There are twenty four trips here and that is the entire catalogue. Nothing sits behind a form, nothing is kept for people who call, and there is no second tier of trips shown to somebody else. If a trip is not on this page, Amber Almanac does not arrange it, and you will be told so plainly rather than sold something adjacent.
Every line below carries the same four facts: nights, hours in the air from the middle of the country, walking miles on a normal day, and a starting figure per person. The figures run from $1,920 to $3,940 and they are per person, before the operating company adds anything specific to your dates. To reserve a vacation package from this list, send the number and the dates you are considering through the request form at the foot of the page, and a person here reads it before the working day ends.
Nine nights in six village inns and one mountain lodge, two of them for three nights at a time, moved between by rental car you drive yourself, with luggage staying in the trunk and carried in by hand each evening.
Eight nights in four family-run village hotels, two nights in each, walking between three of them on marked paths and moving by road once; a van shifts the main bags between hotels on walking days, so you carry a daypack.
Nine nights: two in Shkoder in a small hotel, three in a guesthouse in Theth, one in a hut nearer the pass, two in a Valbona guesthouse and one back in Shkoder, moving by van, boat and on foot, with luggage carried ahead by road and packhorse while you walk with a daypack.
Eight nights, seven in one timber guesthouse near the Riisa side of the park and one in Parnu before the flight home, with a driver moving the party and all luggage in a single van transfer at each end and nothing carried between beds.
Eight nights, all of them in the same family run guesthouse in Zabljak with private bathrooms and no elevator; a car and driver moves the party to each trailhead in the morning and collects it in the afternoon, so luggage is unpacked once and stays there.
Nine nights: four in a stone village house inland, two in a small family guesthouse near Malko Tarnovo, three in simple rooms above a beach at Sinemorets or Varvara, moved by hired car with a driver, with luggage carried in that car and never on your back.
Nine nights in four places: three in Castro, two in Cucao near the national park, two on Isla Mechuque reached by launch, and two in Ancud, moving by private vehicle and public ferry, with luggage carried in the vehicle except on the Mechuque leg, where you take an overnight bag.
Nine nights: seven in family run guesthouses of four to nine rooms along the coastal route, two in a small hotel near the island's main town, moved by a booked driver and one local bus, with a bag transfer van carrying everything but a daypack between each night.
Nine nights in five places: three farm guesthouses, one small hotel above a bakery in Ludza, and one room in a potter's household near Preili, moved between by a hired car you drive yourself, with luggage staying in the trunk between towns.
Eight nights in four beds: three in a ranch guest house near Cassoday, two above a main street storefront in Cottonwood Falls, two in a converted stone schoolhouse west of Council Grove, one final night in Manhattan; one rented car throughout, luggage stays in the trunk between moves.
Nine nights in three beds across four stays: three nights at a working cattle ranch north of Mullen, two at a guest ranch on the Niobrara, two in a small hotel in Valentine, two back at the first ranch; you drive your own rental between them and your bags stay in the car.
Nine nights: seven in family-run inns with shared bathing, one in a temple guest hall with a shared sleeping room, one near the airport at the end. You walk between them every day carrying a daypack, and your main bag is forwarded ahead by the domestic parcel service.
Nine nights: four in a small hotel in Xincheng near the gorge mouth, two in a homestay in the rift valley near Yuli, three in a guesthouse on the coast south of Hualien city, moved between by hired car with a driver, and luggage travels in the car rather than on your back.
Eleven nights in six places: four small rural hotels, one converted granite farmhouse and one night in a guesthouse inside a walled town, with a driver moving the party and the bags by road while you walk or ride between them.
Nine nights in four places: three in a Vimperk guesthouse, two in a converted forestry lodge at Modrava, two above Cerne Lake, two in Ceske Budejovice; a driver moves the bags between the four, and you walk or take the summer forest bus.
Nine nights in three village bases of three nights each, all rooms with private bathrooms in family run places, moved between by a small rental car you drive yourselves, with luggage staying in the car and never transferred by anyone else.
Nine nights in four places: three in a family guesthouse in the Biebrza villages, two in a wooden house near Kruszyniany, three by the forest at Bialowieza, one last night in Bialystok, with a driver moving the party and the luggage between them by road.
Nine nights: three in a colonial house in Salta city, two in a small hotel in Cafayate, two in a plain adobe inn in Cachi, two back in Salta, with a driver and a vehicle moving the party and the bags between them on gravel and paved road.
Eight nights: four in a small hotel at Aberlour, two in a guesthouse at Grantown on Spey, two in an inn at Kingussie, with a driver moving the party and the bags between the three by road while you walk the section in between.
Nine nights split between two family-run guesthouses, five in a Glenariff village and four near Cushendall, with a local driver moving suitcases between them on the changeover morning and returning walkers from the far end of each day's route.
Nine nights: two in a small hotel in Targu Jiu, four in family guesthouses in the Jiu and Olt valley villages, two in a stone refuge below the ridge, one back in town; a driver moves the party and the bags, and you walk carrying a day pack.
Eight nights in four harbor guesthouses, two nights in each, private rooms with shared or private bath depending on the house; the party moves between islands on scheduled passenger ferries and walks the last stretch, carrying its own bags every time.
Nine nights in three places: four in a small inn at Miyanoura on the north coast, three in a family guesthouse at Anbo, two at Onoaida in the south, moved by rented car, with the two large bags staying in the car and a daypack carried on the trails.
Nine nights: two in Skidegate, three in Port Clements or Tlell, two on Moresby near Sandspit, two back at the north end, moved by rental vehicle and one inter island ferry, with your bags going wherever you go because nothing is portered.
Ordered by from, per person. This is an ordering by one measurable fact and not a ranking by quality: no trip here is better than another and this office will not say that one is.
Five sequences, and none of them is the house pick
The same twenty four trips appear in five separate orders on this site, and each one lives at its own address: all five orderings. Sorting by nights answers a question about time off work. Sorting by hours in the air answers a question about how much of the first day disappears. Sorting by walking miles answers a question about knees and lungs. Sorting by how much is arranged in advance answers a question about temperament. Sorting by the starting figure answers a question about money. Those are five different questions and a person usually arrives holding one of them.
This office does not print a favorite and does not run a house order behind the five. The trip at the top of the cost sequence is at the bottom of another, and neither position means anything about quality. What we will do, once you write, is say which of the twenty four fit the constraint you actually named, and which do not, including the ones that pay us more. That is the whole of the advice on offer here: matching stated facts to your stated limits. We publish no opinions and we grade nothing, so there are no scores on this page to argue with.
What holds true across the catalogue
- Who bills you
- The operating company, directly, under its own written terms What we hold | Your dates, your names, and your written preferences, nothing more Card numbers | None taken on this site, on any page, at any point Figures shown | Starting price per person, before dates are priced What we are paid | A commission from the operating company, after you get home Group size | Stated on every trip page, never a range with an open top Walking miles | An average day, measured on the ground, not a marketing figure Documents | Entry paperwork is your affair; this office does not sell or advise on it
Putting a hold on one of the twenty four
Pick a number from the list, name two or three date windows in order of preference, and say how many people are traveling and how they are related, because room configuration changes the figure more than the season does. Nothing is committed at that stage and no card is involved. We take your request to the company that runs the trip, ask what it costs against those specific dates, and come back to you in writing, which usually takes anywhere from two to four working days while two firms reply. If you would rather see the whole sequence written out first, the sequence from ask to booked sets out each stage, the terms for changing or cancelling covers what happens if you change your mind, and the questions put to this desk answers the things people ask before they write. The form itself is open at any hour of any day and does not close.