Augustus Tours is a German-based company providing self-guided inn to inn hiking trips in Germany and Switzerland. They cover routes you won’t see anywhere else, including the Bavarian Alps, Black Forest, Harz Mountains, Rheinsteig, Saxon Switzerland and Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
Augustus Tours’ site is fairly easy to search. Click their “advanced search options” if you want all the good filters. This is a local tour agency so you really don’t need the filters since their offerings fit on one page. They have an English version of their site and you’ll notice some of the words they use are different from the traditional British sites. Place-to-place equals inn-to-inn, radial tour equals center-based, etc. Don’t let the language differences scare you, this company is used to English-speaking travelers and can provide the same level of services that you’re used to. Trip details are lacking on their site. They provide approximate distances rather than exact, they don’t mention elevation changes and they don’t give any examples of lodging but you can contact them for this type of information.
Things to like about Augustus Tours
- They offer unique routes that are hard to find with any other company; if you find these elsewhere, chances are that company is a middleman who is contracting out to Augustus Tours
- They are local and know their region
- Going direct (instead of using a larger middleman company) gives you more options to customize your trip
Route Type
- Inn to inn hiking
Destinations include
- Germany
- Switzerland
Great choice for
Independent walkers who want specific regions of Germany not covered elsewhere
Established in 1997
last reviewed April 4, 2023
