lake in green valley

Why hiking Wales is one of our best trips for 2020

Jump into coastal adventures, then hit the trails at the speed of sheep.

In Wales’ Snowdonia National Park, summer dusk bathes a slope above Lake Idwal, in the Ogwen Valley.
Photograph by CARL JONES
This story appears in the January 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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