01Northumberland Coast, England, UK
Base on the 53-square-mile (138 sq km) Northumberland Coast National Landscape, a strip rarely wider than 1.6 miles (2.5 km), not the inland park.
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02Setouchi islands, Japan
Let the gateway choose the island: Uno to Naoshima is 20 minutes and 370 yen with 13 sailings each way; Takamatsu is 50 minutes with five.
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03Kumano Kodo, Wakayama, Japan
Walk one Nakahechi section: Hosshinmon-oji to Kumano Hongu Taisha is about 5 miles (7.5 km) in 2 to 3 hours, with a bus at each end.
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04Westfjords, Iceland
Take the Westfjords only if you will read the road report each leg: it is updated 07:00 to 22:00 October to April and 08:00 to 16:00 May to September.
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05South Island West Coast, New Zealand
Book the beds, pick each day's walk the night before, and keep two all-weather anchors: Punakaiki works in rain, Lake Matheson needs a still sky.
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06Gwaii Haanas, British Columbia, Canada
Gwaii Haanas costs C$29.00 per adult per day, needs a reservation five business days ahead and an 80 percent orientation quiz, and has no roads.
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