Tour Du Mont Blanc Camping I Just have returned from an absolute fantastic holiday on the Tour du mont Blanc camping trek (6-20 August 2016) with it's breathtaking scenery and amazing walking!!! with some of the best views you will find any where in the world!! The camping and walking experience is brilliant!!! and is a totally emersive experience with excellent and flawless organisation and in-depth knowledge on the areas and sites visited from our team leader / guide(s) Clare Appleby and John Briggs who made everyone feel included, welcomed at every stage of the holiday sharing their knowledge and passion for the outdoor life style and their love of the mountains in the regions covered on the tour. Clare cooked some amazing food! and organised all the day to day camping and transporting logistics in a seamlessly flawless manor, whilst John did the same for the walking, providing excellent guiding and knowledge of the mountain scenery with it's flora and fawner! etc. The group two was excellent!! - with a good range of ages and mix of backgrounds and was a truly international group where we shared good humour over camping and some hotel dinners and on the trails! The communal camping experience is also fantastic which enabled us to gel even better as a group sharing life experiences and stories from the trek. This holiday is exceptional value and is a great introduction to the beautiful scenery of the French, Swiss and Italian Alps.
A thoroughly enjoyable and well organised week. Oliver and Elaine are excellent hosts, the Chalet Savoy is a comfortable and homely base for the trip with amazing views, and the food is excellent. The five treks are all different, varied and well planned. All in all, this is a fantastic trip to see the best of the Mont Blanc area.
First, the crew and the tour leader were awesome. I had a couple of issues though with the road condition on a couple of the days. The roads were loose gravel and loaded with potholes, so you could never take your eyes off the road, just really couldn’t enjoy the scenery. We also had a day of very high winds, so be aware that you can get caught in the mistrials at some times of the year. My final complaint was the lack of bathrooms at our stops, and this company does not utilize a chase van, so if there’s a problem while you’re riding, there isn’t an easy solution available, which happened to us in the high wind day. Our boat was great, our dining experience was amazing, and our guide was top notch.