Specific vacation type for a lonely hike?

11/21/2016 4:57:26 PM

The old post route between Tokyo and Kyoto might be a good choice. Large parts of it are in woods, but there are small villages along the route that have guest houses (ryokan) where you can take a hot bath and stay overnight. For example, the route passes through the Kiso valley near Tsumago (the stairs you can see on some of the pictures is in the middle of the main street, so there is no traffic through the town).

This definitely needs some preparation though:

  • planning the route with daily stops, and alternative paths for longer/shorter walks
  • reserving rooms
  • learning enough Japanese to ask for directions and follow table manners

You won’t be entirely alone for the trip, but people are unlikely to talk to you without a reason. Dinner in a ryokan is normally together with the owner and the other guests, and you can usually get a lunch packet there as well.

12/7/2018 3:10:22 PM

I would call it a solo hiking holiday.

This time go for a well used and well sign posted trail, like one of the many in England, France or even the Netherlands (almost no hills but many long distance routes.) All these routes have hotels, hostels, huts and/or campsites with cabins.
Or something like that in whatever country you live.
There are even tours like this where they transport your luggage for you.

When walking alone you might see others, you usually do just say ‘good day’ and go on with your own things. But walking where there are no others is not good for a first solo tour, as you do not yet know where your limits are and how to get hold of help when you did bite off more than you can swallow.
Going up into the mountains of Andorra will be great when you have more experience, not for a first trip alone.

11/21/2016 2:45:26 PM

Depending where you are, and the level of solitude and comfort you want.

Two that comes to mind:

Compostelle Route:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago_(route_descriptions)

Appalachian Trail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail

11/21/2016 2:37:34 PM

If you live in Europe, I think mountain hiking in Andorra may be something fitting your needs.

I’ve been there for a few days several years ago. The mountains are quite remote, there are no crowds, but if for any reason you need to go back to civilization, you just go down and villages are not far away as Andorra is a very small country. There’s a system of “refugio” – unmanned mountain huts maintained by government, which are open to everyone and free to use. When I’ve been there we spent 4 nights at refugios and only once met other people sleeping in the same hut (it was in July). A week should allow you to go the full round and maybe also see a bit of Pyrenees at French or Spanish side, depending on how much time every day you want to spend hiking.

You can find more on refugios here: http://www.hola-andorra.com/arinsal/english/refugisGB.html

To get to Andorra, I think it’s best to fly to Barcelona (budget airlines connection to multiple European cities) and then take a bus to Andorra.

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