The views will leave you as breathless as the treks.

Backpacking allows you to go deeper, stay longer, and in some cases, lose the crowds.

Inca Trail, Peru

The Inca Trail is the famous route that leads toMachu Picchu.

Hikers admiring mountain views on El Camino de Santiago

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It provides a once-in-a-lifetime trek that follows the footsteps of a great lost civilization.

It’s also home to rare wildlife, like the guanaco, a llama-like animal.

At more than 15,700 feet, Mont Blanc is the star of this backpacking journey.

Woman moving up stairway on the Inca Trail close to Machu Picchu

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People take anywhere from six to 12 days to complete the hike.

Either way, hiking from one rim to the other will earn you serious bragging rights.

Most people take three or four days to complete this classic New Zealand Great Walk.

W-Circuit Torres Del Paine, Chile

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The Great Ocean Walk takes about eight days to finish.

The Tour du Mont Blanc is a unique trek of approximately 200km around Mont Blanc that can be completed in between 7 and 10 days passing through Italy, Switzerland and France.

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Female hiker at Grand Canyon

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Kittentale flowers on Garibaldi lake from Panorama Ridge in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

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Walking the ‘Camino de Santiago’ in Spain

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Hiker on Kepler Track, view of the South Fiord of Lake Te Anau, Murchison Mountains and Kepler Mountains in the back, Great Walk, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand

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Hikers and porters above Shira Camp Two on Lemosho Route, Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Twelve Apostles rock formation on the Great Ocean Walk

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Pilgrims walking into the primeval forest on the Kumano Kodo trail

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