HRP part 2: Crossing the Pyrénées National Park
On the HRP from Lescun to Parzán with Vignemale, Gavarnie and Pic du Midi d’Osseau.
Tag: caldera
Glen Coe
Hike to the Hidden Valley in the former Caldera (Scotland)
Taal Volcano in Lake Taal
An explosive volcano near Manila and an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island in the sea.
The Caldera of Nemrut Dagi
Volcano with obsidian lava and lakes in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
Ben Nevis and neighbouring Munros
Hiking in the mountains of Scotland
Puyehue
Tracing the latest volcanic eruption in Chile
La Palma: Hiking Ruta de los Volcanes and Ruta de la Cresteria (GR 131)
The GR 131 hiking trail on La Palma combines the Ruta de los Volcanes with the Ruta de la Cresteria for a four-day hike, an island crossing that is scenically and geologically spectacular (Canary Islands, Spain)
Traverse of Teide and Pico Viejo
The most beautiful way to climb Teide is to traverse Montaña Blanca, Teide and Pico Viejo with an overnight stay at the Refugio de Altavista
Tenerife
It was about time that I paid a visit to the Canary Islands. After all, Teide is the highest hotspot volcano after Hawaii’s and much quicker to reach… However, there are also a few important differences to Hawaii, for example, a stratovolcano like Teide is not exactly typical of a hotspot, nor are the large … Continue reading “Tenerife”
Laguna Quilotoa
Picturesque caldera with “crater lake” in Ecuador
Quito in the rain, caldera lakes and market in Otavalo
Travelogue Ecuador: Market in Otavalo and the Laguna Cuicocha, Culture in Quito and the Caldera of the Laguna Quilotoa
Lake Van
Around the lake in Eastern Anatolia
Guatemala
How pleasant to be met by Marta at the airport! We spend the first night in Guatemala City, a chaotic metropolis with broken, crowded streets, street kids, …. In a minibus we drive down from the coffee town of Coban through beautiful tropical karst landscape. In a village with a colourful market, more and more … Continue reading “Guatemala”
Bali
Ascent of Gunung Agun and various temples, lakes, volcanoes and rice fields
Bromo and Semeru
Volcanoes in the East of Java: Views into the Tengger Caldera with the steaming Bromo and ascent of the active Semeru with up-close ash eruptions
Bukittinggi
Bad luck in a holiday town on Sumatra (Indonesia)
Toba
Lake in a caldera on Sumatra (Indonesia)
Excursion: Volcanism Southern Italy
More than 2 m of pumice was deposited on the first day of the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius. The weight caused roofs of buildings to collapse, but people died in the pyroclastic flows (surges) that came down the mountain towards the end of the eruption. A caldera formed during the eruption, and Mt. Somma … Continue reading “Excursion: Volcanism Southern Italy”
Santorini
Geological excursion: explosive volcanism in the Mediterranean (Greece)