Huttentocht met kinderen: Jullie zomer

Wat hebben wij genoten van onze meerdaagse trektocht in Nevache. Gezin, kinderen in de leeftijd 12 en 14. Het was goed te doen. Goed geregeld via bookatrekking. Spelen met het idee om volgend jaar weer te gaan!

Geweldige trip, mooie wandelingen en heel goed te doen met kinderen

Bookatrekking was a one stop shop for our most amazing family hike in the Alps on AV2. The planning, the hut locations and reservations, made it just right, affordable, and most important, possible. Super detailed, with great heads up. They earned my next hike already

The mountains were amazing to hike through and the rifugios we stayed at were lovely. The booking company was mostly good. We had a good travel packing list, gps maps for the trails, they answered questions we asked via email ahead of the hike, and tried to book us private rooms at the rifugios as we requested since we had kids who sleep early (for a reasonable extra fee). The only negative thing was the length of the last day's hike. The online itinerary for the family friendly version of the hike for day 4 shows Rifugio Lavaralla to Rifugio Scotoni. However, we were booked as going from Rifugio Lavaralla to Rifugio Lagazoui but it wasn't explained to us that this was going to be a longer day than the standard family friendly hike (although we were told the hut names and hiking time, it wasn't drawn to our attention that this wasn't the regular family hike and we should consider if it made sense for our kids). Given this was the 4 day of hiking for our kids, we were worried about making it. After speaking with other hikers (who had booked with other companies and seemed to have much more information than us about other options if the hike got to be too much) we were able to come up with some backup plans for the day to feel comfortable attempting it. In the end the kids did manage the long day and it was a lovely hike, but with kids (or anyone, really!) when you're hiking in the mountains it's important to have all the information you need and feel properly prepared before setting out. We did not feel we had that with bookatrekking.

Everything was according to plan, the provided printable guide was very helpful. The contact with consultants was easy and professional, available in multiple languages. The Dolorama Weg itself is very scenic, moderate 4-day trail adventure. Dogs are allowed and lots of people take their kids on the easier parts. Food is available on the way in mountain huts and so you don't really need to carry much. Some of them even have vegetarian and gluten-free options. The only thing, depending on your schedule, I would recommend securing more time for is the way back from end of a trail to Zumis parking lot - it takes 2 hours only if all is in sync - if you miss the last bus, you need to wait a full hour for the next ones. Just check the website when you plan.