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Multi-stop journeys with every stop from a real source and every day checked against a clock.

The long straight road into the buttes of Monument ValleySouthwest Parks & Navajo Nation Grand CircleKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0The Alaska Highway running empty toward distant peaksThe Alaska HighwayDiego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0The stepped pyramid of El Castillo at Chichén ItzáYucatán Peninsula Heritage LoopDaniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Arenal volcano's cone rising over rainforestCosta Rica's Classic LoopRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0A classic American car cruising Havana's MalecónHavana to TrinidadRichard Hurd from Green Bay, USA · CC BY 2.0Soufriere Guadeloupe: the Butterfly Islands volcano — Guadeloupe: the Butterfly IslandsGuadeloupe: Grande-Terre & Basse-Terre LoopGrook Da Oger · CC BY-SA 3.0

One journey from each of the six countries with the most here, longest first.

When these journeys are at their best

Most journeys in seasonSep48 of 96 journeysFewest journeys in seasonMayNov23 of 96 journeys

What travel in the quieter months is like

What travel here actually looks like

Every country these journeys visit, assigned by coordinate rather than by the route's country label.
Journeys
96
Countries and territories
16
Typical distance
303 km
Typical length
4 days

Every journey here

Monticello Jefferson — Virginia: D.C. to the Blue Ridge Foothills

Apr–Jun

Virginia: D.C. to the Blue Ridge Foothills

United States · 240 km · 2–4 days

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Bixby Creek Bridge spanning a Big Sur cove on Highway 1

Apr–Jul

California: San Francisco to Los Angeles by Highway 1

United States · 700 km · 7 days

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Napa Valley vineyards autumn — Northern California: Wine Country to the Redwoods

Sep–Nov

Northern California: Wine Country to the Redwoods

United States · 430 km · 4–6 days

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The stepped pyramid of El Castillo at Chichén Itzá

Nov–Mar

Yucatán Peninsula Heritage Loop

Mexico · 724 km · 7 days

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Mount Rushmore — The Black Hills & Badlands

Jun–Sep

The Black Hills & Badlands

United States · 335 km · 3–5 days

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Bruce Peninsula Grotto — Ontario: Georgian Bay & Manitoulin

May–Sep

Georgian Bay: Bruce Peninsula to Manitoulin

Canada · 485 km · 4 days

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Niagara Horseshoe Falls — Niagara: Falls & Wine Country

Jun–Oct

Niagara: Falls & Wine Country

Canada · 175 km · 2–4 days

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Taxco Santa Prisca — Puebla, Cuernavaca & Taxco

Oct–Apr

Puebla, Cuernavaca & Taxco

Mexico · 370 km · 3–5 days

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Oaxaca's mountains at dusk from the mineral terraces of Hierve el Agua

Nov–Mar

Oaxaca: Valleys to the Pacific

Mexico · 325 km · 6 days

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Yosemite Valley's granite walls from Tunnel View

Jun · Sep–Oct

Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra & Death Valley

United States · 500 km · 6 days

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Everglades airboat alligator — Florida's Gulf Coast: Tampa to the Everglades

Dec–Apr

Florida's Gulf Coast: Tampa to the Everglades

United States · 545 km · 5 days

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Saguaro National Park sunset — Southern Arizona: Tucson to Bisbee

Nov–Apr

Southern Arizona: Tucson to Bisbee

United States · 145 km · 2–4 days

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Texas bluebonnets highway — Texas Hill Country

Mar–May

Texas Hill Country

United States · 235 km · 3–5 days

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Howe Sound from the Sea to Sky highway

Jun–Sep

Sea to Sky, Canyons & the Okanagan

Canada · 635 km · 7 days

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Bourbon rickhouse barrels — Kentucky: Bourbon & Mammoth Cave

Apr–Oct

Kentucky: Bourbon & Mammoth Cave

United States · 335 km · 3–5 days

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Joshua Tree boulders — Southern California: San Diego to Joshua Tree

Nov–Apr

Southern California: San Diego to Joshua Tree

United States · 285 km · 3–5 days

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Volcanoes ringing Lake Atitlán's blue caldera

Nov–Mar

Antigua & Lake Atitlán

Guatemala · 300 km · 4–5 days

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Carlsbad Caverns big room — New Mexico South: White Sands & Carlsbad

Oct–Apr

New Mexico South: White Sands & Carlsbad

United States · 320 km · 3–5 days

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Blazing red and orange fall foliage over a New England valley

Sep–Oct

New England Fall Road Loop

United States · 640 km · 5 days

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Gettysburg monument sunset — Pennsylvania: Philadelphia to Gettysburg

May–Oct

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia to Gettysburg

United States · 240 km · 3–5 days

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Diablo Lake — The Cascade Loop

Jun–Sep

North Cascade Loop

United States · 710 km · 4–6 days

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Moss-draped maples in the Hoh Rainforest

Jun–Sep

Olympic Peninsula: Seattle Road Loop

United States · 650 km · 5 days

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The parkway curving through spring green

Mar–May · Oct–Nov

Natchez Trace: Nashville to Natchez

United States · 715 km · 5 days

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Amicalola Falls Georgia — North Georgia & Chattanooga

Sep–Nov

North Georgia & Chattanooga

United States · 330 km · 3–5 days

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Edmund Pettus bridge Selma — The Civil Rights Trail

Mar–May

The Civil Rights Trail

United States · 470 km · 3–5 days

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Las Pozas Xilitla — La Huasteca Potosina

Nov–Apr

La Huasteca Potosina

Mexico · 382 km · 5 days

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An open stretch of Route 66 running toward desert buttes

Mar–May · Sep–Oct

Arizona Route 66: Kingman to Flagstaff

United States · 250 km · 4–5 days

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Arenal volcano's cone rising over rainforest

Dec–Apr

Costa Rica's Classic Loop

Costa Rica · 520 km · 6 days

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Santiago de Cuba Moncada — Holguín to Baracoa

Nov–Apr

Holguín to Baracoa

Cuba · 348 km · 4–5 days

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Saint-Benoit-du-Lac abbey — Québec's Eastern Townships

Sep–Oct

Québec's Eastern Townships

Canada · 160 km · 2–4 days

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Santa Ana volcano crater lake — The Flower Route & the Coast

Nov–Apr

The Flower Route & the Coast

El Salvador · 185 km · 3–5 days

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The adobe walls of Taos Pueblo

Sep–Oct

New Mexico: Albuquerque to Taos

United States · 250 km · 4–6 days

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Salt marsh and tidal flats at Assateague Island, Maryland

May–Sep

Chesapeake & Delmarva

United States · 200 km · 3–5 days

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New Orleans French Quarter — Cajun Country: New Orleans to Lafayette

Feb–May

Cajun Country: New Orleans to Lafayette

United States · 220 km · 3–5 days

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Turquoise Peyto Lake below glaciated peaks on the Icefields Parkway

May–Sep

Icefields Parkway

Canada · 290 km · 4 days

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Mount Hood Trillium Lake — Oregon: the Gorge, Hood & Bend

Jun–Sep

Oregon: Columbia Gorge, Mount Hood & Bend

United States · 350 km · 5 days

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Percé Rock and its pierced arch

Jun–Sep

Québec City to Percé via the Gaspé Peninsula

Canada · 795 km · 8 days

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Baie-Saint-Paul Charlevoix — Québec: Charlevoix & the Whales

Jun–Oct

Québec City to Tadoussac through Charlevoix

Canada · 225 km · 5 days

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The Breakers Newport — Southern New England: Mystic to Provincetown

Jun–Sep

Southern New England: Mystic to Provincetown

United States · 245 km · 3–5 days

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Charleston Rainbow Row — The Lowcountry: Charleston to the Golden Isles

Mar–May

The Lowcountry: Charleston to the Golden Isles

United States · 335 km · 5 days

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Beale Street in Memphis, its theatre marquees and clubs

Apr–Jun

The Blues Highway

United States · 330 km · 3–5 days

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Pictured Rocks kayak — Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Jun–Sep

Michigan's Upper Peninsula

United States · 220 km · 3–5 days

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The long straight road into the buttes of Monument Valley

Apr–May · Sep–Oct

Southwest Parks & Navajo Nation Grand Circle

United States · 1,450 km · 7 days

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The Overseas Highway crossing teal water

Dec–Apr

Florida Keys: Miami to Key West

United States · 265 km · 5 days

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A classic American car cruising Havana's Malecón

Dec–Mar

Havana to Trinidad

Cuba · 681 km · 5–6 days

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The rainbow rings of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone

Jun–Sep

Yellowstone & Grand Teton

United States · 480 km · 5–7 days

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Cave Point Door County — Door County

Jun–Sep

Green Bay & the Door Peninsula

United States · 165 km · 2–4 days

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A ship rising through the Miraflores locks

Dec–Apr

Canal to Cloud Forest & Bocas

Panama · 690 km · 6 days

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Divisadero canyon view — El Fuerte, Copper Canyon & Creel by Chepe

Oct–Apr

El Fuerte, Copper Canyon & Creel by Chepe

Mexico · 300 km · 4–6 days

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Watkins Glen gorge — The Finger Lakes & Niagara

Jun–Oct

The Finger Lakes & Niagara

United States · 300 km · 3–5 days

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San Miguel Allende parroquia — Mexico's Colonial Highlands

Oct–Apr

Mexico's Colonial Highlands

Mexico · 155 km · 3–5 days

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Kootenay Lake ferry — The Kootenays: Nelson to Golden

Jun–Sep

The Kootenays: Nelson to Golden

Canada · 415 km · 4 days

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Pena de Bernal monolith — The Sierra Gorda Missions

Oct–Mar

The Sierra Gorda Missions

Mexico · 190 km · 3–5 days

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Vinales valley mogotes — Havana to Viñales

Nov–Apr

Havana to Viñales

Cuba · 197 km · 3–5 days

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Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe — Tahoe & the Gold Country

Jun–Sep

Tahoe & the Gold Country

United States · 225 km · 3–5 days

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Montezuma waterfall — The Nicoya Peninsula

Dec–Apr

The Nicoya Peninsula

Costa Rica · 290 km · 4–6 days

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The Blue Ridge Parkway winding through autumn mountains

May–Oct

Blue Ridge Parkway & Appalachian Towns

United States · 755 km · 7 days

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The Great Blue Hole from above

Dec–Apr

Caye Caulker & the Cayo

Belize · 350 km · 5 days

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Tortuguero canal boat — Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast

Feb–Apr

Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast

Costa Rica · 320 km · 5 days

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The Cabot Trail hugging Cape Breton's highland coast

Jun–Oct

Cabot Trail

Canada · 388 km · 3–5 days

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Saint Mary Lake below the peaks of Glacier National Park

Jul–Sep

Glacier Country: Going-to-the-Sun

United States · 170 km · 2–4 days

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Sawtooth mountains Stanley — Idaho: Boise to the Sawtooths

Jul–Sep

Idaho: Boise, Stanley & the Sawtooths

United States · 310 km · 4 days

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Surf rolling into Long Beach, Tofino

Jun–Sep

Vancouver Island: Victoria to Tofino

Canada · 320 km · 4–6 days

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New River Gorge bridge — West Virginia: the New River Gorge

May–Oct

West Virginia: the New River Gorge

United States · 135 km · 2–4 days

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Cathedral Rock Sedona — Arizona: Phoenix to Sedona

Mar–May

Arizona: Phoenix to Sedona

United States · 240 km · 3–5 days

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Algonquin Peak — The Adirondacks

Jun–Sep

The Adirondacks

United States · 165 km · 3–5 days

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Whitaker Point Hawksbill Crag — The Ozarks: Bentonville to the Buffalo

Apr–Jun

The Ozarks: Bentonville to the Buffalo

United States · 160 km · 3–5 days

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Denali mountain reflection — Alaska: Anchorage to Denali & Fairbanks

Jun–Aug

Alaska: Anchorage to Denali & Fairbanks

United States · 580 km · 5 days

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Million Dollar Highway Ouray — The San Juan Skyway

Jun–Sep

Southwest Colorado: Mesa Verde to Telluride

United States · 260 km · 5 days

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Portland Head Light Maine — The Maine Coast: Portland to Acadia

Jun–Sep

The Maine Coast: Portland to Acadia

United States · 220 km · 3–6 days

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Cape Hatteras lighthouse — The Outer Banks

May–Jun · Sep–Oct

Outer Banks: Kitty Hawk to Ocracoke

United States · 205 km · 3 days

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Semuc Champey pools — Semuc Champey to Tikal

Nov–Apr

Semuc Champey to Tikal

Guatemala · 306 km · 5 days

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Green Gables house PEI — Prince Edward Island

Jun–Sep

Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown to Summerside

Canada · 120 km · 4 days

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The fjord walls of Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne

Jun–Sep

Newfoundland's Viking Trail circuit

Canada · 940 km · 6 days

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Kenai Fjords glacier whale — Alaska: the Kenai Peninsula

Jun–Aug

Alaska: the Kenai Peninsula

United States · 370 km · 4–6 days

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Haystack Rock off Cannon Beach

Jun–Sep

Oregon Coast: Astoria to Brookings

United States · 540 km · 6 days

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Ometepe volcanoes lake — Granada to San Juan del Sur

Nov–Apr

Granada, Ometepe & the Pacific

Nicaragua · 170 km · 5 days

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Peggys Cove lighthouse — Nova Scotia's South Shore

Jun–Oct

Halifax to Kejimkujik via Nova Scotia's South Shore

Canada · 250 km · 4 days

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Split Rock lighthouse — Minnesota's North Shore

Jun–Sep

Minnesota's North Shore

United States · 230 km · 3–5 days

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Trafalgar Falls Dominica — The Nature Island

Feb–May

Roseau & Morne Trois Pitons

Dominica · 134 km · 4 days

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Walkway over Hudson — The Hudson Valley

Sep–Nov

The Hudson Valley

United States · 160 km · 2–4 days

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Lake Michigan from the Sleeping Bear Dunes bluff

May–Oct

Northern Michigan & Mackinac Island circuit

United States · 475 km · 4 days

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Dawson City historic street — Yukon: the Klondike Highway

Jun–Aug

Yukon: the Klondike Highway

Canada · 530 km · 4–6 days

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Hopewell Rocks flowerpot — New Brunswick: the Bay of Fundy

Jun–Sep

New Brunswick: Saint John to the Bay of Fundy

Canada · 180 km · 4 days

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Sayulita beach surf — Riviera Nayarit: Vallarta to San Blas

Nov–Apr

Riviera Nayarit: Vallarta to San Blas

Mexico · 162 km · 5 days

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The Alaska Highway running empty toward distant peaks

May–Sep

The Alaska Highway

Canada · 2,232 km · 11 days

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The walls of the Sumidero Canyon

Nov–Apr

Chiapas: Sumidero Canyon & San Cristóbal

Mexico · 211 km · 5 days

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Crater Lake and Wizard Island — Southern Oregon: Ashland, Crater Lake & Umpqua

Jul–Sep

Southern Oregon: Ashland, Crater Lake & Umpqua

United States · 265 km · 3–5 days

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Santa Elena canyon Big Bend — West Texas: Marfa to Big Bend

Oct–Apr

Marfa, Terlingua & Big Bend National Park

United States · 710 km · 5–6 days

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El Arco's stone arch where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez

Dec–Apr

Baja California Sur

Mexico · 550 km · 7–8 days

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Pitons Saint Lucia — Castries to the Pitons

Dec–Apr

Castries to the Pitons & South Coast

Saint Lucia · 95 km · 3–4 days

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Soufriere Guadeloupe: the Butterfly Islands volcano — Guadeloupe: the Butterfly Islands

Dec–Apr

Guadeloupe: Grande-Terre & Basse-Terre Loop

France · 210 km · 4–5 days

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Diamond Rock Martinique: Saint-Pierre to the South — Martinique: Saint-Pierre to the South

Dec–Apr

Martinique: Fort-de-France to Le Diamant

France · 130 km · 4–5 days

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Dunns River Falls — Negril to Ocho Rios

Dec–Apr

Negril to Ocho Rios

Jamaica · 225 km · 4–6 days

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El Morro's walls above the Atlantic

Dec–Apr

Puerto Rico Island Loop

United States · 500 km · 6–7 days

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The palm shore of the Samaná peninsula

Dec–Apr

Santo Domingo to the North Coast

Dominican Republic · 400 km · 7–8 days

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