Welcome to Hooked on Walking Holidays and our walking holiday in Germany. This walking holiday is in the wonderful region of Bavaria in south Germany around the great Lake Konigssee. High in the mountains over looking the lake and famous peaks of the region is the eagles nest, a tearoom built for Hitler's 50th birthday. Idyllic, mystic and singular the blue-green lake Königssee is imbedded into grand mountain scenery. The mountains are very high, but there are beautiful passes to the next valleys. To see the sun rising over the steep rocks of the Stony Sea is really worth the effort. This tour is available as a level 3 self guided tour and also a guided based tour departing on selected dates.

Independent tour available Fridays and Sundays from 18th June to 26th September
Guided tours available 9th July, 23rd July, 27th August, 10th September
Level 3 self guided and guided walking tour

Day 1 – Individual arrival at Berchtesgaden/Schönau

Day 2 – Berchtesgaden – national park – Hirschbichl – Seisenberg gorge - Weißbach
Introduction of the tour and start of the hike through the national park of Berchtesgaden. A beautiful trail leads you up to the former miners hut and on over the alpine pastures down to the Saalach Valley. In between you will pass the impressive Seisenberg gorge. Overnight in Weißbach. 18.9km Walking time around 5.5 hours

Day 3 – Walking tour up to an alpine pasture in the Grass Mountains. Downwards to the mountain village of Dienten.
Transfer to the edge of the Grass Mountain where you will start your tour up to the alpine pastures. A wonderful view to the Alps and glaciers and maybe to the lake “Zellersee” are some of the pleasures today . Passing mountain huts you will walk downwards to the village of Dienten. 12.5km Walking time around 5 hours

Day 4 – From hut to hut to the mountain hotel Arthurhaus
Today you have one of the most beautiful alpine pasture hiking tours, walking along the steep walls of the Hochkönig. A pastoral idyll as if freshly painted for a picture book. 15 km 5 hours walking time.

Day 5 Rest Day
As you like you may walk or take the public bus to the spa resort (valley) of Gastein

Day 6 - Arthurhaus – Mitterfeldalm hut – Werfen - Golling
In the morning you will walk up to the Mitterfeldalm with a splendid view to the summit of the Hochkönig. Gently down along the old miners path to the Salzach valley, where you will see the fantastic fortress of “Hohenwerfen”. It’ s up to you to walk up the castle hill and see the bird-of-prey flight demonstrations and the collection of weapons. Afterwards by train to Golling. 13 km 4.5 hours walking time.

Day 7 – Golling, Bluntautal, Torrener Joch - Königsee
You will walk up to the peak of the Jenner with panoramic views of the whole tour. A beautiful trail through the Bluntau valley to the “wall”. It’s going up and up to the alpine pastures and to the frontier of Austria and Germany. Again a beautiful scenery and a very comfortable ride down into the valley by the cable car. When you look right, you will see the “eagles nest”. 12.5 km 6.5 hours walking time.

Day 8 – Individual departure or extended stay on the lake Königssee

Difficulty: Walks from 3 hours to 6 hours with climbs up to around 600m maximum height. Demanding walking days with tours of 3 to 6 hours to walk. You are crossing from valley to valley by using a former salt trail or walking over beautiful alpine pastures. Your trails are running close to the edge of the mountain walls and you will have spectacular views. You will walk in a low alpine area and good fitness and equipment is expected. There are public busses (going around the mountains) and you may use them to go to the next hotel (rainy days).

Accommodation: Standard – 3 star  Hotels / Guest houses / Inns.

Minimum number on guided walk is 4 persons

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How to get there
By Plane to Munich or Salzburg and then by bus / train to Berchtesgaden.
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