Gokyo Lakes & Cho La Pass

The turquoise gems of the Himalaya. The Gokyo Lakes trek is the most scenic alternative to the direct Everest Base Camp route. It takes you through the beautiful Gokyo Valley, home to a series of six high-altitude glacial lakes, before crossing the challenging Cho La Pass (5,420m) to reach the main Everest motherboard. Climbing Gokyo Ri (5,357m) offers what many experts consider the greatest view in the Khumbu—a 360-degree panorama that includes four of the world's six highest peaks: Everest, Lhotse, Makalu, and Cho Oyu, overlooking the massive Ngozumpa Glacier.

The Thorsborne Trail is a 32km point-to-point trekking route along the eastern coastline of Hinchinbrook Island, within Girringun National Park, Queensland. Running between Ramsay Bay in the north and George Point in the south, the trail traverses a diverse tropical landscape of mangrove systems, granite headlands, and rainforest. Hinchinbrook is an uninhabited wilderness island, accessible only by organized boat transfers from the mainland hubs of Cardwell or Lucinda. The route follows the Hinchinbrook Channel side and the open Coral Sea, passing significant features like Zoe Falls and the granite peaks of Mount Bowen.