Southern archipelago self-guided walking tour, Sweden
LEVEL: easy-moderate. Price per person, based on two sharing.
PRICE 2 adults/1 child: fr.
SEK 5,775 per child.
PRICE 2 adults/2 children: fr.
SEK 7,995 per child.
Min, age: 10 yrs. Note: Certain boats and buses are paid locally. The total cost will be from SEK 550 per adult & SEK 345 per child and travellers over 65 years of age.
Description of Southern archipelago self-guided walking tour, Sweden
Stockholm's pristine countryside and wonderful archipelago lie right on the doorstep of the Swedish capital and make the perfect destination for a walking holiday. This eight day self-guided tour hops through a handful of Stockholm’s 24,000 beautiful islands as well as passing inland lakes and lovely seaside towns. You’ll be travelling by water as well as on foot, using the network of boat routes that connect up this beautiful part of Sweden.
This is a chance to experience Sweden at its most beautiful. Appreciate the peace and tranquility as you hike along hidden trails, discovering a real sense of wilderness. Highlights include walking through Tyresta national park, drinking in the fresh air as you travel by boat between the islands of the Stockholm archipelago and swimming in the Baltic from unspoiled and secluded sandy beaches.
Enjoy a touch of luxury as you stay at stylish hotels in Dalarö. For Swedish summer life at its most buzzing, you spend 3 nights on the popular island of Utö and as this walking holiday begins and ends in Stockholm, you can make time to check out the Swedish capital, too.
You’ll stay in hotel standard accommodation with private facilities. This tour is suitable for children aged 10 years and over. Please enquire about younger children. Families and groups can take advantage of special prices, too.
PRICE INCLUDES: HOTEL X 6, BREAKFAST x 6, COFFEE/TEA/CAKE x 1 (Huvudskär only), BOAT RIDES X 2 (Huvudskär only).
THIS TRIP RUNS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS OF THE STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO TRAIL
Stockholm Archipelago Trail is a newly established hiking trail with a total of 270 km covering 20 islands from north to south. A handful of the 30,000 islands making up this island metropolis have been handpicked as part of the trail. Each island is unique and offers an insight into archipelago life and nature at its absolute best.
The public archipelago boat system links up the islands allowing you to hop from island to island and explore this wonderful landscape up close.
Price information
LEVEL: easy-moderate. Price per person, based on two sharing.
PRICE 2 adults/1 child: fr.
SEK 5,775 per child.
PRICE 2 adults/2 children: fr.
SEK 7,995 per child.
Min, age: 10 yrs. Note: Certain boats and buses are paid locally. The total cost will be from SEK 550 per adult & SEK 345 per child and travellers over 65 years of age.
Check dates
Travel guides
Reviews
4 Reviews of Southern archipelago self-guided walking tour, Sweden
Reviewed on 27 Jul 2026 by Jacqueline Mount
Excellent. Stunning walks where we hardly saw another person. Eating out every evening supported local businesses and the environmental impact was reduced by utilising local buses and ferries. Read full reviewReviewed on 19 Jul 2026 by Steve Coates
All was good. We particularly enjoyed several of the walk sections along the coastlines of some of the islands which were beautiful and very quiet with few walkers. The trip to the small outer island of Huvudskar was very memorable. This was on a lovely calm, sunny day. Read full reviewReviewed on 05 Jul 2025 by Peter Jenks
We were blessed with excellent weather and enjoyed beautiful scenery in the Tyresta National Park and on the islands or Uto, Alo and Orno. We saw deer, moose, hare and many different birds, including osprey, white-tailed eagle and common crane. We found the route-finding for the walks straightforward and was made even easier by the Ride with GPS app Read full reviewReviewed on 28 Jul 2024 by Edwina Jones
This is our second walking trip in the Stockholm Archipelago and we can't recommend the holiday highly enough. The organisation is fantastic and the islands are so beautiful. We have been very lucky with weather both times with temperatures ideal for walking. Read full reviewResponsible Travel
Planet
All our trips are about enjoying and experiencing the natural and cultural beauty of the region, in a respectful and considerate way. Our trips are only run with small groups, most often from two to six people, to ensure that impact on the environment is a minimum at all times, and the most personal and rich experience can be had by all.As our trips are self-guided, we make extra efforts to provide travellers with as much information about the local area as possible, including information about bird, animal and plantlife as well as historical and cultural information. This ensures that, even without a guide, we can inform travellers about the region. With additional knowledge, travellers can go one step further to protecting the environment.
Hiking puts little stress on the environment and allows you to appreciate the surroundings in an environmentally friendly way as you follow the established hiking trails across the islands. This trip also makes use only of the public boat system which is an extension of Stockholm’s bus and underground system.
The Stockholm archipelago is a region reliant on small-scale tourism to help keep small, locally run businesses alive. We ensure that our guests are given information about all local restaurants, cafes, shops etc to help support these local businesses during their trip.
We take responsibility of ensuring that rubbish is handled accordingly. both in the countryside and in the office, with a developed sorting system. Use of paper is spared with all marketing made online to avoid the production of own brochures. Travellers are encouraged to recycle as much literature as possible that they are provided with at the start of the trip.
We are also a member of Naturturismföretagen (Swedish Ecotourism Association) which works towards an improved tourism which protects and takes responsibility for our delicate natural and cultural environment. Our company beliefs reflect this vision.
People
We wholeheartedly support the local economy - our guests want to experience the genuine region in which they are travelling, and our aim is to let it be seen and enjoyed.Guests booking this trip are given information in their tour information about Skärgårdsstiftelsen (The Archipelago Foundation) and their objective of preserving the Stockholm archipelago. We encourage our guests to either become ‘friends’ of the association or make a donation to the foundation.
Our aim is always to promote and support the local community. Encounters with the locals is a fundamental aspect of our trips, and we therefore make all efforts to use suppliers from the area where possible. With this in mind we have chosen to use a small privately run hotel chain in Stockholm - and don't be surprised if you bump into the owner who keeps a close eye on his beloved properties.
Utö Värdshus where you spend three nights is one of the hotels used that takes sustainability seriously. They have a close cooperation with Initiativ Utö whose goal is to bring back the balance in the Baltic Sea by reintroducing wetlands on Utö. Being located on an island Utö Värdshus also understand the importance of minimising transport costs and look within the island boundaries to compose their menus.
Our trips are designed so that travellers pass by natural as well as cultural sites en route, including local museums such as Ornö museum, where they are greeted by the island's enthusiasts who passionately give information about the island's history.
Our trips would quite simply not be the same without the support of the local community.
Popular similar holidays
Baltic coast walking holiday, Sweden
From SKr12975 8 days excluding flights
Discover the coast & islands of the Baltic
Central archipelago walking tour in Sweden
From SKr10350 7 days excluding flights
Summer island hopping through Stockholm's central archipelago
Sormlandsleden trail walking holiday, Sweden
From SKr9200 - SKr9450 7 days excluding flights
Self-guided hiking along Sweden's longest lowland trail
