Our guided walking holidays are perfect for people who want to experience an escorted tour in a small group of like-minded people. On our tours, share cheerful moments with new friends, stroll together through beautiful countryside admiring the landscape, and cap off days enjoying a glass of luscious local wine over dinner.
Whether travelling alone, as a couple or with friends, everyone is welcome on our walking tours. There are plenty of opportunities to socialise with group members, as well as your expert guide. All are based locally and are either Headwater employees or local partners and all are passionate about their homelands and committed to sharing their experiences with you. That way, you experience a refined, hand-picked and high-quality walking holiday with every detail expertly taken care of.
And importantly, we keep our group sizes small typically four to 16 people. This gives our guided walking tours a good mix of travellers while giving everyone the opportunity to benefit first-hand from our guides' local knowledge. This also lets us use smaller, hand-picked guest houses, which is not possible with larger groups.
View our guided walking holidays in the UK and beyond below. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch, and be sure to check out our blog.
We offer a variety of guided tours and holidays that let you experience the best walking destinations around the UK and globe.
Often, the best guided walking is located further afield than your hotel - and, to experience everything that's great about your chosen destination, you need to move between hotels.
On these escorted walking holidays, resident Headwater guides and local partners look after every detail of your tour. They provide comfortable transport and move your bags between hotels for you - each is hand-picked to give you an authentic flavour of the region in which you're staying, from the sweeping mountains of Montenegro or intoxicating Annapurna foothills in Nepal to the ancient Kumano Kodo Trail in Japan.
If you would prefer to stay and explore one or two certain regions during your trip, our single and twin-centre guided walks are perfect. They offer the same features as our hotel-to-hotel holidays but are situated in one or two locations where a varied and interesting week's walking is within easy reach by minibus.
That way, whether you're exploring the stark Norwegian wilderness, the dizzying Amalfi Coast in Italy or the stunning Gower Peninsula in Wales, you can truly get to know a unique part of the world the best way: up close, on foot.
For over 35 years, we've helped intrepid travellers to access amazing walking holidays around the world. Exploring on foot in small groups, our approach to travel is personal - from the lasting relationships forged between walkers to the great level of choice and flexibility that we offer with our itineraries. It's just one of the many reasons why you should let us show you the world:
Our guided walks come in a range of difficulties designed for walkers of all skill levels. Each tour comes with one or several Activity Levels, rated between one and four and shown in the tour's information panel.
Guided walking holidays see you and a small group of other travellers explore a range of areas on foot.
You will be staying in hotels and guest houses by night, before heading off along a range of well- and lesser-known walking routes to explore the landscape and other places of interest. Each day's itinerary will typically feature breakfast, though may well include lunch and dinner, and there will typically be opportunities to explore towns and villages at our own pace after the day's walking has finished.
If you choose a single-centre guided walking holiday, you'll spend most of your trip in a specific location, walking routes in the local area. Hotel-to-hotel tours, on the other hand, will include transport between different areas and regions throughout the trip, letting you explore a wider area.
Walking tours are an excellent choice for anyone who wants to holiday off the beaten track with like-minded people. They give you the chance to see the best that a location has to offer up close and personal, with in-depth knowledge from local guides who take you beyond the guidebook. Throughout your journey, you'll have plenty of opportunities to get to know your fellow travellers, too.
If you want an active holiday, a guided walking tour makes sense as plenty of time will be spent strolling and hiking between locations - but culture lovers will be at home, too, as many of our tours are designed to show you brilliant towns and villages.
Headwater's local experts design our tours to bring you the best of a particular location. Every aspect is thoroughly hand-picked, planned through, then checked and tested to make sure that it delivers a brilliant experience, so that you will get the best from your holiday.
To learn more about what's planned for your chosen guided walking holiday, view the itinerary tab on its webpage or request a brochure to browse away from a screen.
