A choice of moderate walking holidays from specialist operators. If you have walked in the hills at home and are reasonably fit you will enjoy these trips, which will typically involve 5-8 hours walking per day. See our full walking holiday classification.
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As each day passed it became my favourite day so far! The Inca Trail of course and the island home stay have to be my top two. The holiday was made all the more memorable because of the great group we were travelling with and of course our guide Dante.
(more)Wonderful - hard work, but really interesting, and relaxing as well. A perfect mix. We will definitely return to do the Everest trek and we will definitely use this operator again. Thanks to everyone involved. (more)
Excellent in all ways. Ms. Thanh Ha of the operator’s Saigon office provided
detailed information and reminders, and she met us in Saigon to make sure
everything was as we hoped. (more)
Climbing up to the Tiger's Nest on our last full day in Bhutan WAS pretty great - but I think my prize goes to seeing big pink orchids growing on the side of the road - and having the leisure to go photograph them, thanks to our wonderful driver. (more)Excellent...in every way. The most memorable parts were... Seeing the old villages and towns along our walk - meeting so many friendly and helpful people in surroundings completely different from our own. And the food - different, flavorful, every meal exquisitely presented and excellent.
(more)An experience of endeavour and hard slog but a life achievement . The achievement of getting to above 4000mtres on foot and the View of Mt Langtang was the best part of the holiday. (more)
Brilliant, enjoyed every minute...the best part was climbing the small hill out from the cortijo, wondering where the village was, and suddenly, there it was, below us, tucked up in its hollow amongst the hills. (more)Really wonderful! It exceeded my expectations. Steve could not have been more helpful in coordinating and supporting us in this holiday. We loved the places we stayed, enjoyed the people and small towns. The food was excellent. The hikes we great. I felt like we really got to see the country and small communities. (more)
It was a really enjoyable interesting holiday,superbly planned to get the most out of the areas visited.The locations were truly wonderful,from the desert to the mountains and onto the ocean in San Francisco truly inspiring. (more)Lovely walks, fantastic weather, excellent accommodation (especially enjoyed the large sunny roof terrace), wonderful multi-course evening meals with lots of wine and cava (also very well provided for a vegetarian like me) (more)Most memorable was reaching the top of Monte Prado, the highest point in Tuscany and no other group in sight. The best kept secret, long may it continue. I plan to go back!
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Fantastic scenery in the Sierra Altana - even though there was a fair bit of cloud and rain! The people we met and stayed with were, without exception wonderfully helpful and welcoming! Joaquime in Caossa was an absolute star! (more)Bhutan was just so beautiful...It really is a special place and travelling there was a delight - slow paced, beautiful and inspiring. (more)
We didn't see another soul on the 3 main hikes that we did and getting to the top of Cerro del Buitre and seeing all the mountains around us was amazing. The only real noise was the sound of the snow melting and falling off the trees below us.
As the hotel is in the middle of nowhere we went to bed every night with the blinds open so we got to wake up to the sun rising over the olive groves around us - beautiful!
(more)Excellent. The best self guided walking holiday we have ever had...Dave's walking itinerary and Gill's packed lunches was most memorable. (more)The most memorable parts were the fantastic views from the escarpments and a chance visit at a local school during the TESFA walk, the view over the twin of Ayers Rock from the Ghiralta lodge (more)Excellent, good fun and very rewarding.....Definitely minimal impact on the environment. Local publicans certainly benefited as well. (more)
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