Asia itineraries

The geographical and cultural diversity of Asia makes a great number of itineraries across Earth’s largest continent possible, from Marco Polo to the Karakoram Highway.

Crossing more than one region

• Burma Road road from Yunnan, China into Burma
• Grand Trunk Road Bangladesh-India-Pakistan-Afghanistan
• Ho Chi Minh City to Shanghai overland by bus and train
• 1 Karakoram Highway drive the highest paved international road in the world
• Russia to Japan via Sakhalin bus, train and boat (Note: ferry operation stopped in 2019)

Caucasus

• Armenia Heritage Trail
• 2 Georgian Military Highway
• 3 Janapar Trail
• Transcaucasian Trail

East Asia

China

• Along the Grand Canal
• Along the Salween River
• 4 Along the Yangtze River
• 5 Along the Yellow River
• 6 Around Erhai Lake by electric scooter
• Hong Kong Culinary Tour
• Hong Kong to Kunming overland
• Long March
• 7 Mount Kailash
• Overland to Tibet
• Qinghai–Tibet railway
• Tiger Leaping Gorge
• Yunnan tourist trail

Japan

• 88 Temple Pilgrimage a 1,200-km loop
• Chugoku 33 Kannon Temple Pilgrimage
• Mt. Chokai
• Narrow Road to the Deep North
• Shimanami Kaido Bikeway
• Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route
• The Tōkaidō road
• World Heritage Tour in Nara
• Pokémon Tour of Japan
• Golden Route
• New Golden Route
• Magome-Tsumago Trail
• Kumano Kodo, one of two pilgrimages that are also UNESCO World Heritage Site

South Korea

• Gwandong Palgyeong - 8 landscapes of the Korean east coast

Middle East

More than one country

• From Istanbul to Cairo

Israel

• Golan Trail
• Israel National Trail
• The Jesus Trail
• Jerusalem Trail
• Sea to Sea (Yam el Yam)

Saudi Arabia

• Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage

Lebanon

• Lebanon Mountain Trail

Iran

• Mount Damavand Trek
• 8 Trans-Iranian Railway

Turkey

• Along the Troad Coast
• Istanbul to Izmir
• 9 Lycian Way, hiking trail in Mediterranean Turkey

Russia

• Baikal-Amur Mainline
• Circum-Baikal Railway
• Kolyma Highway

South Asia

See South Asia itineraries

Southeast Asia

More than one country

• Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City overland
• Banana Pancake Trail
• Pontianak to Kuching
• Kota Kinabalu to Brunei by land

Laos

• Ban Nalan Trail

Malaysia

• Jungle Railway
• KL Sightseeing Walk

Indonesia

• Great Post Road
• Gunung Semeru

Philippines

• Asian Highway 26

Singapore

• 10 Southern Ridges Walk a 10.5 km (6.5 mi) stroll across the hills of southern Singapore.
• Three days in Singapore

Thailand

• One day in Bangkok
• Rattanakosin Tour
• Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai in 3 days
• Mae Hong Son Loop
• Northern Thailand Loop Tour
• Samoeng Loop
• Yaowarat and Phahurat Tour

Vietnam

• Top Gear: Vietnam Special