Learn to hike the wild,
safely and on your own.
Hikex is building India’s home for self-sufficient hikers — open trail maps, field courses, a serious community, and the resources to take you from first trail to long expeditions.
- 40
- EST stages
- Free
- core trail data
- Open
- maps (coming)
- 1:1
- field coaching
Most people are told the outdoors is for the elite, the guided, or the lucky. We disagree. Hikex exists to make wilderness skill, safety, and good maps available to every hiker in India — much of it free.
Free where it matters. Paid where it’s worth it.
Epic Sahyadri Trail
A 40-stage long-distance route through the Sahyadris — maps, water sources, escape routes and notes. Open to all.
Explore the trail → CourseHiking Field Course
One-on-one field learning to become a safe, self-sufficient hiker. Navigation, planning, risk, fitness.
See the course → OnlineThe Workshop
A focused beginner blueprint — the fastest way to plan and finish your first independent hikes.
Watch the workshop → ReadThe Book
A practical, no-BS field guide to hiking in India. In progress — get notified at launch.
Get the book →Open hiking maps for India
We’re building an open, browser-based mapping and trail directory in the spirit of nakarte.me — topo layers, GPX tracks, water sources and offline-friendly planning. The EST is our first dataset.
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