School trip to Poland: Zakopane, Morskie Oko lake, rafting on the Dunajec and Kraków (8 days)

Day 1: Journey to Poland

• Departure from your school at the agreed time, in the late afternoon.
• Overnight journey to Poland with two drivers on board: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.

Day 2: Kraków, then Zakopane

• Arrival in Kraków in the morning.
• Walk through the old town: the Main Market Square, the Cloth Hall and St Mary’s Basilica, where the hejnał rings out every hour.
• Afternoon: drive to Zakopane, at the foot of the Tatras (about 2 hours).
• Check-in, dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.

Day 3: Zakopane and its traditions

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Walk along Krupówki Street and discovery of the Zakopane-style wooden architecture.
• Visit to the Villa Koliba, Museum of Zakopane Style (on request).
• Funicular ride up Gubałówka hill (on request).
• Tasting of oscypek, the highlanders’ smoked cheese (on request).
• Dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.

Day 4: Morskie Oko lake

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Short drive to Palenica Białczańska, entrance to the Tatra National Park.
• Hike to Morskie Oko lake on a forest road closed to cars (about 9 km each way).
• Accompaniment by a licensed mountain guide (on request).
• Dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.

Day 5: A day on foot in Zakopane

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• A day without the coach, entirely on foot: compulsory rest time for the drivers.
• Easy walk in the Strążyska Valley, reachable on foot from the town.
• Visit to the Tatra Museum (on request).
• Supervised free time on Krupówki Street.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.

Day 6: The Pieniny and the Dunajec

• Breakfast at the accommodation.
• Drive to the Pieniny (about 1 hour 30 minutes).
• Rafting down the Dunajec on a traditional raft with the Pieniny raftsmen (on request).
• Walk in Szczawnica, at the end of the route.
• Visit to Niedzica Castle on the shore of Lake Czorsztyn (on request).
• Return to Zakopane, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7: Wieliczka and Kraków

• Breakfast, then drive to Wieliczka (about 2 hours).
• Guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mine and St Kinga’s Chapel, carved out of salt (on request).
• Check-in in Kraków and an evening in the old town.
• Dinner and overnight stay at the accommodation.

Day 8: Back to Belgium

• Breakfast, then the journey home with two drivers on board and regular breaks (at least 30 minutes every 3 hours).
• Return to school late in the evening.