Hiking along the World Heritage Trail in Wachau, 8 days

The price is based upon two people sharing. It is also possible travel alone in a single room. Simply choose "1 person" in the booking form and it will automatically add the single room surcharge.

On this tour you will be on your own supplied with maps, route descriptions and luggage transfers. That means that your time is your own and you have plenty of time to enjoy the stages in your own pace.

Check the price quickly
You can quickly check the price of your desired trip without having to fill in anything. Here's how:

1. Choose your desired start date
2. Click on the green button "See price and reserve your holiday" and go to the booking form
3. Select number of people, add any optional extras and see the price at the bottom of the page (you don't have to fill in anything on the form).

Get a quote
For example, if you want a flight included or changes to the trip, you can order a quote for this using the "Get a quote" button. Remember to describe in detail what, if anything, you want changed.

The process of your booking
When you book, we will start booking hotels and arranging all the practical details of the trip. This process typically takes 2-5 working days, but some bookings may take longer. If you are arranging your own transport, we recommend that you wait until we have confirmed your booking before arranging this.

Dates
If you can select the date in the tour calendar at the top of this page, this is a possible start date. We continually update the tours with sold-out dates, after which those dates will turn red and cannot be selected.

Flights to Vienna are not included in the price of the trip. We recommend that you find the flights yourself, for example via www.momondo.dk.
We recommend that you wait until we have confirmed your journey before arranging transport.

Here's how it works:

1.     You book the journey with us
2.     We confirm your journey
3.     You arrange your transport

Get a quote
If you need us to organise your flight for you, you can book a quote for the trip including flights. It often takes about two days to get a quote. Please note that we charge a handling fee of DKK 350 per ticket, which means you get the flight cheaper by booking it yourself.

You will stay in good 3-star and some 4-star tourist class hotels in Krems, Dürnstein, Weißenkirchen, Spitz and Melk respectively. It is possible to upgrade the hotels to our CHARME hotels. This is done on the booking page.
The day programme shows examples of the hotels we use. If there is no room at these, we will book other hotels of a similar category.  

Category A: good 3-4 star hotels and village hotels
Category Charm: Specially selected charming 4-star hotels (3-star in Spitz).
Extra nights

It is possible to add an extra night in Krems before or after the tour.

Extra nights can be added on the booking form.

Breakfast is included at all hotels.
You can easily find lunch along the way, and at some hotels you will also be able to buy a packed lunch to take on the tour. Ask locally at check-in.
There are plenty of opportunities to find dinner in the accommodation towns.

There is also 1 wine tasting included in the tour.

Luggage transfer is included on this tour. Upon arrival at the first hotel you will be given luggage tags along with the rest of the welcome package. You fill out the luggage tags and put them on your bags where they will remain for the duration of the tour.

Your luggage is picked up from the hotel lobby around 9am every morning and will arrive at your next hotel at 6pm at the latest (often long before that). If there are any special exceptions to the luggage transfer you will be notified upon arrival.

Luggage transfer includes one bag per guest and the bags can weigh 20kg each.

On this tour, you will receive the following documents:

Upon booking
Immediately after booking this trip, you'll recieve a pre-booking-email where you can get a complete overview of your booking. Once the tour is confirmed you get a confirmation email from us along with practical information about the tour.

One month before departure
You will receive a hotel list and final travel documents.

Upon arrival at the first hotel
You'll receive the welcome pack, which contains everything you need for the trip. There will be route descriptions, maps, luggage tags and specific local vouchers. The documents are in English.
Notice: On some tours it is necessary to either print the documents yourself or to bring them electronically.

This journey has difficulty level 2

Grade 2
Easy hiking on reasonably good trails. The day walks will last 4-6 hours in hilly terrain. Anyone in good physical condition can participate. Your luggage will be transported and you only carry a light daypack. Requires comfortable footwear such as trekking shoes or hiking boots.

Read more about our grading system here.

We've included the boat trip from Melk to Krems on day 7 in the price. You will be given ferry times locally.
The boat only sails from mid-April.
For departures until mid-April, the boat trip is not included in the price. Here you take the local bus instead - tickets are purchased locally.

Likewise, the local ferry tickets to cross the Danube, as well as the bus to Melk on day 6, are purchased locally.

After booking this trip, you get access to various discount schemes.

We recommend taking out travel insurance that covers at least illness, accident, repatriation, lost holiday, luggage and liability. As a customer, you are responsible for taking out the necessary travel insurance to cover these costs.

Before taking out insurance, you should check whether you are already covered by travel or cancellation insurance through your home insurance company, credit card or similar - please note that there may be differences in insurance coverage.

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It is possible to bring your dog on this tour. If you are interested, please note the breed and height of the dog in the comments section of the booking form and we will book it on your tour. - It is possible that there will be a small additional fee for bringing a dog, to be paid locally at the hotels.

Please note that on this tour, public transport is used in some places and in these it is necessary for the dog to wear a muzzle.