8 Day Tour Chiemgauer Alps

Relaxed walking tour past lake Hintersee penetrating deep into National Park Berchtesgaden. Impressive scenery along the way. To the right the summits of Reiter Alpe and to the left mighty Hochkalterer mountains. Across alpine pastures and past the border at Hirschbichl, then down through white water gorge Seisenbergklamm into Saalach valley.

• Walking Distance: 19 k
• Ascent: 500 m
• Descent: 500 m
• Time: 5 - 6 hours approx.
• Accommodation: 3* Hotel

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.

• Walking Distance: 14 km
• Ascent: 320 m
• Descent: 370 m.
• Time: 4 hours
• Accommodation: 3* hotel

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 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.

• Walking Distance: 16 km
• Ascent: 740 m
• Descent: 600 m
• Time: 5.5 - 6 hours
• Accommodation: 3* hotel

Enjoy a tranquil day in the well-known holiday resort ‘Reit im Winkl’. Tip for a walking tour: A classic mountain tour starts in Reit im Winkl up to Fellhorn. The name hints to the fact that the wide summit is above the tree line and covered in a field of grass and alpine roses. Very tempting is a comfortable walk to the swimming lake Weitsee where you can relax.

• Accommodation: 3* hotel

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.

• Walking Distance: 16 km
• Ascent: 700 m
• Descent: 840 m
• Time: 5.5 to 6 hours
• Accommodation: 3* hotel

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.

• Walking Distance: 12 km
• Ascent: 730 m
• Descent: 230 m
• Time: 4 to 5 hours
• Accommodation: 3* hotel

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