Winter or summer, self-guided tours provide a great balance between a guided group tour and planning a trip on your own. We'll organize all of the reservations and logistics, recommend favorite hikes and sights, and arrange a trip that meets your specifications. There's no guide and no group, so you have the freedom to go at your own pace and enjoy at your leisure. As Alpine travel specialists, you can count on knowledgeable advice and superb vacation planning.

There are many reasons to take a self-guided tour to the Alps. Perhaps you don't want to be part of a group, maybe you have your own group, or just prefer to go at your own pace. Many people have restrictive travel dates that don't match up with our guided tours. Self-guided tours are more flexible (in the planning stages) and affordable. The choice is yours!

We offer a variety of well-tested self-guided packages, self-guided versions of many of our guided tours. We can also customize any of these tours to lengthen or shorten them, add inn-to-inn stretches or extended village stays. We only arrange self-guided tours in the areas we know and love best, and you'll benefit from the experience and expertise accumulated as a year-round resident of Switzerland and long-time hiking guide.

Our self-guided tours include the booking of hotels/mountain huts with breakfast and dinner, hiking maps with highlighted routes, carefully detailed route descriptions (including longer, shorter, and rainy day options), and lots of useful information that will help your trip run smoothly. We will be happy to arrange your transportation to and from the start of the tour.

Not included are lunches, drinks with your meals, transportation, and extras.

We use the best available topographic maps. View a sample hiking map.

View a sample route description (pdf, 124kb).

Please contact us for futher details about self-guided tours.