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Full Itinerary and Tour details for Konigsee -Chiemsee 8-day Mountain Walking Tour Level 3 Prices starting from. Trip Duration. Max Passengers. 659 € 8 days 12 Start and Finish. Activity Level. Konigsee / Chiemsee 3 Experience. Tour Code. Walking Tours Europe #B1/2509 Konigsee -Chiemsee 8-day Mountain Walking Tour Level 3 • Carefully elaborated route description • Detailed travel and tour documents • GPS-data is available • Service-Hotline Not included in the tour: • Any visitors taxes are not included in the tour price and payable on site • Fares for public transport, for example from Winklmoos Alm to Reit im Winkl, approx. EUR 10 Tour Details and Description per person • Train fare from Aschau to Prien/surroundings, Summits, pastures and lakes in the Chiemgauer Alps approx. EUR 3 per person The Chiemgauer Alps occupy the border region • Half-board available: min. 3-course meal (135 between Salzburg, Tyrol and Bavaria. An area of soft Euros) mountains, spacious alpine pastures and well known holiday resorts. The views onto intimidating High Alps Arrival/parking /departure: and across the lovely foothills of the Alps also • By train to Berchtesgaden then by bus or taxi contribute to this varied walking week. See pretty (short ride) to Schoenau/Koenigssee (approx.15 places on your way such as idyllic lake Koenigssee, min.,depending on starting hotel) picturesque mountain town Reit im Winkl and finally • Car parking: Public parking near the hotels for lake Chiemsee, the so called Bavarian Sea approx. EUR 5 per day or EUR 20 per week Character - Mountain Hiking Level 3 (annual ticket). No reservation requested • Return to Koenigssee by train/bus, duration Daily walking tours between 4 to 6 hours with some approx. 2.5 hrs. (1 change) short but steep climbs. Easier alternatives to the high • Organized return transfer to altitude paths are given. You walk on well-maintained Schoenau/Koenigssee 70 EUR per person (min. 2 walking paths and forest trails. Sometimes persons, only possible on SAT/SUN). Reservation sure-footedness required. requested, payable in advance • Departures Saturdays and Sundays 30 May to 4 Included in the Koenigsee to October 2020 Chiemsee Walking Tour: • 7 overnight stays in 3* hotels, breakfast included • Luggage transfer • Welcome meeting • Transfer on day 2 • Uphill cable car fare from Lofer • Uphill cable car fare Hochplattenbahn • Downhill cable car fare Kampenwand Check Availability Book Online Now Send an Enquiry 2/5 Konigsee -Chiemsee 8-day Mountain Walking Tour Level 3 km | +500 m- 500 m. Day 3 From Weißbach/Surroundings to Lofer, Gorges and Pilgrims paths Follow the Saalachtal valley to Lamprechts cave (longest passage cave of Europe) and continue to Vorderkaser gorge where you find a natural swimming pool. St. Martin home of the pilgrim church Maria Kirchtal is the apex of today. Walk up to the church in an idyllic side valley closely along the walls of Loferer Steinberge. On this beautiful trail you will soon reach the town Lofer, surrounded by numerous impressive mountain ranges. Details: approx. 4 hours | 14 km | +320 m-370 m Day 4 From Lofer to Reit i. Winkl, Loferer Alm Take the cable car up to Loferer Alm, where a high altitude path to the Steinplatten massif starts. Walk across alpine pastures and a lovely mountain forest to Itinerary Loferer Steinplatte. The idyllic alpine pasture Winklmoos Alm is an ideal stop for a Bavarian Brotzeit. Well sustained you take the bus to Reit im Winkl. Details: approx. 5,5 to 6 hours | 16 km | +740 Day 1 m -600 m. Individual journey to Schoenau/Koenigssee Day 5 Day 2 Day off in Reit im Winkl Enjoy a tranquil day in the well known holiday resort Reit im Winkl. Tip for a From Schoenau/Koenigssee to walking tour: A classic mountain tour starts in Reit im Weißbach/Surroundings, ‚National Park Winkl up to Fellhorn. The name hints to the fact that Berchtesgaden Relaxed walking tour past lake the wide summit is above the tree line and covered in Hintersee penetrating deep into National Park a field of grass and alpine roses. Very tempting is a Berchtesgaden. Impressive scenery along the way. comfortable walk to the swimming lake Weitsee To the right the summits of Reiter Alpe and to the left where you can relax mighty Hochkalterer mountains. Across alpine pastures and past the border at Hirschbichl, then Day 6 down through white water gorge Seisenbergklamm into Saalach valley. Details: approx. 5 to 6 hours | 19 From Reit i. Winkl to Unterwössen/Marquartstein, Check Availability Book Online Now Send an Enquiry 3/5 Konigsee -Chiemsee 8-day Mountain Walking Tour Level 3 Alpine pastures The Eye of lake Chiemsee is the poetic name of lake Taubensee. This is easily understood when you see this idyllic mountain lake, nestling in a little basin of Rauhe Nadel on 1138 m. A fantastic walk from alpine pasture to alpine pasture and downhill into the valley Achental awaits you. Details: approx. 5,5 to 6 hours | 16 km | +700 m -40 m. Day 7 From Unterwössen/Marquartstein to Prien/Surroundings, ‚Kampenwand After a short ascent you walk through the forests up to the alpine pastures on Hochplatte and then to Kampenwand with views over the Lake Chiemsee. Continue on a trail from cabin to cabin beneath Kampenwand, which has a beautiful 12-meter high iron cross at the top. You will take the comfortable cable car down to Aschau, where you take a short train ride to the lake Chiemsee. Details: approx. 4 to 5 hours | 12 km | +730 m -230 m. Day 8 Individual departure or extra days Check Availability Book Online Now Send an Enquiry 4/5 WHY SLOW TOURS EUROPE? Slow Tours offers a selection of tours in Europe for unique experiences, active or relaxed, so you return home feeling relaxed, refreshed & re-energised. 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