Final-year school trip to the Black Forest and Lake Constance: Freiburg, Triberg, the Rhine Falls and Mainau Island (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in the Black Forest

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to southern Germany via Luxembourg and Alsace (about 6.5 hours from Brussels, excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Free lunch on the way.
• Arrival in the late afternoon and check-in at the accommodation, in or around Freiburg im Breisgau, for three nights; dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Freiburg im Breisgau and the Schauinsland

• Discovery of the old town: the Minster and its market square, the Martinstor gate and the Bächle, the little water channels running through the streets.
• Free lunch in the centre.
• Cable car up the Schauinsland, a 1,284 m summit with views over the Black Forest and, on clear days, the Alps (on request).
• Return to the accommodation, dinner and a supervised evening.

Day 3: Triberg, cuckoo clocks and Titisee

• Drive to Triberg (about 1 hr 15 min) and walk along the Triberg waterfalls, among the highest in Germany.
• Visit to the Vogtsbauernhof open-air museum in Gutach, with its traditional Black Forest farmhouses (on request).
• Free lunch and discovery of the region’s cuckoo-clock workshops.
• Return via Lake Titisee and supervised free time by the water.
• Return to Freiburg, dinner and a supervised evening.

Day 4: The Rhine Falls and Konstanz

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to the Rhine Falls at Neuhausen, Switzerland (about 1 hr 45 min).
• Walk along the 150-metre-wide falls from the viewing points by the river.
• Boat trip to the rock in the middle of the falls (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to Konstanz (about 50 min) and a walk around the harbour and the old town.
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and a supervised evening.

Day 5: Mainau Island and Meersburg

• Visit to Mainau Island, a flower garden on the lake: the castle park, arboretum, rose garden and butterfly house.
• Free lunch, then ferry crossing of the lake from Konstanz to Meersburg.
• Walk through Meersburg, its steep lanes and its castle overlooking the lake.
• Visit to the Unteruhldingen Pile Dwelling Museum, UNESCO-listed prehistoric lake villages on stilts (on request).
• Return to Konstanz, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to your school

• Rooms vacated after breakfast, luggage loaded onto the coach.
• Departure early in the morning and daytime drive back to Belgium (about 8 hours to Brussels, excluding breaks), with two drivers on board.
• Free lunch on the way and regular breaks.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.