Walking Tours in switzerland

Our Switzerland hiking tour visits some of the most beautiful valleys, villages and mountains in Switzerland between Arolla and Zermatt along much of the Haute Route. It encompasses high rugged passes where the walking is of a truly Alpine nature. Most of the paths here are little trodden, making for an excellent variety of flowers and alpine wildlife. This is a challenging hiking tour in Switzerland for people who like high passes such as the Col de Torrent, the Col de Sorebois and great Alpine settings.

From the old climbing centre of Arolla below such peaks as Mount Collon, Pigne d'Arolla and Aiguille de la Tsa, we hike through the famous Val d'Herens visiting its quaint picture postcard villages. We cross the Col de Torrent into the equally stunning Val d' Anniviers, with its great cirque of white peaks: Dent Blanche, Zinal Rothorn, Weisshorn and Obergabelhorn. We spend two nights in the shadow of the Weisshorn at a typical mountain inn. Finally we descend into the stunning Mattertal Valley to Randa and Zermatt where we have a glittering array of walks to enjoy.

Our walking tour follows one of the best known winter ski tours in the World and on it we pass under ten of the twelve highest peaks in the Alps. There are tremendous views of glaciers from the high passes that we cross and of course these contrast with the strolls through the lush Alpine valleys and meadows. In spring and early summer these pastures are a mass of colour when the alpine flowers come in to bloom.