• A professional guide
• All accommodation as described in the trip dossier
• Transfer of luggage between overnight accommodation (except for 2 nights spent in mountain huts)
• Meals as detailed in the Meal Plan
• All necessary vehicle transfers

• Travel insurance
• Meals as detailed in the Meal Plan
• Airport transfers
• Miscellaneous personal expenses

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 meet at the hotel in the Chamonix Valley.

Arriving by air:
The easiest way to get to Chamonix is to fly to Geneva Airport and make use of an airport transfer service. We recommend mountaindropoffs.com.

Returning from Zermatt
This holiday ends in Zermatt. KE services end after breakfast on Day 8 of the trip. The most convenient way of returning from Zermatt to Geneva is by train. To make a booking with Swiss Federal Railways, go to their website at sbb.ch, or telephone on 00 41 900 300 300.

Hotel contact details and an emergency number will be provided with your booking confirmation.

All meals are included in the holiday except for lunches. Lunches can be purchased in local supermarkets or bakeries along the way.
If you wish to take additional trail bars and snacks (not chocolate as it can melt) we recommend you bring these with you (or purchase them in local supermarkets) to keep in your trek bag as these can be expensive from hotels and refuges en-route.

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 might be expected, the food available in restaurants and hotels in France and Switzerland is excellent. Continental breakfasts and full 3-course evening meals are included every day.

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 this trip the group will spend 5 nights in comfortable hotels, chalets or gites and 2 nights in mountain huts. The Mont For Refuge on day 2 has good facilities (showers, restaurant, bar etc.), however due to it's location the Cabane de Prafleuri on day 3 is a little more basic and does not have showers; in both huts all bedding is provided but we would recommend bringing a sheet sleeping bag (sleeping bag liner). Where we can, we will book couples in twin rooms. Other travellers will be accommodated in same sex twin or triple rooms, which may be with shared bathrooms. Single rooms are not available. In the mountain huts the accommodation will be in non-segregated, dormitories. It is also possible that on one other night the accommodaiton will be in dormitories, in this instance the group will still have access to the main bags on this night. This type of shared accommodation is all part of the Alpine mountain experience.

The group will be led by an IML qualified mountain leader. There will also be a support vehicle for baggage transfer.

This holiday involves going to moderately high altitude.  During the course of your trip you will reach altitudes in excess of 2500 metres.  Most people will have no difficulty with this level of altitude but before coming on the holiday, we recommend you read the advice on trekking at high altitude.  You can also talk to one of our trekking experts if you have any concerns about altitude.

The package price includes all accommodation, guiding and all meals except lunches. You should also make an allowance for additional snacks drinks etc. Note: bottled water, if bought in the huts, is very expensive. Beer, wine and soft drinks are available every night. Please note that almost all of the route is in Switzerland. Approximately CHF200 Swiss francs plus around 80 Euros should adequately cover typical personal spending requirements and lunches. There are ATM's in Geneva airport where you can withdraw Swiss Francs (CHF). There are also cash point facilities in Argentiere and in Zermatt.

For this holiday you should take one piece of luggage (maximum weight 15kg) and a daypack (of around 30 - 40 litres). Luggage with wheels is useful for this holiday. For international flights please check your baggage allowance with your airline. Your main bag will be transferred between overnight stops and you should have this ready for collection by 8.30 each morning. The bag will normally be delivered to your hotel by 4.00pm.  You will have access to your main bag on all but two nights of the trip. It is not possible to ride with the baggage transfer vehicle. 

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.