School trip to the Julian Alps: Lakes Bled and Bohinj, Vintgar Gorge and Triglav National Park (8 days)

Day 1: Journey to Bavaria

• Departure from your school at the agreed time.
• Journey to Bavaria: our driver drives for 3 hours at most, then takes a 30-minute break, by day and by night.
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Overnight stop in Bavaria (Germany), dinner and night.

Day 2: Arrival in Bled

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Journey to Slovenia through Austria and the Karawanks Tunnel, with a 30-minute break after 3 hours of driving at most.
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Check-in in the Bled area for five nights, then a walk on the path around the lake.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 3: Bled and the Vintgar Gorge

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Crossing by pletna, the traditional boat, to Bled Island and its church (on request).
• Visit of Bled Castle, perched on its cliff above the lake (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Walk along the boardwalks of the Vintgar Gorge, carved by the Radovna river (on request).
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 4: Radovljica and the world of bees

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Visit of the Museum of Apiculture in Radovljica and its painted beehive panels, a symbol of the Slovenian beekeeping tradition (on request).
• Educational workshop with a beekeeper on the Carniolan bee and the role of pollinators (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Walk through the old town of Radovljica, then supervised free time in Bled.
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 5: A day on foot around Bled

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• A day on foot from the accommodation, without the coach (rest day for the driver).
• Hike with a mountain guide to a viewpoint over the lake and the peaks of the Julian Alps (on request).
• Visit of the Triglav National Park Information Centre in Bled (on request).
• Tasting of kremšnita, Bled’s cream cake (on request).
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 6: Lake Bohinj and Triglav National Park

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Drive to Lake Bohinj, the largest natural lake in Slovenia, and walk along its shores.
• Walk up to the Savica waterfall (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Cable-car ride up Vogel for a view of Triglav, Slovenia’s highest peak (on request).
• Dinner and night at the accommodation.

Day 7: Kranjska Gora, Planica and drive to Bavaria

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Stop at Lake Jasna, near Kranjska Gora, at the foot of the Julian Alps.
• Visit of the Planica Nordic Centre and its famous ski-jumping hills (on request).
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Return journey to Bavaria, with a 30-minute break after 3 hours of driving at most.
• Overnight stop in Bavaria (Germany), dinner and night.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Journey to Belgium, with a 30-minute break after 3 hours of driving at most.
• Free lunch or packed lunch.
• Arrival back at school in the evening.