Day to Day Itinerary

Day 1:   Individual journey to Berchtesgaden/Schönau

Day 2 – Berchtesgaden – national park – Hirschbichl – Seisenberg gorge - Weißbach

Introduction of the tour and start of the hike through the national park of Berchtesgaden. A beautiful trail leads you up to the former miners hut and on over the alpine pasture down to the Saalach Valley. In between you will pass the impressive Seisenberg gorge. Overnight in Weißbach.

18.9 km Walking time around 5.5 hours.

Day 3 – Walking tour up to an alpine pasture in the Grass Mountains. Downwards to the mountain village of Dienten

Transfer to the edge of the Grass Mountain where you will start your tour up to the alpine pastures. Wonderful view to the Alps and glaciers and maybe to the lake “Zellersee”. Passing mountain huts you will walk downwards to the village of Dienten.

12.5 km walking time 5 hours

Day 4 – From hut to hut to the mountain hotel Arthurhaus

One of the most beautiful alpine pasture hiking tours you have today, walking along the steep walls of the Hochkönig. A pastoral idyll as if freshly painted for a picture book. 15 km 5 hours walking time.

Day 5 Rest Day
As you like you may walk or take the public bus to the spa resort (valley) of Gastein

Day 6 - Arthurhaus – Mitterfeldalm hut – Werfen - Golling

In the morning you will walk up to the Mitterfeldalm with a splendid view to the summit of the Hochkönig. Gently down along the old miners path to the Salzach valley, where you will see the fantastic fortress of “Hohenwerfen”. It’ s up to you to walk up the castle hill and see the bird-of-prey flight demonstrations, the collection of weapons. Afterwards by train to Golling.

13 km 4.5 hours walking time.

Day 7 – Golling, Bluntautal, Torrener Joch - Königsee

You will walk up to the peak of the Jenner with panoramic view of the whole tour. A beautiful trail through the Bluntau valley to the “wall”. It’s going up and up to the alpine pastures and to the frontier of Austria and Germany. Again a beautiful scenery and a very comfortable ride down into the valley by the cable car. When you look right, who will see the “eagles nest”. 12.3 km 6.5 hours walking time.

Day 8 – Individual departure or extended stay on the lake Königssee

Tour Rating - Moderate

Walks from 3 hours to 6.5 hours with climbs up to around 600m maximum height. Demanding walking days with tours of 3 to 6 hours to walk. You are crossing from valley to valley by using former salt trails or walking over beautiful alpine pastures. Your trails are running close to the edge of the mountain walls and you will have spectacular views. You will walk in low alpine areas and a good fitness and equipment is expected. There are public busses (going around the mountains) and you may use them to go to the next hotel (rainy days)

Day to Day Itinerary

Day 1 – Individual arrival at Lake Konigsee

Day 2:   National Park Berchtesgaden (Lake Konigssee – Weißbach)

Comfortable walk past Lake Hintersee deep into the heart of the National Park. Scenic views as you walk, with ragged peaks of Reiter Alpe to the right and Hochkalterer Mountain on the left. On alpine pastures past the customs in Hirschbichl you walk down through gorge Seisenbergklamm into Saalach river valley.

Walking time about 5.5 hours.

Day 3:   Gorges and Pilgrims (Weißbach – Lofer)

You walk in Saalach river valley to cave-system Lamprechtshöhle (longest water-coursed cave of Europe) and Vorderkaserklamm, with natural swimming pool. Continue the walk to St. Martin, where you can climb up to the pilgrim’s church “Maria im Kirchental”. The pilgrim’s church nestles in an idyllic side valley in the steep walls of Loferer Steinberge. Walking time about 4,5 hours.

Day 4:   High-level walk on alpine pasture Loferer Alm to famous alpine pasture Winkelmoos Alm

A cable car gets you up to the alpine pasture Loferer Alm, where the high level path to Steinplatte starts. Today you can tackle the first summit. You walk across alpine pastures and lovely solitary mountain forests to the summit of Steinplatte. Walk down to Winkelmoos Alm, a large alpine pasture, and take the bus to Reit im Winkl. Walking time about 5.5 hours.

Day 5:  Rest day in Reit im Winkl

Enjoy a rest day in well-known resort Reit im Winkl. Walking tip: One classic mountain tour, starting in Reit im Winkl is the summit of Fellhorn. The name hints at the ridge being free of forest and that it is covered by a “field” of meadows and alpine-roses.

Day 6:   „The Eye of Chiemgau“ a poetic name for Lake Taubensee

Once you have seen this idyllic mountain lake, filling a hollow at 1138m altitude on the mountain Rauhe Nadel, you can understand the raptures of the name-giver. Anyhow the day is quite long, leading from alpine pasture to alpine pasture. Walking time about 5.5 hours.

Day 7:   Kampenwand Wall in Chiemgau Alps

Up you hike through mountain forest to the alpine pastures of Hochplatte and Kampenwand. Enjoy stunning views over Lake Chiemsee. Follow the hiking path from alpine cabin to alpine cabin along the walls of Kampenwand. If you are sure-footed you can tackle the summit. Downhill you may take the comfortable cable car. Walking time about 5 hours.

Day 8:  Individual departure

Tour Rating - Moderate

Routes of medium difficulty on good trails and paths. Daily walking distance up to 6 hours. Good fitness level is required for some parts as you walk up to 17 km per day. Good walking footwear is required.

Day to Day Itinerary

Day 1:   Individual arrival Bad Dürkheim

Welcome and tour information in the evening between 5 and 7 pm. Visit the biggest wine-barrel in the world, the health spa, or the casino. In September each year a big sausage market & the biggest wine festival in the world is the major attraction of the area.

Day 2:   Bad Dürkheim – Loop tour approx. 21 km

The first walking day is dedicated to the history of the grapegrowing trade. Visit excavation sites of a Roman manor house and the renovated wine-press as well as medieval Freinsheim with its very well preserved fortification. Overnight in Bad Dürkheim.

Day 3:   Bad Dürkheim – Deidesheim approx. 20 km

Explore medieval fortresses and monasteries in and around Bad Dürkheim in the morning. Set out to Deidesheim in the afternoon. View the chateau's of the vineyard owners and the town-hall constructed in the typical local architecture. Overnight in Deidesheim.

Day 4:   Deidesheim – Neustadt a.d. Weinstrasse approx. 10 km

This day is dedicated to pleasure and recuperation. Walk from Deidesheim across the Pfalz balcony. Here many beautiful wine-grower estates with excellent cuisine and stunning views of the vineyards into Rhine Plain provide unforgettable memories. You reach Neustadt, the largest wine town of Germany with its historic centre. Overnight in Neustadt a.d. Weinstrasse.

Day 5:   Neustadt – St. Martin approx. 18 km

You start in the midst of vineyards and walk to castle Hambach. Enjoy walking in Forest of Pfalz, visiting stunning scenic view points. In the evening you stay at the border between forest and wine. Overnight St. Martin.

Day 6:   St. Martin – Landau approx. 21 km

Pfalz has a lot of local colour and history, e.g. true leathersocks lived in Edenkoben. The second highlight of today is Landau, with its charming centre and ancient fortress. Overnight in Landau.

Day 7:   Landau – Bad Bergzabern approx. 22 km

The southern German Wine Strasse has a very unique flair. Enjoy this marvellous hike of vineyards as well as a visit of the ancient monastery in Klingenmünster and the ruins of fortress Landeck. Visit the thermal spa and historic old town of Bad Bergzabern. We highly recommend a visit of the local inn “Gasthof Engel”! Overnight in Bad Bergzabern.

Day 8:   Individual departure or extra days

The little health resort has a number of recreational facilities to enjoy, or perhaps visit the surrounding wine towns.

Tour Rating - Easy

Relaxed walking on good walking trails. Daily distances up to 5 hours. You should be in good health and have enough endurance for distances up to 15 km.

Day to Day Itinerary

Day 1:   Individual arrival at Seekirchen on Lake Wallersee. Receive your pretour info pack, maps etc.

Day 2:   By train to Oberhofen, then hike to Eugendorf

By train you reach the German border, where Salzburg’s St Jame's Route starts. First you walk past gentle green hills down to Lake Wallersee, then follow the lakeside trail to Eugendorf.

Day 3:   Eugendorf – Salzburg

A comfortable walk brings you downhill into Salzburg, where a wealth of churches and ecclesiastical monuments wait to be discovered. A detour to Maria Plain, a baroque pilgrim church towering high over Salzburg, is worth the effort.

Day 4:   Salzburg – Großgmain/Bad Reichenhall

This morning you walk across the city in the direction of Mt Untersberg. At the little town Großgmain you cross the German border to Rupert’s Winkl and afterwards you reach the Bavarian salt metropolis of Bad Reichenhall.

Day 5:   Bad Reichenhall – Unken

Today you follow the river Saalach back into the Province of Salzburg. Past Lake Salzachsee you walk deeper and deeper into the mountains. The hiking path generally follows the river, which sometimes gushes wildly through steep rock walls.

Day 6:   Unken – Waidring/St. Ulrich

At first you follow the river Saalach into the widening valley around Lofer, which retains much of the original charm of a small alpine village. In front of you the steep rocks of the mountain range Loferer Steinberge seem to scrape the sky. You cross over the Strubpass into the province of Tyrol.

Day 7:   Waidring/St. Ulrich – St. Johann

According to the route you walk on the dyke path to St. Johann or bypass past Lake Pillersee and St. Jacob’s church, to St. Johann in Tirol. This lovely ski resort town lies at the foot of the Kitzbuheler Horn.

Day 8:  Individual depature or extend your stay in Austria.

Tour Rating- moderate

Route of medium difficulty on good trails and paths. Daily distance up to 6 hours. A good level of fitness is required as you walk up to 20 km in a day.

Salzburg

Departs every day from mid- May to late September

• 7 nights in small guesthouses and country hotels, in a double room with private facilities
• Breakfast daily
• Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel
• Train fare Seekirchen – Oberhofen according to program
• Hiking rucksack and Route of St James trail book -1 per room
• Welcome meeting and information pack
• Emergency service helpline

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