, the 5895m high giant is not covered completely with snow. On the contrary. Many people take the approx. 5 day trek to climb to the white Kibo peak and enjoy the view over the Serengeti.

Tours:
• Tanzania
• Kilimanjaro

Kota Kinabalu (Sabah)

Kota Kinabalu is home to the highest mountain - with the same name - in South-East Asia. The area is not just known for the climb to the top, but also for diving spots and a lot of nature.

Tours:
• Malaysia
• Kota Kinabalu

Lucerne

Most international visitors will make a stop in Luzern. The city offers the old Kapellbrücke as well as old buildings, murals, houses, souvenirs shops, a stone lion and lots more. Just around the corner are the Vierwaldtstättersee (aka Lake Lucerne) and the mountains with Rigi, Pilatus and Titlis the best known.

Tours:
• Switzerland
• Lucerne

Manali

Manali is a small city, but the the beginning of an ancient trade route through Ladakh, over the Karakoram Pass to China. Manali is a popular tourist destination in India for mountaineering and trekking as well as the gateway to the city of Leh in Ladakh.

Tours:
• India
• Manali

Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat is sacred in Armenia and considered the resting place of Noah's Ark. On the border with Turkey this is also one of the highest mountains of Europe.

Tours:
• Armenia
• Mount Ararat

Mount Bromo

Mount Bromo is a volcano on Eastern Java. Even though it is active and always steaming, it is possible to walk up, to the rim of the volcano. More volcanoes are visible in the direct vicinity.

Tours:
• Indonesia
• Mount Bromo

Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is the highest mountain / active volcano in Japan, standing at 3,776 m. It is commonly known as one of the most famous cultural icons of Japan. Many Japanese and Tourists cliomb the volcano.

Tours:
• Japan
• Mount Fuji

Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (aka Jabal Musa) is a mountain in the Sinai desert. It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai where, according to the Torah, Bible, and Quran, Moses received the Ten Commandments. The monastery of St. Catherine is nearby.

Tours:
• Egypt
• Mount Sinai

Pokhara

Pokhara is the starting point for treks in the Western Himalayas. It used to be small, but has grown significantly. Some wealthier Nepalese have settled here. A morning canoeing experience on the lake can be really beautiful, if weather and views on Annapurna and Machu Puchare mountains allow.

Tours:
• Nepal
• Pokhara

Puerto Natales

Puerto Natales has many tourist facilities and is starting point for excursions to the world-renowned Torres del Paine National Park, one of the most popular national parks in Chile.

Tours:
• Chile
• Puerto Natales

Vatnajökull National Park

Vatnajökull National Park is one of three national parks in Iceland and encompasses all of the huge Vatnajökull glacier and extensive surrounding areas featuring rivers, glacial ice, volcanic and geothermal activity. It is a World Heritage Site.

Tours:
• Iceland
• Vatnajökull National Park

Zermatt

Very few cars are allowed in this village in the Swiss Valais-region. Only for the better! It is nice to stroll and admire the buildings or have a drink. Worldfamous - ofcourse - is Zermatt´s house mountain: the Matterhorn. Indeed it is picturesque. You can view it safely from the Gornergratt or climb it with a guide, but be aware that others tried as well and some ended up in the local grave yard....

Tours:
• Switzerland
• Zermatt