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12 April 2018
Really great hiking reports! Thank you very much, it's fun to read and you want to start walking straight away. After reading your pages, I am thinking of following the Amalfi Tour and / or the Corfu Trail. How would you compare the two routes? How was it in Corfu with mosquitos? You always hear horror stories ... would like to go in early September. Do you think that makes sense or is it still too hot? What about an entry further north to get a little more altitude? Thanks and keep it up!
13 April 2018
Hello Karsten,
Thank you very much for the compliment! The hike on the Amalfi coast and the Corfu Trail are quite different: A real highlight in Corfu are the many beautiful bathing opportunities and the great, clear water! Elevation meters are not really in the foreground on the Corfu Trail (apart from the ascent of the Pantokrator, which we deliberately omitted).
In my opinion, the Amalfi Coast is more picturesque and lovely and a real hiking area. In Corfu, on the other hand, you notice that "hiking" is not the Greek national sport. On the Amalfi Coast there is a dense network of marked hiking trails (which we have combined into a 6-day long-distance hiking trail), on Corfu there is only the Corfu Trail. This is probably one of the reasons why it often leads over wide dirt roads or asphalt roads instead of narrow paths. When designing the route, you couldn't fall back on a broad network of historical paths ...
The Amalfi Coast also has the edge in terms of choice and feel-good factor when it comes to accommodation.
You may have heard it: I liked it a little more on the Amalfi Coast than on the Corfu Trail. But in the end that is a question of personal focus.
Now to your other questions: Yes, on Corfu a few mosquitoes have found their way into the hotel room every now and then. But that is also the case with us in Hamburg in the summer ...
At the beginning of September, it is still quite warm both on the Amalfi Coast and on Corfu, but with appropriate sun protection and good physical condition, this should not be a problem.
It is easy to get a little further north at almost every intermediate stage. The best thing to do is to click on the website of https://greenbuses.gr/routes-en through the individual bus lines.
Regards
Frank
27 May 2018
Hello Frank. Thank you for the nice and very helpful answer! I think we'll hike your Amalfi trip in May next time ;-). I look forward to your further travel reports as inspiration for our tours! The Gr221 in Mallorca, which we have now gone in various variants, would surely also be something for you! Best regards, Karsten.
August 22, 2018
Hello Frank!
A very inspiring website and very clearly structured!
At the beginning of October, I also go to Corfu with my friend. Unfortunately, our time on the island is limited to 8 days (including arrival). Nevertheless, we would like to explore Corfu on foot.
Do you have a recommendation which stages we could pick?
My idea would have been to start in the south just like you and then walk 3-6 day stages north. (And to spontaneously adjust the number of hiking stages to the body and mind's desire for relaxation :))
Perhaps it is also worthwhile to shorten one or the other (domestic) stage with a bus trip?
Which stages are your favorites?
Regards,
Thea
August 25, 2018
Hello Thea,
Thank you for the compliment to the website! The consideration of which 6 stages you should pick out on the Corfu Trail is in fact not that easy:
We found stage 1 in the very south wonderful, but stage 2 is quite boring in comparison for long stretches. In your case, I would rather choose stage 3 as the first full-day stage. Depending on when you arrive at the airport, you will still be able to hike the second (and nicer part) of stage 2 to “immigrate” on the day of arrival.
For this you would have to, for example Bus route B1 take and in Perivoli (https://goo.gl/maps/6XxbV9fbyu42) get out. From there it is approx. 2-3 km to the Corfu Trail (entry between hiking kilometers 28 and 29 our card).
A direct journey to the starting point of stage 3 is also possible (Line B5). From stage 3, every hiking day is very varied and worthwhile!
I hope this helps you with the planning!
Regards
Frank
14 January 2019
Hello Frank,
My hiking buddy and I make our way to the corfu trail for 14 days in the middle of March and hope that the weather is already pleasant for hiking.
Do we need the yellow hiking book from outdoor? It's from 2011 and I think it's out of date, right?
Since we have a lot of time, I would like to ask you where it is “worth” to stay longer in between. Thank you and best regards, Dinah
15 January 2019
Hello Dinah,
If you are equipped with smartphone & GPS tracks, I don't think you really need a printed hiking guide anymore. At that time we had also bought the yellow hiking book, but found it not very helpful, especially with regard to planning the overnight stay.
Where is it worth staying longer? Of course, that depends on personal preferences. We found it particularly nice in Corfu in the following places, because there was sufficient infrastructure (good selection of restaurants and bars, but not Ballermann-like) and you could find beautiful beaches and bathing areas there:
If you are ambitious in terms of sports, you can of course also plan to climb the Pantocrator.
Besides that is Corfu Town of course very worth seeing (Unesco World Cultural Heritage).
Have fun hiking!
Frank
16 January 2019
Thank you very much Frank, I will let you know how it was!
March 24, 2019
Hello Frank,
I would like to go the trail alone in late May, early June. Should I book the accommodations in advance or is it enough to book them on site? I would be more flexible if I wanted to go further. There are also other routes on the Internet, for example via Benitses. Is this an official alternative? What about the water supply? Are there always opportunities to fill the water bottle on the way?
gruß
Andreas
March 24, 2019
Hi Andrew,
we planned the following route: https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=1659988. That seemed to me to be the most reliable source at the time. As far as I know, there is no organization for the Corfu Trail comparable to the Alpine Club that takes care of the maintenance and the continuous marking. That is why it is difficult with the "official" route.
Without knowing the exact route that is supposed to lead via Benitses, I simply assume that this has purely practical reasons: In Corfu there are almost all accommodation options near the beach, in Benitses the selection of hotels etc. is much larger than at 350 meters higher up Daphnia, For commercial hiking tour providers, only Benitses can be considered as a station at this point. This could explain why you came across a route that leads over Benitses.
At the end of May / beginning of June, a spontaneous overnight booking should actually be possible in principle, but I remember that there is rather little choice in the following places:
It only helps to reserve in advance or to spend the night in Dafnáta in Benitses (with a correspondingly higher altitude and distance).
To the question with the water supply: To be on the safe side, we always supplied ourselves with water for the entire day. I can't remember public fountains with drinking water on the way. In many places there is a small vegetable shop, a bar or a bakery. But especially in small villages, I would not necessarily rely on them to open.
I hope that helps you a little bit more!
Regards
Frank
March 25, 2019
Hello Frank,
Thank you for the informations.
Do you happen to know whether the temperatures in late May / early June are still ok for hiking?
gruß
Andreas
March 25, 2019
Hi Andrew,
In late May / early June it should still be good. We were there from mid to late May, just two weeks earlier and found the temperatures to be pleasant for hiking.
Regards
Frank
March 28, 2019
Hi Frank
Great post.
I would like to run the trail after Easter, I am a solo trekker, and I always prefer to sleep with a tent. I am an experienced long-distance hiker who has already done some trails, including the E4 Trans Crete 2001.
How about tents, and you know where I can get screw cartridges for my Primus stove, thanks for your answer
Greetings Thorsten
March 29, 2019
Hello Thorsten,
Unfortunately I can't really help you on the topic of camping. And I cannot tell you from my own experience what it looks like with the supply of gas cartridges.
On the topic of wild camping in Greece / Corfu, however, Google provides plenty of hits. And if you this forum entry believe it, then it looks rather poor with screw-in cartridges.
Afterwards you can report how things went on site!
Regards
Frank
13 April 2022
There are numerous screw-on cartridges available in the Explore store in the capital. You can also easily write to them via Facebook - very fast information!
10 April 2019
Dear Frank,
have just returned from Corfutrail, were with 3 days stay in the end in Corfu town 12 days. First of all: we really liked it, great island, great people. But we were clearly too early, the weather was great, but some areas were like extinct because it is absolutely not yet a season, which starts slowly in early April, rather after Easter. Hotels were almost all closed, we had to stay with the accommodations again and again Book away from the corfutrails because there was nothing else. Food supply was always difficult.
The constantly barking dogs, some of which also ran free, annoyed me the most, but luckily we were not bitten.
But to have beautiful beaches all to yourself in a fragrant flowering vegetation, that's really something!
Without the view ranger we would have been completely stuck, often the paths are no longer recognizable as such.
Coincidentally, we met Hillary, who told us that she started the way back then and also tries to maintain it, which is difficult due to the length.
We wish everyone a lot of fun and Frank, thank you very much for your tips, really helped us a lot! Greetings from Dinah
16 April 2019
Hello Dinah,
Thank you for your reply! It is interesting that you met Hilary. I didn't know that the path was still being maintained. I will, however, incorporate the hint with View-Ranger even more clearly on the website.
Greetings from Hamburg!
Frank
9 May 2019
Hi Frank
Incredibly comprehensive page. Before I delve into it, I would like to know:
Are there a lot of wild, aggressive dogs on the trail? A problem or easy to drive away with the hint of picking up a stone ...?
Have you seen snakes
What do you think of; Woman traveling alone?….
With a tent ..?
Kind regards from Lucerne
11 May 2019
Hello Claudia,
I have information about snakes under https://www.wanderndeluxe.de/corfu-trail-praktische-infos/ compiled. I actually had a snake encounter on the Corfu Trail: it was a situation where I ran down a little hill. I probably started a snake and because I ran, the snake didn't have enough time to get out of the dust. If I had been traveling at a normal pace, I probably would not have noticed that there was a queue. Nothing happened.
Regarding the questions about wild / aggressive dogs: Neither of us are outright dog friends, but we have no direct memories of stressful situations - so it couldn't have been that bad :-)
On the topic of camping I refer to the article https://de.camperstyle.net/wildcamping-griechenland/, because we have no experience of our own. In addition, I can think of nothing that should speak against the fact that the hike can also be done alone as a woman.
I hope this helps you first!
Frank
19 November 2019
Hi Frank,
thanks a lot for all the info you gathered here. This helped me a lot to organize our trip on the Corfu trail this year. I am writing this in English in order to attract more attention to this nice website.
We did the southern part of the CT this year beginning of June.
The trail is really wonderful, with wonderful views onto the coast, a lot of blooming flowers and we see at least one snake a day (No worries, they are not aggressive and run away as soon as they recognize you), but as already mentioned as Greece is not a hikers country so the trail uses a lot of agricultural roads.
Nevertheless, some parts are small and steep, so good hiking shoes are still recommended.
In fact, I would not recommend June or even summer to go on this trail, as it is far too hot and fresh water and other infrastructure is not always close. It has the advantage though, that you can already swim in the sea to cool down, but only where the track is close to the beach, which is often not the case. Another advantage is that we found a lot of fruit trees on the way (lemons, oranges, figs, mulberries, loquats etc. kumquats were rather rare though).
Finally I want to recommend the following app, which is available in the android store for a couple of Euros and I think it is really worth it, as it gives you a good guidance to find your way on the trail (you can really not rely on the trail indicators) and what to find on the way. The app works perfectly offline, but I recommend to download one of the offline maps, indicated in the app, before you start. There is no info on accommodation included, but that is easy to find using the usual accommodation websites. We did not have any problems to find free rooms on the way spontaneously as June is still rather off season.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=anadigit.adventures.corfutrail&hl=gsw
12 October 2020
Hello Frank,
Thank you so much for this great site that inspired us to do the trail in the past few days. We based ourselves on your route and your recommendations, which all worked out great. However, we "gave up" in Ermones and rented a car for the remaining days and destinations. There were too many watchdogs at the houses on the last stage, which made it just uncomfortable. It has to be said that we met a fighting dog on the Camino de Santiago in Spain who had broken away from his hut - since then we've just been a bit panicked about the subject. But we were still able to drive to the great spots by car, so it was a great mix. We can also absolutely recommend the boat tour to Antipaxos and Paxos, which starts from several ports. There is really fantastic turquoise water, like in the Caribbean. In any case, thanks again for the great site, next year we might take on the Amalfi Coast with your plan :)
Best regards,
Anne
13 October 2020
Hello Anne,
Thank you for your report! It's a shame about the dogs, of course. But you seem to have solved that very elegantly :-)
I didn't even have the two neighboring islands of Paxos and Antipaxos on my screen, maybe we have to catch up on that ...
Best wishes back!
Frank
30 October 2020
Hello Frank,
After we were already inspired by you on the Amalfi coast hike and the Trieste hike, we have now decided on the Corfu Trail in October 2020. Travel time was chosen perfectly. In October it is still warm on Corfu and ideal for hiking. The water temperatures also invite you to swim in between. What surprised us a bit were the sometimes annoying mosquitoes. Here you have to take precautions with Autan. Our accommodations all had mosquito nets in the windows so that we could sleep with the windows open at night.
We have divided your suggested route into 9 stages with a two-day break in Paleokastritsa. This gave us enough time to relax. In general, we would recommend taking a 14-day vacation for the trail. The island is just too beautiful and for Corfu Town you should plan a day for the old town and the old Venizian fortress. For us, the highlights were the kilometers on the beach in front of Agios Georgios in the south of the island (2nd stage from Gardenos, by the way a really nice place to stay, to Agios Georgios), the dunes to Agios Georgios with the Korission lake (3 stage) and the way to Paleokastrisa. But there is still so much that we should mention. The overnight stay at Kostas Walker Point in Dafnata and the hospitality of Kosta with a typical island dinner (village cooking) and breakfast especially for hiking. The sections through park-like olive groves. The view from Lakones (last stage from Paleokastrisa to Agio Georgios in the north). Here we have to give you a tip, because contrary to your recommendation we only got accommodation in Paleokastitsa (near the port). Here an old donkey path (path to Lakones) goes directly to the left of the Happy Days supermarket to Lakones. First road and then almost stepped with stones. Incredibly beautiful, well signposted and you can almost feel the significance of the path in the past, really crazy. Culinary noteworthy is called "wild vegetables" or Chorta (we ate often), the Tsipouro schnapps instead of ouzo, Kantaifi dessert and the Kafesas restaurant in Agios Georgios (only self-made / grown products are processed, except for fish of course).
As a conclusion, we would like to encourage everyone to go this way and get to know Corfu on this way. We had wonderful moments and took many new impressions home with us.
Gerhard & Beatrice
June 28, 2021
Hello Frank,
Inspired by friends, but ultimately by your great travel reports, we have just returned from our first long-distance hiking trail. We already knew Corfu from several beach holidays. But what we experienced in the last week exceeded our expectations completely. The travel time at the end of June is certainly not ideal due to the heat (this year well above normal level - up to 38 degrees), but this was the first possible flight for us. As you described, we hiked from Kavos to Agios Georgios in 6 days with a one-day break in Ermones. Your GPS route via Outdooractive was a great help to us. (We would not recommend following the markings or a map)
After we landed in Corfu early in the morning, we changed the first stage a little. After a taxi ride to Kavos (the green intercity buses are not yet in normal traffic due to Covid) our destination for the day was Santa Barbara. To do this, you leave the official trail to Arkoudilas Beach and continue on the beach to a tavern and then up to the places Paleochori and Kritika, before you hit the trail again shortly before your 1 km specification, which comes from Lefkimmi. This saved us the route around Lefkimmi, which is often described as monotonous. In any case, a great start! From now on we followed the trail and your directions via GPS. Day 25 with the way through the dunes at Korrisonsee and the final ascent to Kato Pavliana was our longest stage with almost 2 km. This was tw. also necessary, since the accommodation was still scarce, but basically also feasible. Especially on the domestic stages 30 (from Kato Pavilana to Agio Deka) and 3 (from Agio Deka to Ermones) it is always advisable to start early (we often started at 4:7.00 a.m.) and to bring enough water with you, as not one in every place during the day Tavern or supermarket are available. After the rest day in Ermones the days got hotter and hotter, but the stages to Paleokastritsa and on the last day to Agios Georgios also got shorter. (Thanks Gerhard and Beatrice for the tip with the donkey path up to Lakones) From there we (also because no bus was available) took a small boat back to Paleokastritsa (absolute insider tip) and then by bus to Corfu town.
We only met 3 Americans on the entire trail, otherwise it was very lonely with a great landscape (even in June everything is still in bloom), great hospitality and fabulous food. The often described pests (mosquitoes not an issue, dogs are almost all locked up, only 2 snake sightings) can be neglected.
Frank, thank you very much for your great reports! We spent hours studying your tips and suggested routes - it paid off.
Malta and Gozo are already on our radar screen ...
GLG from Austria
Siegi & Helga
July 1, 2021
Hello Siegi & Helga!
Thank you for your detailed and appreciative feedback! I am very happy that you were able to enjoy a wonderful hiking holiday despite Covid-19! And it's great that you were able to use the information from me and the other hikers well.
See you soon on another hiking tour :-)
Frank
September 16, 2021
Hello Frank,
During our internet research on the Corfu Trail we landed on your page, which was really very informative and helpful for our planning.
We hiked the entire trail from the south to the north coast with a tent at the beginning of September 2021.
Since we planned enough time in advance, there were no set milestones, just how far we can get or how much we feel like or have strength.
In total we were on the road for about 9 days and covered around 20 km (sometimes more, sometimes less) every day.
In the end, our stages were as follows: Kavos - beach in front of Santa Barbara - olive grove in front of Paramonas - property of Kostas in Dafnata - Mirtiotissa beach - olive forest in front of Lakones - rooms in Agios Georgios Pagon - between Sokraki and Spartilas - olive grove to Portes - on the last morning Arrival at the beach of Agios Spiridon.
Camping is absolutely no problem and we have always found very nice places.
We especially liked your hiking map with km markings and the GPS track. But the tip to do the first part as a half-day tour with light luggage as a round tour was great. So we were able to follow your track from Kavos towards Lefkimmi to the CT.
Sturdy shoes and walking sticks are recommended, sunscreen (still very hot) and mosquito repellent are an absolute must. Printed hiking guides or maps are not necessary, the route is easy to find with GPS tracks and markings. It also looks like they were only recently freshened up. The classic Corfu Trail signs are rare, mainly the yellow markings in the form of dots, lines, arrows or CT. But you have to look carefully at every crossroads, the markings can be anywhere, on the ground, on the street, on stones, on distant trees or stakes, on house corners or walls, old cars or other rusty remains.
In the network you can also find routes via Benitses or in the north the curve again down to the coast. Here we think that this is only intended for overnight stays in permanent accommodation (these are actually hardly available in the northern part of the route). The officially marked hiking trail went directly from Dafnata on the road towards Makrata. In the north, after the Pantokrator summit, the marked path continues down to Palea Peritheia, there were no other markings to the east coast either.
There is water in almost every place, either in small supermarkets (they can also take the Mediterranean afternoon rest during the day), in the taverns there are usually large water bottles or many villages have small public water sources / taps. The drinking water sources were also shown on our digital map. Otherwise there is a tap with drinking water almost everywhere at or in the cemetery. As a result, we didn't have to carry complete daily rations with us, but only had enough water with us to get to the next source of supply. In the north it looks a bit sparse, the last possibility to get water are the taverns in Palea Peritheia, then again down on the coast.
We often ate in taverns, otherwise you can get food in the small shops.
There are gas cartridges for screwing at Lidl near the airport in Kerkyra, but these are the big 500 g things, small piercing cartridges (take an adapter with you) are also available there, but you can get them almost everywhere else. We got by with a small piercing cartridge, but we didn't cook ourselves every evening either.
The few free-running dogs were more likely to be afraid of us, the rare barkers were always on a leash. We saw a snake crawl out of the corner of our eye, otherwise we didn't meet any.
All in all, a really great trail that leads through small, sleepy mountain villages, but also through tourist strongholds in contrast. Very varied landscapes, lonely beaches, super beautiful old olive groves, really great little forest paths, but every now and then asphalt roads or gravel roads. It was sometimes exhausting in the sweltering heat, but really highly recommended and green.
We met a lot of nice and helpful local people and everyone is happy about a friendly "ja sas".
LG Lisa
September 17, 2021
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for your detailed report! The topic of "camping" or gas cartridges has been mentioned several times, but has never been answered in a really satisfactory way. Thanks for that! That will certainly help a lot of people with their planning!
Regards
Frank
September 25, 2021
Hi Lisa!
At the beginning of October I will also hike the Corfu Trail with a tent and was glad to have found your contribution, because otherwise few actually seem to be traveling with a tent.
You mentioned that the drinking water sources were marked on your digital map. Can you tell me what kind of one you used That sounds really super practical.
Best regards,
Xenia
September 26, 2021
Hello Xenia,
I suspect Lisa also used the OpenCycleMap, which I generally recommend here (https://www.wanderndeluxe.de/anleitung-zur-viewranger-app-geeignetes-outdoor-kartenmaterial-auswaehlen-z-b-opencyclemap/). In any case, there are drinking water points marked in many places on Corfu, if you zoom in close enough.
I hope that this helps you further.
Frank
19 April 2022
Hello Frank,
I'm glad to have found your page. I will be on holiday with a friend in Corfu at the beginning of September, unfortunately only 10 days. We want to book a maximum of two accommodations and do a few hikes from there, but also relax and swim. After long research I think Paleokastritsa could be a good place. Can you recommend the place? We don't want to end up in a bed castle, but we also don't want to live in solitude? Do you maybe have a tip? As far as I understood, you can also hike two stretches of the trail from Paleokastritsa. Yes, we can take the bus to a starting point. if someone is driving.
I have never hiked with gps, do I need a special mobile phone and also an additional battery for this? Another question: I've opened your page several times now, but haven't found any information about your financing. I am very grateful for the helpful tips on your site and would be very happy about an answer.
19 April 2022
Hello Regine,
Thank you for your compliment and your questions! However, I don't find it easy to answer :-) There are buses in almost every town, but these almost exclusively run in a star pattern in the direction of Corfu town. And only a few times a day. This is therefore relatively impractical for day hikes from one place - unless you are staying overnight in Corfu Town. If you are traveling with a rental car, the whole thing will of course be a bit easier, but you will have to change the stages into circular hikes.
Two places that we really liked in Corfu were
Both are relatively pleasantly lively, but not totally overcrowded places, in which rather small hotels and guesthouses can be found. I don't have a clear memory of Paleokastritsa, because we stayed there at the entrance to the town and didn't notice much of the town itself.
For hiking with GPS you need a normal mobile phone, but for the GPX files with the routes you need a special app (e.g. from outdooractive.com). Since the constant GPS signal requires quite a lot of battery, I always recommend a power bank as a spare battery.
And how do I fund this site? You are welcome to buy a PDF hiking map (at the shop). Or you use one of the affiliate links (see info here) :-)
Regards
Frank
August 22, 2022
Ik ga 3 oktober de hele Corfu Trail lopen with complete camperuitrusting. What zijn de day,- en night temperatures then? Zijn restaurants, bars and angles in October still open om genoeg water aan te vullen onderweg? Heeft de Explore outdoor shop in Corfu stad schroefbare Primus of Coleman gastankjes te koop?
March 30, 2023
hello frank,
Thank you for creating this site. It's very helpful.
As I had some unpleasant experiences before from Aegina and would like to prepare if neccesary, have you ever experienced problems with aggressive stray dogs on the Corfu Trail?
Best Regards,
Krzysztof
2 April 2023
Hello Krzysztof,
on our tour we had no problems worth mentioning. However, other hikers have reported unpleasant encounters with barking guard dogs (see, for example, Dinah's April 2019 review). So I can't give the all clear for Corfu as far as dogs on the track are concerned.
I hope this is helping you.
Regards
Frank
June 1, 2023
If you want to climb up to the CT from Ypsos Bay, Citybus 7 stop - or down from the CT, between Socrates and Spartilas, I recommend a very nice climb from Agios Markos through overgrown cultivated terraces with dry stone walls.
The entrance below is about 1,7 km from the bus stop and can hardly be seen. Can only be located with GPS. Then it's easy to use the path up/down.
about 350 hm between bus and CT, maybe 1,5 hours.
Overnight stays are cheaply possible, for example, in the Wilde Rose Hotel on Dassia Bay, Elea Beach Hotel stop.
July 4, 2023
Hello Frank and community,
I'm considering doing the Corfu Trail with a friend in mid-August... do you think it's possible, or is it way too warm? We would also like to bivouac on the trail with a tent or without a tent at all... has anyone had any experience with this or can you imagine that this would be possible? Or is the path too much in civilization?
Greetings and many thanks!!
Lena
July 12, 2023
Hello Lena,
in August it will in all likelihood be significantly too hot, I would advise against hiking there in the height of summer. Back then we were out and about in May – and it was really hot at times.
On the subject of "camping" you can certainly use the feedback from Lisa (September 2021) as a guide (https://www.wanderndeluxe.de/corfu-trail-erfahrungsberichte-fragen/#comment-3869).
Regards
Frank
September 13, 2023
Hello, if I only have 3-4 days, which stages can you recommend?
Many greetings Holger
13 January 2025
Hello Frank,
Thank you for the great website and the many tips, which are irreplaceable when planning your vacation.
In your opinion, can you walk all the stages in May or late September with a child in a backpack if you are in good to very good physical shape, or are there parts that cannot be managed with a backpack (climbing, dangerous steep slopes, very rocky passages)? Of course, we have to adjust the length of the routes, but I am interested in whether the hiking difficulty is easy/medium or only suitable for very sure-footed people.
Regards
Catherine
13 January 2025
Hello Katharina,
that sounds like a really great plan! I think it's doable purely in terms of the terrain. Overall, it's a fairly flat hike (with a normal stage length, an average of 400 meters of elevation gain per day), long stretches are on dirt roads, there are only one or two or three longer steep climbs, but I think they're doable if you're sure-footed. I might take telescopic poles with me to be on the safe side, although the terrain doesn't really require them (without a child on your back). I imagine it would be a bit strenuous on the beach/on the sand, but there are some sections with wooden boards that make hiking easier.
Have you read the reports about the topic of "wild guard dogs"? In my opinion, that would be the only place where I would personally feel uncomfortable with a child on my back: In some places, dogs can bark loudly at you, usually behind a fence, but sometimes also freely on the path.
In my opinion, that is the only limitation that comes to mind.
I'm curious to see what you decide and what you report!
Regards
Frank