Walking Tours in france

High Alps Walk

• Exciting high level walking; easy-to-follow footpaths, excellent signposting, superb value
• Awe-inspiring views of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, Dents du Midi and Swiss Alps
• Spectacular Alpine flora: over 1,200 varieties of wild flowers
• Traditional mountain villages; comfortable valley hotels, great regional cuisine
• Ibex, chamois, mouflon, red deer , eagles and falcons

This is a real Alpine walkers’ holiday, exciting independent walks at a safe altitude but with an ‘Haute Montagne’ feel, plus the luxury of comfortable hotel accommodation every night. En route you can ‘bag’ the two highest peaks in the Chablais (both 2432m and both wildlife reserves). What’s breathtaking is the scale of the mountains here, awesome views of snow-capped peaks in one wonderful geography lesson: Mont Blanc, the Dents du Midi, the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, the central Swiss Alps, Lake Geneva, the Jura, the Rhône valley.

Amazingly, most of the Chablais is little frequented by walkers. The countryside is a mosaic of colorful Alpine meadows, mixed woodland and glacial tarns, crowned by dramatic rocky mountain peaks. There are wild flowers everywhere: 1,200 species, including gentian, orchids and edelweiss, and plenty of exciting wildlife too.

The footpaths are easy to follow, with excellent signposting, and there is virtually no road walking. Part of your route follows the classic Alpine long-distance footpath (GR5), and part follows old smugglers’ trails high up along the Swiss border.

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