TOUR 3 DAYS – Valgrande National Park Wilderness crossing
Special price 4 people – 1 night in hotel/ 1 night in bivouac
3 days/ 2 nights
The most famous excursion of the Valgrande National Park, offering unique emotions and breathtaking sights. A wild and isolated natural park, amongst impossible peaks and rivers of transparent water!
Live two days in the largest wilderness area of Italy, sleep in a bivouac and re-discover the nature surrounding you!
Day 1
Arrive in a 3* hotel around Lake Maggiore and overnight stay
Day 2
Departure from the hotel with your own car and meeting at 8.00am in Colloro (Premosello Chiovenda) with the park guide, where you will leave your cars behind.
Private transfer towards the Val Vigezzo (Vigezzo valley), where you will begin the classic crossing of the Vagrande.
Along the route you will not find inhabited refuges, restaurants, or bars: the guide will provide and distribute the supplies amongst the participants, who will then have to carry them for the two days of trekking.
You will spend the night in a non-guarded parks bivouacs in the In La Piana (in the clearance) pasture, in the hidden heart of the Valgrande National Park, at around 960 m.a.s.l.
3 restructured and cosy stone cabins where to sleep on travel mattresses and sleeping bag await you here. Dinner will be prepared in the wood stove available in the cabins.
A particular experience, an adventure in contact with the wild and primordial nature to fully live the Valgrande and its emotions!
Day 3
Let yourself be surprised by the lights and colour of a sunrise in the Valgrande and prepare for another day of exciting trekking. Departing the bivouac, you will cross immense beech woods and forgotten pastures, walking on sometimes difficult paths until you reach the Colma di Premosello; western entrance to the park, and home of amazing sights over the Ossola mountains and the Monte Rosa.
The arrival in Colluoro is expected by 5.30pm, where you will find your car.
Technical data:
Day 1 difference in height 600+ metres; 5 Hours of trekking (breaks unaccounted for).
Day 2 difference in height 870+ metres; 6 Hours of trekking (breaks unaccounted for).
Please note: bivouacs are not bookable, it is possible the cabins will have to be shared with other travellers; the cabins dont contain running water or bathroom services (toilette en plein air).
Services included:
-n1 overnight stay in a double room in 3* hotel around the lake with breakfast and city tax included the name of the hotel will be communicated upon confirmation.
-2 days guided tour with a naturalistic guide
-Supplies for the 2 days of trekking (2 lunches; 1 breakfast; 1 dinner).
-n1 overnight stay in non-guarded bivouac in the Valgrande National Park.
-Private transfer Colloro Fondighebi.
Not included:
-Personal expenses (lunches or dinner non mentioned in the services included section), eventual extra private car transfers and everything not explicitly mentioned in the services included section.
-On request, rent of a single use blanket and sleeping bag.