Asia itineraries - Asia itineraries

The geographical and cultural diversity of Asia makes a great number of itineraries across Earth’s largest continent possible, from Marco Polo to the Karakoram Highway.

Crossing more than one region

• Burma Road road from Yunnan into Burma
• Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai overland by bus and train
• 36.85027777777875.4283333333331 Karakoram Highway drive the highest paved international road in the world
• Russia to Japan via Sakhalin bus, train and boat

Caucasus

• Armenia Heritage Trail
• 42.50457805555644.4539369444442 Georgian Military Highway
• Janapar Trail

China

• Along the Grand Canal
• Along the Salween River
• Along the Yangtze River
• Along the Yellow River
• Around Erhai Lake by electric scooter
• Erlian Grassland Tour Loop
• Hong Kong Culinary Tour
• Hong Kong to Kunming overland
• Long March
• Mount Kailash
• Overland to Tibet
• Qinghai–Tibet railway
• Tiger Leaping Gorge
• Yunnan tourist trail

Japan

• 88 Temple Pilgrimage a 1,200-km loop
• Chugoku 33 Kannon Temple Pilgrimage
• Mt. Chokai
• Narrow Road to the Deep North
• Shimanami Kaido Bikeway
• Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
• The Tōkaidō road
• World Heritage Tour in Nara
• Pokémon Tour of Japan

Korea

• Gwandong Palgyeong - 8 landscapes of the Korean east coast

Middle East

More than one country

• From Istanbul to Cairo

Israel

• Golan Trail
• Israel National Trail
• The Jesus Trail
• Jerusalem Trail
• Sea to Sea (Yam el Yam)

Saudi Arabia

• Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage

Lebanon

• Lebanon Mountain Trail

Iran

• Mount Damavand Trek

Russia

• Baikal-Amur Mainline
• Circum-Baikal Railway
• Kolyma Highway

South Asia

More than one country

• Grand Trunk Road

India

• Palace on Wheels
• Panch Kedar
• On the trail of Kipling's Kim
• The Golden Triangle (India)
• Markha Valley Trek
• Sikkim Silk Route
• Diamond Triangle, Odisha

Nepal

• Annapurna Circuit
• Annapurna Sanctuary
• Everest Base Camp Trek
• The Great Himalaya Trail
• Indigenous Peoples Trail
• Island Peak Trek
• Langtang Valley Trek
• Manaslu Trek
• Numbur Cheese Circuit
• Mardi Himal

Sri Lanka

• World Heritage Sites Tour in Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

More than one country

• Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City overland
• Banana Pancake Trail

Philippines

• Asian Highway 26

Laos

• Ban Nalan Trail

Malaysia

• Jungle Railway
• KL Sightseeing Walk
• Kota Kinabalu to Brunei by land
• Pontianak to Kuching

Indonesia

• Great Post Road
• Gunung Semeru

Singapore

• 1.2753103.81653 Southern Ridges Walk a 10.5 km (6.5 mi) stroll across the hills of southern Singapore.
• Three days in Singapore

Vietnam

• Top Gear: Vietnam Special

Thailand

• One day in Bangkok
• Rattanakosin Tour
• Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai in 3 days
• Mae Hong Son Loop
• Northern Thailand Loop Tour
• Samoeng Loop
• Yaowarat and Phahurat Tour

Turkey

• Along the Troad Coast
• Lycian Way, hiking trail in Mediterranean Turkey