• The services of a profesional qualified International Mountain Leader
• All accommodation as described
• Meals as detailed in the Meal Plan
• Baggage transfers between each night's accommodation
• All road transfers required by the itinerary (Not airport transfers)
• All snowshoe equipment and safety equipment

• Airport transfers
• Some meals as detailed in the Meal Plan
• Miscellaneous spending - drinks etc.

TRAVEL TO YOUR DESTINATION

In some cases you may choose to take a ferry and/or train to your holiday start and end destination. Please see further information on Travelling by Train.

If flying from the UK there are low cost airlines available to the start and from the end of your holiday.

To benefit from full financial protection, ease your holiday planning, and avoid dealing with airlines, we can book scheduled flights from the UK as part of a flight inclusive package. Scheduled flights are usually more expensive that low cost alternatives, however potentially less stressful if your flight is cancelled or delayed. If you book flights through KE Adventure Travel we will offset the carbon of your flight.

The group will rendezvous at a pre-arranged meeting point in Geneva Airport. Within the Land Only price of the holiday we have arranged for a single timed transfer from Geneva Airport to the group hotel in the small village of Megevette, north of the town of Saint Jeoire in France (approximately 1 hour drive from Geneva Airport). This transfer will depart Geneva Airport at around 17.30 so you should book flights which allow you to comfortably meet this transfer. It is also possible to join the group in Megevette. The most convenient airport is Geneva and from here it is possible to take a train to Cluses (50 minutes) and a taxi from there to Megevette. The holiday ends in Evian-les-Bains on the shores of Lake Geneva. The easiest way to return to Geneva Airport is to take the morning ferry across the lake and then catch the train from there direct to the airport. A wonderful way to end the holiday! Full joining instructions together with contact and location details of the group hotel and an emergency telephone number, are provided with your booking confirmation.

All breakfasts and dinners are included in the holiday price. Packed lunches can be ordered at your overnight accommodation (in preparation for Day One, you may wish to bring some muesli bars, chocolate and snacks with you). We suggest you allow 10 Euros per day for your lunches.

When in the towns and villages all tap water is drinkable. In mountain huts there is usually not a sustainable drinking water supply. Water in plastic bottles is brought in to the hut. All huts have a recycling point. If you have to purchase water in plastic bottles please buy the largest bottle you can so as to use less plastic. Please take purification tablets or a filter bottle (such as a Water-To-Go bottle) to treat your water if you can fill from a local stream. Bottled water is not provided. We do not encourage the purchasing of single use plastic bottles. Local authorities are working to find solutions to using plastic water bottles in huts. We monitor the situation carefully for updates.

As to be expected, the food available in guest houses and hotels in France is excellent. Continental breakfasts and evening meals are provided by our accommodation.

Whilst we can cater for vegetarians, albeit sometimes with a more limited choice, we cannot always provide special diets.  Due to the nature of some of the trips that we operate and the countries in which we operate them, it can be very hard (and sometimes impossible) to cater for a wide range of dietary choices and you may have to supplement your diet with food/snacks from home.  If you have specific dietary requirements please do speak to our sales team and they will be able to advise you whether or not we will be able to offer your specific choice.  Please note that we are unable to provide separate menus and cannot accept liability for any problems arising from special dietary requirements or intolerances.

During the holiday the group will spend 7 nights in simple (2 star equivalent) hotels and guest houses. All accommodation is based on twin share and if you are travelling alone you will be paired with another independent traveller of the same sex. Single rooms may be available on request and will incur a supplementary cost.

Where possible we use family run establishments with a reputation for hospitality and food. The Traverse of the Chablais is a point-to-point trip, travelling from one tiny village to another, where there are very few, and sometimes no, alternative options for our overnights. We do not use mountain huts where you will be in dormitories, but we do have to use two basic hotels. However, they do have private bedrooms, and you will have private en suite facilities. On occasions when the accommodation is already fully booked we may have to spend two nights in one location, but will still snowshoe the route from point-to-point.

The group will be led by a qualified, English-speaking International Mountain Leader.

This holiday does not involve any significant ascent to altitude and we would not expect any altitude issues with this trip.

We estimate that 200 - 250 Euros should be sufficient to cover all personal expenses including your non included meals, snacks and a reasonable amount of drinks including wine with your meals. There are cash point facilities in Megevette and in most of the places we stop on the route. If you intend to purchase items of equipment, you should budget accordingly (credit cards can be useful in this respect).

For this holiday you should take one piece of luggage and a daypack. For international flights please check your baggage allowance with your airline.

You will only need to carry a daysack on the ski days and your main baggage will be transferred every day between accommodation points. Luggage will be mainly transported in cars and small vans so we would ask that you keep both size and weight of luggage to a respectable limit of around 12 kg (and only one bag per person). It is worth noting that you will be required to carry your own bag up and down from your accommodation every day; luggage with wheels can be useful for this holiday.

For each holiday there is a minimum number of participants required to enable it to go ahead. Once the minimum number is reached, the trip status will change from 'Available' to 'Guaranteed to run'. You can check the trip status for each departure in ‘Dates and Prices’ table. Other than in exceptional circumstances, we will not cancel a trip once it has achieved this guaranteed to run status and so you are free to proceed with your international flight booking and other travel arrangements.