In season

Where to hike in May

Trails whose best season includes May, grouped by country. Seasons shift year to year - confirm conditions locally.

Andorra

Australia

Overland Track Three Capes Track Larapinta Trail (end-to-end or sections)Uluru Base Walk Grand Canyon Track Wineglass Bay & Hazards Beach Cape to Cape Track Wilsons Promontory Southern Circuit

Bhutan

Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang)Jomolhari Trek

Brazil

Vale do Pati Pedra da Gavea Sugarloaf Trail (Morro da Urca)

Brunei

Ulu Temburong Canopy Walk Bukit Patoi

Cambodia

Cardamom Mountains (Chi Phat)Phnom Kulen & Kbal Spean Mondulkiri Jungle & Elephants Kirirom National Park Bokor Hill Station

Canada

Grouse Grind Mount Royal Lynn Canyon & Quarry Rock Johnston Canyon Lower Falls

Chile

Cerro San Cristobal

China

Tiger Leaping Gorge High Trail Mount Huashan (incl. Plank Walk)Huangshan Zhangjiajie: Yuanjiajie - Tianzi Mount Tai (Taishan)Mount Emei Yubeng Village Trek

Colombia

Valle de Cocora

Cook Islands

Cross-Island Track (Te Rua Manga)

Croatia

Plitvice Lakes Boardwalks

Czechia

Bohemian Switzerland: Pravcicka Brana

Ecuador

Egypt

French Polynesia

Germany

Grunewald & Teufelsberg

Greece

Hong Kong SAR

India

Goecha La Triund Sandakphu - Phalut

Indonesia

Mount Rinjani (Sembalun-Senaru)Mount Batur Sunrise Kawah Ijen Mount Bromo & Penanjakan Mount Semeru (Mahameru)Mount Merbabu Kelimutu Coloured Lakes Bukit Lawang Orangutan Trek

Ireland

Croagh Patrick Carrauntoohil Cliffs of Moher Coastal Walk

Japan

Kumano Kodo: Nakahechi Nakasendo: Magome - Tsumago Yakushima: Jomon Sugi Mount Takao Shiratani Unsuikyo Mount Misen (Miyajima)Tateyama: Murodo - Oyama Mount Aso (Nakadake rim)

Jordan

Kenya

Laos

Nong Khiaw: 100 Waterfalls Trek Pha Daeng Peak (Nong Khiaw Viewpoint)Kuang Si Falls Bolaven Plateau Waterfall Loop

Madagascar

Pic Boby (Andringitra)

Malawi

Malaysia

Mount Kinabalu Broga Hill Mount Kinabalu Via Ferrata Gunung Mulu Pinnacles Bako National Park Coastal Trails Taman Negara Canopy Walkway & Bukit Teresek Gunung Tahan Gunung Ledang

Morocco

Namibia

Fish River Canyon Trail

Nepal

Everest Base Camp Trek Langtang Valley Manaslu Circuit Gokyo Lakes Everest Three Passes Upper Mustang Trek

New Zealand

Hooker Valley Track Roys Peak Abel Tasman Coast Track Paparoa Track Rakiura Track Lake Waikaremoana Track Heaphy Track Hump Ridge Track

Norway

Preikestolen Kjeragbolten Reinebringen Tromso Fjellheisen & Snowshoe

Pakistan

Fairy Meadows & Nanga Parbat BC

Papua New Guinea

Peru

Inca Trail (Classic 4-day)Salkantay Trek Choquequirao Trek Ausangate Circuit Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)Santa Cruz Trek Laguna 69 Huayhuash Circuit

Philippines

Batad Rice Terraces & Tappiya Falls Mount Apo Mount Pinatubo Crater Osmena Peak & Mantalongon Mount Batulao Mount Pico de Loro Mount Guiting-Guiting Masungi Georeserve

Portugal

Pico do Arieiro - Pico Ruivo Levada das 25 Fontes Mount Pico Sintra: Pena & Moorish Castle Walk

Reunion (France)

Piton des Neiges Mafate Cirque Traverse

Singapore

MacRitchie TreeTop Walk Southern Ridges (Henderson Waves)Bukit Timah Summit Pulau Ubin & Chek Jawa

South Africa

Tugela Falls via Sentinel Platteklip Gorge Lion's Head Otter Trail

South Korea

Hallasan: Seongpanak - Gwaneumsa Seoraksan: Daecheongbong Bukhansan: Baegundae

Spain

Camino Frances (final 100 km)Ruta del Cares Caminito del Rey Mount Teide Summit Carretera de les Aigues & Montjuic Ordesa: Cola de Caballo Montserrat: Sant Jeroni Torcal de Antequera

Sri Lanka

Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)Ella Rock

Taiwan

Yushan Main Peak Zhuilu Old Trail Teapot Mountain & Banping Ridge

Thailand

Kew Mae Pan Nature Trail Doi Suthep Monk's Trail Khao Sok Jungle Trek Erawan Falls Seven Tiers Phu Kradueng Khao Yai: Haew Narok & Haew Suwat Thi Lo Su Waterfall Trek Doi Inthanon Summit & Ang Ka

Timor-Leste

Mount Ramelau (Tatamailau)Jaco Island & Tutuala Coast

United Kingdom

Ben Nevis Mountain Track West Highland Way Old Man of Storr Quiraing Scafell Pike (from Wasdale)Arthur's Seat Hampstead Heath & Parliament Hill

United States

Diamond Head Summit Trail Angels Landing Kalalau Trail Sliding Sands (Keonehe'ehe'e)Koko Crater Railway Trail Griffith Park: Mount Hollywood Lands End Coastal Trail Multnomah Falls to Wahkeena Loop

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Fansipan Muong Hoa Valley Villages Pu Luong Nature Reserve Bach Ma National Park Phong Nha: Hang En Cave Trek Cat Ba: Ngu Lam Peak Ba Vi National Park Langbiang Peak

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