Wikivoyage:Hiking itinerary template Voyage Tips and guide

[NOTE: this is an article skeleton for creating articles about hiking itineraries. Itinerary articles should be about travel along a specific, recognized route, such as Hajj or Route 66. Itineraries should not be sightseeing schedules or personal travelogues; content that would be included in an article such as "One week walking in Barcelona" should instead be placed into the Barcelona article.

[NOTE: To quickly insert a complete blank itinerary template, copy the text between the lines into the edit box on page you are editing. This text is general, change it as needed.

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==Understand==
==Prepare==
==Get in==
==Walk==
==Stay safe==
==Go next==
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[NOTE: Text in italics is editorial comment, with suggestions for what should go in each section, and not part of the eventual article. If you copy the text below, you should plan on ripping out everything in italics as you write your article.]

The introduction to an itinerary does not have a heading. This is where you give a quick descriptive overview of the itinerary. Be sure to include some context so readers know where and what they are reading about. Tell that it is a hike, and whether other modes of transport are covered. Links to the countries, regions or cities the route passes through can be useful here too. Also include some background information particular to the route, but try not to duplicate too much information that already exists in the country, region or city pages.

A more in-depth overview of the route – its history, geographical, political and ethnic areas it passes through, the nature along it and cultures you're likely to meet. The deeper context that makes the trip worth making. Also make clear whether the hike requires hiking experience, skills or special equipment.

Anything you should take care of before setting off: permits, equipment etc. Also tell about trail conditions: can you use a cart or luggage transport services or do you need to carry everything in a backpack. Is the trail suitable for baby carriages and wheelchairs?

Are there restaurants or shops on the route or do you need to carry food and a camping stove? If you won't get ready meals, what cooking facilities are there?

As opposed to this section in city articles, this is mostly about water: is there potable water? How much should you carry? Is water in the wild usable? If so, what purifying methods are recommended? If there are restaurants and cafés along the route, so that you wouldn't use your own, tell that instead. For a general description of nightlife at the stops, use Understand or Sleep.

Are there accommodations along the route or do you need to carry a tent? Do you need to carry sheets? If you need a tent or accommodations may be cold, what kind of sleeping bag do you need? Is there light and electricity? Do you need to make reservations? Can you camp wild?

What weather is to be expected? Is the itinerary usable all year? Do you need unusual equipment or measures to cope?

Are there any environmental issues or biosecurity to take into account? Are there any recommendations or rules to combat the spread of invasive plant seeds, soil-borne diseases, and harmful microorganisms?

Details on how to arrive at the starting point. Try to include advice for those driving as well as those using public transport or coming by boat, bike or foot – if those are realistic options. Also include getting to and from transportation centers to the starting point and destination. If the endpoints are close to cities on which there are articles, refer to those city articles (with a short summary here), and give details only on getting to the trailhead from there. For long itineraries, you may want to include similar information for intermediate trailheads.

This section can contain several sub-sections describing successive parts of the route, alternate routes and important side trips. Hiking trails may be described by cumulative distance from the start, by stage, or by hut-to-hut/town-to-town legs; choose the format that best matches how the route is normally walked. Include cumulative distance in stage leads where helpful, and consider whether cumulative or relative distance makes more sense when describing individual on-trail locations.

You can include a {{mapframe}} displaying the route and points of interest. If the route exists as a Wikidata/OpenStreetMap relation, {{mapshape}} may be used to draw the route. For trails that are super-routes split into multiple relations, the cleanest solution is probably to use {{mapshapes}}.

You probably want to have descriptive subsection headings in a standard format, such as either replacing "Point 1" and "Point 2" with location names, or naming the subsections after the legs themselves, such as "The Misty Mountains".

If the Walk subsections are long, you may want to have a lead in each, describing it in general, including its length (perhaps also how much time it requires), and the distance from the itinerary's starting point to the starting point of this leg. Some standard information can be included with {{RouteSection}}:

Point 1 to Point 2

 11 km 3 hr 300 m

Follow the template and lead with a more detailed description of the leg. For multi-day sections, stating daily distances may be helpful.

Points of interest, trailheads, villages, huts, campsites and transport points may be handled either inline in the route description with {{marker}} or leaving out the markers, just mentioning the POIs and instead have the full description in listings in the end of the subsection. The latter is better when detailed info is needed and would interrupt the flow of the running text. You may still want to choose a style to be used consistently throughout the itinerary, perhaps with some categories of POIs handled inline and some with listings (remove the example listings below).

For simple on-route points, inline markers may be enough:

The stage begins at {{Marker|type=go|name=Example trailhead car park|type=go|lat=|long=}}, passes the {{Marker|type=see|name=Example viewpoint|lat=|long=}}, and ends at {{Marker|counter=n|name=[[Example village]]|type=city|wikidata=}}.

For places where practical details are important, use full listings (in a list at the end of the relevant subsection unless you decide otherwise).

• Nowhere River Hut (at the ford over Nowhere River), [email protected]. Spartan wilderness hut with a sleeping platform for 2–4 persons (use your own hiking mattress and sleeping bag) and a wood fired stove. Some cutlery. Woodshed with saw and axe and outhouse toilet. No electricity, no mobile coverage. Note your stay in the guest book. Payment through the hut's website at the latest a week after you ended your hike. The water of the river should be potable. People turning up later have an absolute right to the facilities; put up your tent if you arrive early. $20/person. 
• Somecity. Village with a few hundred inhabitants – and many hikers in season. A hostel and a few guesthouses. The hostel has a restaurant, often with live performances in the night in season. In winter the restaurant is open on request. Buses to Biggertown and Elsewhere most days. 

Specifics on safety during the hike: extreme weather, floods, wildlife, what have you. Keep it short and don't repeat obvious standard advice.

Details on how to leave the destination. If the hike was bidirectional, info on transportation centres near the endpoint and communications to there may already be in Get in. Don't duplicate it (or that of articles on relevant cities) but complement as necessary.

Add suggestions for where to go next – right after the hike or at a later time.