The three names by which the hiking can be referred are trekking, backpacking and hiking. While moving onto to a backwoods trip for adventure, these three actions comes into play -trekking, backpacking and hiking. Though they are all same, each one appears more fascinating than the other.
Both trekking and hiking are more or less same. The only distinguishing feature is that trekking is usually used for high ranges like Himalayas. It is an African term which was used for ox-cart transport.
Backpacking is not anything less than trekking. Instead of going for walking for some place in the vicinity from your home for 1-2 days, just than a mere local encampment, try going for places like Grand Canyon which will leave you with a different feeling.
People immediately call forth images of miles of hiking through the mountains and jungles they travel during their hiking trip with scenic beauty wherever you see. Its not as marvelous, as you can see that 100's of hikers use to pass their vacation on trips like this, going through wineries, furrows and backwoods through pure wild area.
The hiker has got several options for hiking .You, as a hiker if happen to stand on the bottom of the Mount Everest, you can yourself imagine as a wishful thinking to climb the mountain again like the great people who have done it before. If you would like to find the sunrise over Africa from the mountain Kilimanjaro, you have the options of most exciting views of taking a hiking trip that you can see places which are far away from here and isolated from the culture and refinement.
Most of the guided trips for hiking are almost the same, though the place where it is located and the level of stressfulness may differ. There is also a typical variety in the type of trekking; all may impact the difficulty as well as the fun during the entire hiking.
Usually the traditional trip for hiking is expedition type which means it calls for guides, cooks and porters. These people will usually take all your backpack, take away camp, all the materials to set up and will prepare the meals too for you.
The lodge to lodge hiking is the one in which you will take only very less people. This is a kind of trip where you will stay in the unsophisticated mountain lodges or huts made of alpine trees without any cook for preparing meals or any porter to carry your luggage. It will cost less than the traditional style one, but it may make you feel quite uncomfortable, if you happen to focus all your energy to drag till the end of your trail.
Hard core hiking is quite tough and people even won't take a stick for help. They have their own different style .Mountain climbing treks as well as exploratory hiking trips are offered by few wild and exciting companies who take travel as pleasure, and are the trips on paths that are not offered by any company before. Trips like these use to deliver the genuine adventure because even the guide himself is not quite sure of what can happen in the middle and what can be expected.
Donald Clever
President
Camp Wild Ride ®
www.campwildride.com
