Book a Vacation Package: Twelve Trips, Filed by What They Ask of You

The four bands

1. GentleThe walking is optional and short. Even ground, or an alternative where it is not. Nobody is asked to climb anything they did not choose.3 trips
2. SteadyA few miles across a whole day, spread out, with somewhere to sit at the end of each stretch. Some uneven ground. Nothing sustained.3 trips
3. ActiveReal walking days and several of them, with sustained ascent, uneven surfaces and weather that can end a day early. Fitness starts to matter.3 trips
4. DemandingHeat, altitude, consecutive long days, or all three. No shortened version keeps the point, and each page says who the trip is not for.3 trips

Gentle

Trips where the walking is optional and short, the ground is even or has an alternative, and nobody is asked to climb anything they do not want to climb.

• gentleeastern Sicily9 nights, independent, three small hotels, a car and driver between themfrom $2,180 per person
• gentlethe Dalmatian coast and its islands7 nights, a small ship, thirty six berths, a new anchorage each afternoonfrom $2,450 per person
• gentlethe Douro valley, northern Portugal8 nights, a small river vessel, one unpacking, ports every dayfrom $2,690 per person

Steady

A few miles across a day, spread out, with a place to sit at the end of each stretch. Some uneven ground. Nothing sustained.

• steadythe three Baltic capitals9 nights, independent, trains and one coach, three citiesfrom $2,290 per person
• steadySardinia, the north and the interior10 nights, independent, a hire car, two basesfrom $2,540 per person
• steadynorthern Tanzania10 nights, a small group, a vehicle with a driver guide, four campsfrom $6,450 per person

Active

Real walking days, several of them, with sustained ascent, uneven surfaces and weather that can end a day early. Fitness starts to matter here.

• activeVietnam, north to south14 nights, a small group, internal flights and one overnight trainfrom $3,240 per person
• activethe western fjords and the Lofoten islands11 nights, independent, ferries and coastal boats, four basesfrom $3,980 per person
• activethe South Island of New Zealand13 nights, independent, a hire car, six basesfrom $4,120 per person

Demanding

Heat, altitude, consecutive long days, or all three. These trips have no shortened version that keeps their point, and we say so on each page.

• demandingJordan, the desert and the carved city9 nights, a small group, a vehicle, two nights under canvasfrom $2,870 per person
• demandingthe middle hills of Nepal12 nights, a small group, a supported walk, lodges every nightfrom $3,460 per person
• demandingthe Atacama and the altiplano11 nights, a small group, a vehicle, nights above three thousand metersfrom $4,380 per person

What every one of these prices means

The figure

The lowest per person price we have placed that trip at in the last season, on two people sharing

What moves it

The month, the room or cabin grade, whether you travel alone, and how far ahead you book

What it never includes

Flights, unless the page says otherwise. We quote those separately once your dates are fixed

When it is fixed

At confirmation, in writing, with the operator named

The Sun Traveller sells nothing that it operates. The flights, the hotels, the ships, the vehicles and the guides described on this site all belong to other companies. This office finds them, checks them, books them and stays with you until you fly, and it owns no part of any of them.