Final-year school trip to the Tyrol and Salzburg: Innsbruck, the Nordkette, rafting in the Ötztal, the Krimml Falls and Salzburg (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in the Tyrol

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive through Germany (about 750 to 900 km depending on the departure point, i.e. 9.5 to 11 hours excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Two drivers take turns at the wheel; lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Arrival in the Innsbruck area in the late afternoon and check-in at the accommodation for four nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: Innsbruck and the Nordkette

• Walk through Innsbruck’s old town: the Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl), Maria-Theresien-Strasse and the colourful façades along the Inn.
• Visit to the Bergisel ski jump, designed by Zaha Hadid (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a ride up the Nordkette by funicular and cable car to the Hafelekar, at over 2,200 m (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Hall in Tirol, Crystal Worlds and the Achensee

• Drive to Hall in Tirol (about 20 min) and a walk through its medieval old town, the largest in the Tyrol.
• Visit to Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then drive to the Achensee (about 45 min), the largest lake in the Tyrol.
• Cruise on the Achensee between the Karwendel and Rofan mountains (on request).
• Return, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Sports day in the Ötztal

• Drive to the entrance of the Ötztal valley (about 50 min).
• White-water rafting with qualified guides, with wetsuit, helmet and life jacket (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a walk to the Stuiben Falls in Umhausen, the highest in the Tyrol (159 m), on a waymarked trail.
• Return, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: The Krimml Waterfalls and drive to Salzburg

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive through the Zillertal valley and over the Gerlos Alpine Road (about 140 km, i.e. 2.5 hours).
• Walk up alongside the Krimml Waterfalls, the highest in Austria with a 380 m drop (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a stop on the shore of the lake at Zell am See.
• Drive to Salzburg (about 1 hour 15 minutes) and check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 6: Salzburg, Mozart’s city

• Walk through the old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Getreidegasse, the cathedral and Residenzplatz.
• Visit to Mozart’s birthplace (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a funicular ride up to Hohensalzburg Fortress, overlooking the city (on request).
• Walk in the Mirabell Palace gardens, made famous by “The Sound of Music”.
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 7: Berchtesgaden salt mine and drive to Franconia

• Departure after breakfast and drive to Berchtesgaden (about 30 min).
• Visit to the salt mine, with its little train, miners’ slides and underground lake (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then a daytime drive north (about 330 km, i.e. 4 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Overnight stop in the Nuremberg area, dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast, around 8 am.
• Daytime drive to Belgium (about 500 to 650 km), with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.