Hiking Kilimanjaro: Africa's Rooftop Step by Step
At 5,895 metres, Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest peak and the world's tallest free-standing mountain. You don't need ropes or crampons - just lungs and determination and a very good guide.
Volcanoes
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Iceland's Ring of Fire: Lava Fields and Hot Springs
Iceland sits on a geological fault line that splits the North American and Eurasian plates. Drive the Ring Road and you pass geysers, lava fields, black sand beaches and volcanoes still actively creating new land.
Mount Etna: Hiking Europe's Most Active Volcano
Etna erupts regularly - small lava flows, plumes of ash, the occasional sulphurous cloud - and you can hike to within metres of its summit craters with a licensed guide. Sicily below looks impossibly beautiful.