World’s Top 10 Best Biking Trails According to the National Geographic

The prestigious National Geographic travel guide, Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips, cataloguing the most famous and lesser known trips of a lifetime, picked the world’s top ten bike trails on the planet, chosen for their beauty, length and excitement. Here’s a quick recap of this fabulous biking destinations:

1. Route Verte (Canada)
“Located in North America, the Route verte criss-crosses Québec from north to south and east to west, lining up more than 4,000 kilometers of biking explorations! This immense bike trail is easy to follow, whether to escape for a few days or for a long trip. From the infinite expanses along the shores of the St. Lawrence River to the spectacular panoramas of the Laurentian Mountains, the Route verte is renowned for its range and scope and the diversity of its scenery.” Source: Route Verte

2. Underground Railroad Bicycle Route (U.S.A./Canada)
“Upon crossing into Ohio, the route leaves the river to head toward Lake Erie and enters Canada at the Peace Bridge near Buffalo, New York. In Ontario, the route follows the shores of Lake Ontario and ends at Owen Sound, a town founded by freedom seekers in 1857. Owen Sound is located on the southern side of Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay.” Source: Adventure Cycling Association

3. Ruta Austral (Chile)
“Winding and capricious turns are gone into once the virgin earth; that one that it had to give wounded to the man, which single shared with the river and the mountain. Proud and arrogant, its wild natural beauty seduces with a bit of drunkenness and make us witness, in the silente night, of the incommensurable green greatness of the deep one and the frozen snow.” Source: Turismo Ayacara

4. Munda Biddi Trail (Australia)

“The Munda Biddi (which means path through the forest in the Nyoongar Aboriginal language) promises to become a world-class nature-based off-road cycling experience. There are few places left in the world where a 900-kilometre track could be built through an undeveloped natural corridor. Combine Western Australia's vast areas of unspoiled forests and bushland, gentle terrain, and year-round cycling weather, and you have the ideal setting for an off-road cycle trail.” Source: Munda Biddi Trail Foundation

5. Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
“Our cycling tour begins in the capital city of Hanoi, a city of lakes and shaded boulevards, sometimes called the “Paris of the Orient.” Exploring Hanoi's intriguing museums, pagodas, the fascinating Temple of Literature and strolling through the historical streets of the Old Quarter will give us a leisurely exposure to the Vietnamese culture and history.