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A Stunning trek - but you need to be prepared

The Tour De Mont Blanc offers some of the most stunning mountain scenery that you will find. Exodus have put together an approach to the Tour which is effective and achievable. This camping itinerary keeps you embedded in the “great outdoors” – it is a real break from home comforts, which helps increase the sense of wonder at your surroundings. Make no mistake – there are some tough days, both uphill and downhill. You owe it to yourself and to the other members of the trek to be fit and well prepared. If you are, it will be tiring but exhilarating. Go for it!

Most Inspirational Moment

At the end of a long, hot, hard day, walking in to the campsite at La Fouly at looking up at the incredible mountain scenery basked in the evening sunset. And taking that all in with a cold beer!

Thoughts on Group Leader

Our group leader was fantastic. He worked with a very disparate group of individuals with different levels of fitness and got everyone through the Tour. He was always solicitous for anyone who was struggling, whilst at the same time making sure that the group achieved its day's objectives. I need to add a word about the camp wrangler, Andy, who set up our tents every day and prepared excellent meals. Best care anywhere.

Advice for Potential Travellers

This is a fun trip, but it is a big trip. You owe it to yourself to increase fitness in the weeks leading up to the trek. That way you can concentrate on enjoying yourself. Nights can be cold, so a good sleeping bag is essential.

TMB

It was our first trip with Exodus but definitely wont be our last, we had an amazing 2 weeks of walking amongst stunning scenery crossing 3 countries with a lovely group of people!

Most Inspirational Moment

Too many to mention, from snow capped mountains to beautiful alpine flowers and meadows!

Thoughts on Group Leader

John Briggs was a great group leader, professional, full of information (I now know how to identify the larch,spruce and fir trees!!), sharing useful walking tips and always there as a support to some members of the group who were maybe not as confident on certain types of terrain.

Advice for Potential Travellers

If you love the outdoors, appreciate beautiful scenery, are reasonably fit and have a sense of adventure then just go for it!! (a bit of advice - the purchase of a small umbrella is an essential bit of kit!!!)

Fantastic Trip - Do It!

The TMB trip was a great adventure – camping, wonderful scenery, great guide (Kim), fun group, laughter and fantastic memories. What a fortnight! If you’re thinking of this then just do it, it’s worth it!

Most Inspirational Moment

The two "challenging" days; up to the Col de la Seigne and the Col du Bonhomme. Both involved longer days, lots of climbing and lots of snow. However we were rewarded with great views and got our best view of Mont Blanc at the Col de la Seigne.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Our leader, Kim, was great! She took an interest and had time for everybody, was great fun and honest about what lay ahead. She was great during our first day baptism of fire in bad weather and lots of snow! We're all fully trained to "dig our toes in", "use our poles" etc when we see snow now!

Advice for Potential Travellers

Make sure you're fit before you go. While the days vary in difficulty, added fitness will help you enjoy your trip. My knees suffered from the steep descents so I was glad to have lots of ibuprofen and some knee supports.

Mont Blanc Camping Trek

A spectacular fortnight spent amongst some of the more dramatic mountain scenery in Europe. The camping aspect added increased sociability and everyone gelled together as a group.

Most Inspirational Moment

Too many to count - probably seeing Mont Blanc for the first time 'up close' on day two, a beautifully sunny day walking up to the Col de Balme.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Young at heart and heaps of fun, she did well to manage such a large group of differing speeds and abilities.

Advice for Potential Travellers

A must-do trek for anyone not wanting to venture too far away, you won't regret it!

Tour Du Mont-blanc camping trek.

Fantastic trek with a great group of people. The walking was enjoyably tough and the amazing scenery took your mind of your legs. The 2 Exodus personal, Heather and Neil, were brilliant. Neil’s camp cooking was better than the restaurants.

Most Inspirational Moment

The whole trip exceeded my expectations.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Heather was bright and bubbly.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Do it.

Embrace the mont blanc adventure

Stunning views. Fantastic walk. Great achievement. If you have a love for the outdoors, challenging walking, spectacular landscapes, making new friends and a sense of adventure then this trip is for you. The walk itself is fantastic going up and down wonderful mountain passes with great views and plenty of coffee and cake stops to take in the local culture. All helped by a really friendly group who added to the experience.

Most Inspirational Moment

All the spectacular views and stunning scenery. When the weather was great, the views could not be beaten. I could soak them in all day long. But never take them for granted as if the weather turns and the views disappear you certainly miss them.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Lotte was excellent. She had a terrific knowledge of the local area, was always friendly and helpful and full of wonderful stories of her adventures around the world. She added to the whole experience of the trek. If she could just control the weather as well then she would have been the best!

Advice for Potential Travellers

Embrace this wonderful walk and embrace every spectacular view. This walk is 105 miles long. It has over 10000 metres of ascent and descent. It is a great great walk and well worth doing for any regular walker with a good level of fitness who walks at a good steady pace. It is a camping trip for 14 days with usual camping facilities, good camping grub, good camping socialising and the need to do your bit for the group with some basic chores. But think seriously if that is for you and if you decide to go then embrace the challenge as you will enjoy it so much more by appreciating the views, taking off the challenge and making new friends.

Mont blanc camping tour

An excellent and inspiring holiday stunningmountain views and fun but challenging walks, but with adequate breaks for coffe and some great cakes at some amazing mountain refuges

Great travelling compaions , the wet nights under the stars helped us to bond and a sense of humour was always enjoyed
Great guide in Heather, who was always helpful and friendly and certainly knows her way in the mountains.

Most Inspirational Moment

The achievment ofhaving completed the tour, how every ones spirits lifted when the weather turned warm. The group doing the final summit together. The trip has also reminded me how much I had missed camping and inspired me to think of doing the full Mont Blanc ascent next time.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Our group leader Heather was always approachable , professional, good humoured and always had an amusing story to keep us going. It was a very nice thought of her to carry a bottle of fizz all the way to the final summit so the whole group could celebrate together. As a guide I certainly felt more than confident in her abilities and style of leading the group and iwould not hesitate to go on another tour with her leading the group.

Advice for Potential Travellers

You will enjoy the tour more if you make an effort with your fitness, dont forget to pack for all weather types hot cold and especially wet, extra mountain snacks come in handy.

Walking in the clouds

Two weeks camping trip in August 2015. The start of the trip was very wet and we were walking in the rain/clouds a lot of the time so missed the amazing views that we should have been experiencing. We were up early each morning and had to be packed up and tents down by 7am each day. The walks were challenging. Although the distances walked each day are not great, the gradient of the paths made the walks more challenging than I was expecting.

Most Inspirational Moment

The fantastic views when you could see them.

Thoughts on Group Leader

I felt like I had gone to boot camp rather than being on holiday. I got the impression that Heather was more used to working with children/teenagers rather than adults. She often spoke to the group in quite a patronising way. I didn't find her very approachable. If you asked her a question about the day's itinerary that she had mentioned in her briefing the night before she always made a point of letting you know that you should remember every detail from the previous day's briefing. I felt uncomfortable asking any questions by the end of the trip.

Advice for Potential Travellers

I would describe this trip as challenging (not moderate/challenging). There are only two days of moderate walking. The majority of the walks are challenging; the last day involved 4 hours of continuous steep uphill walking. I would recommend taking walking poles even if you don't normally use walking poles.

Mont Blanc Camping Trek - really amazing trip!

This was genuinely one of the best trips I’ve been on in my life! We had a great group of people, really good guide (Nick), amazing chef (Joe), the itinerary and the scenery was fantastic, the only hard part is returning to the real world after it. It worked well having 3 rest days as there was a lot of great things to do on them, eg cable car up to Aiguille du Midi (3841m).

Most Inspirational Moment

The amazing views on the high passes, the great food, the good company.

Thoughts on Group Leader

Nick did a great job leading our group and he lived in Chamonix so knew the area very well & had a good knowledge of the plants / trees / wildlife too.

Advice for Potential Travellers

Make sure your walking boots are well worn in before the trip, one person in our group came with brand new boots and got blisters. Bring a reasonably warm sleeping bag, the highest camps were at about 1600m and temp got down to near 0 degreesC in August on clear nights. Eg mine was 3 season (Mountain Hardwear Lamina 20c) and was just warm enough on a couple of nights. Get a good sleeping mat, it doesn't have to be super compact and light as you are not carrying it while walking, I got the 'Thermorest luxury map, large' (7cm thick, 61cm wide) and it was amazingly comfortable & it made such a difference being able to sleep well every night, also helps keep you warm having a thick sleeping mat. Don't worry about a compact travel pillow either, just roll up a normal pillow from your bed at home, much more comfortable! Some of the campsites have washing machines and tumble dryers, so no need to bring lots of sets of clothes. Consider wearing your boots on the flight out, one person from our group lost their luggage. The single supplement is well worth the money as its nice to have your own tent and space.

Anon

Group was far too large with 14 peope, those people wanting to walk at a fast pace raced off ahead leaving a small number of us behind, most of the holiday was spent walking 1/2 mile behind everyone else which was anti social and frankly dangerous, if we had got into trouble or fallen nobody would have noticed. The days were too time obsessed and regimented it felt like I was on a military boot camp not a holiday. Meals out as a group were rushed and unsociable

Most Inspirational Moment

There were none, I found the whole experience depressing and unsettling, I felt ignored, disregarded by the bulk of the group and all of the time walking in foul weather on a difficult mountain so far behind everyone else, I felt unsafe

Thoughts on Group Leader

Overwhelmed by the number of people, she could not have coped looking after everyone despite her best efforts. Some people were just so bossy and domineering they just took over the whole trip. Too time obsessed, never had time to just enjoy the mountains which was the whole point of being there

Advice for Potential Travellers

Ensure you have a military level of fitness and consider another holiday with another company, I could not find anything to recommend this company any more and I have had many holidays with them