Self-Guided walking in the Bernese Oberland
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- Exhilarating Alpine hiking - Walk the impressive Bernese Oberland
- Variety of mountain landscapes - Balconies, green valleys and stunning high altitude lakes
- Lenk, Aldelboden and Kandersteg - Traditional flowered villages
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Your accommodation for the first night of this trip is in Swiss village of Lenk. Set in stunning mountain scenery the Alpine town of Lenk has its own thermal pools. If you arrive early today you may wish to hike to the foot of the Wildstrubel massif which takes between 3 and 6 hours and is between 7.4km to 23.5km, depending on the route you choose.
Leaving Lenk today you take a beautiful ascent up to the pass of Hahenmoos (1956m). From here you hike downhill into the pastures all the way down to the village of Aldelboden where you spend the night. This charming chalet village is home to a 15th century church and...
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Travel to the highest point of the trip with the pass of the Hohtürli (2778m), at the foot of the Blümlisalp massif (3663m). Start by taking the chair lift to a lake which is fed by a series of mountain creeks and its power harnessed to help provide electricity and wa...
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After breakfast, the organised part of your holiday comes to an end. If you have extra time we suggest that you go and discover the Faulhorn (2680m), a first class summit you can approach in four different ways and which offers an exceptional view of the high peaks...
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