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Friends Fulfill a Dream of Hiking the Swiss Alps
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The Engadine, a hidden valley in the heart of the Swiss Alps, is a place of wonder and enchantment. Red Swiss trains, gondolas, and funiculars all wrap up the sides of glaciated mountains while crystalline lakes rest in the pastoral valleys below. It’s no wonder a group of women, longing to do an inn-to-inn alpine trek in the Swiss Alps, chose Ryder-Walker’s Engadine Trek to fulfill that wish. Decades of familiarity with this enigmatic mountain oasis have culminated in the perfect weeklong getaway, which explores the legendary villages of Sils-Maria, Soglio, and Pontresina.
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Italian Dolomites Trek
June & August, 2023
The Dolomites should be on everyone's bucket list. This trek visits the German speaking Tyrolean villages of Val Gardena, the Ladin speaking center of Corvara, and the chic Italian speaking center of Cortina D’Ampezzo. We hike through the Rosengarten, Sassolungo, Puez and Tofane ranges; the most striking and vertical-looking mountains in the Dolomites. Get ready to Drink weizen beers and nibble on homemade apfelstrudel while enjoying the most fabled scenery and classic hiking found in the Dolomites.
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Highlights of Switzerland
June 30 - July 9, 2023
Our Highlights of Switzerland trek is designed to provide picture-perfect hiking with a broad range of physical challenge. It is the perfect trip for families, friends, and groups with varying interests and ability levels. There is flexibility with your itinerary and pleases folks who prefer to unpack and stay unpacked for a few days at a time. We begin in Sils Maria, take a private transfer over the Julier Pass, discover the Rhine Valley, unpack in Canton of Ticino, finish in Zermatt under the Matterhorn, and discover so much more along the way.
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Featured Self-Guided Trips
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NEW: Tuscany, Italy
April - October
The Tuscan sun has nurtured one of the most vibrant landscapes on earth. Thick forests of low-lying Mediterranean foliage, sweeping sunflower and lavender fields, historic vineyards, and castle-dotted ridges will mark your progress across this pastoral land. There are few places more peaceful than Tuscany. This unique opportunity to see it on foot will bring you through both rarely visited villages and some of the most classic historic sites in Europe.
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Engadine Trek
June - October
Staying in the most charming villages and following a gentle to moderate route toward the south, you will pass from the gentler terrain of the lower Engadine, with flower filled meadows, to the upper Engadine, with glaciated peaks, and the wild and dramatic Val Bregaglia and its piercing granite spires. This trip features a flexible inn-to-inn itinerary that allows for both gentler and more strenuous hiking options. This is quintessential Swiss hiking and does not disappoint.
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TRIP FINDER
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PRIVATE TREKS
A private guided hiking tour is a unique adventure, tailored and built around your needs.
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BUILD YOUR TRIP
Tell us what you would like to experience, when you’d like to go, and we’ll do the rest.
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