Hiking in Bohemian Switzerland - a day trip from Prague
Description
Travel into the heart of the Bohemian Switzerland National Park on a one-day trip from Prague. Bohemian Switzerland National Park – the youngest of the Czech Republic’s four national parks – forms a part of the larger territory of the Elbe Sandstones, which has been called Czech and Saxon Switzerland for nearly two centuries. The story of this area started many millions of years ago when the area of today’s Bohemian Switzerland was covered by a shallow sea. Its sandy bed gave birth to a world of sandstone, rock towers, bridges and gates with the most diverse of shapes. Discover a mystical landscape of pine forests and deep valleys, with majestic rock towers, gates, walls, ravines, rock cities, and labyrinths rising up from them, rarest of animals and remarkable plants together with our private local guide. The maximum size of this private tour is 17 guests.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We are coming to the village called Hrensko. That is a place where our hiking adventure starts. We start walking and in about one hour, we get to one of the main attractions of Bohemian Switzerland, Pravcice Gate. The largest arch in Europe.
After Pravčice Gate we continue to walk and we see beautiful rock formations during the whole day. We have time for pictures. The path is most of the time very flat. After around 2-3 hours of walking, we stoop for a lunch in the restaurant where will be possible to taste the Czech cuisine.
The motor boat experience between the stone walls with steep sides will be a cool adventure. The ride on the boat through Wild gorge takes around 15 minutes.
The second ride will be through the Edmund's gorge, The ride takes around 15 minutes as well.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Meeting place: in front of the main railway station in Prague,
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Food: We are stopping in few restaurants to take lunch and beer, so it is not necessary to take any bigger food with you. We recommend taking some snacks anyway: dried fruit, chocolate, muesli bars, banana... It is also good to have some cash on you if you want to buy something in the restaurant.
- Required things to have:
- Sports clothes, waterproof jacket or raincoat, sunscreen, sunglasses
- Good shoes for hiking
- Food and a lot of water (recommended minimum of 2L)
- Cash
- Good mood ;)
- A minimum of 6 people per booking is required
Reviews(19)
The tour was fantastic, and our guide Peter was amazing—knowledgeable, friendly, and made the whole experience memorable. I’d definitely recommend this tour to others! One suggestion for the company: the van could use an upgrade. It was a bit small and cramped, and the AC didn’t work properly, which made the ride less comfortable. Aside from that, everything else was excellent.
Prague is a wonderful city, every corner and every street is a surprise for its wonderful palaces and its history. It 'a city that lives mainly from tourism, full of restaurants for all tastes, you eat very well with low prices. It's quite clean, to visit it takes just 3 4 days, a useful thing that you should know that people aged sixty and over do not pay for transport. It has three metro lines so the center is reachable motorcycle, but be careful of the escalators that go very fast and are very steep, in addition to the metro there is a good network of buses and trams that run through the city. A wedding favor city is worth visiting at least once in a lifetime.
Flawless organisation, nice guide (Vladimir), good car, I recommend. The region is picturesque, definitely worth visiting.
Thank you very much for your nice review. It is was a pleasure to spend a time with you. We are happy that you enjoyed the trip with us. have a nice day.
Signed up alone and didn't know what to expect. Ended up being an amazing and fun weekend 😊 I will book again with AvenTouro.
The tour was nice, mixed up with two boat rides in-between and changing landscape. The price for a private tour was very good. I can highly recommend the tour.
Thank you, Helen, for your nice review. It was a pleasure to hike with you :)
Bohemian Switzerland is a great tourist attraction in Czech republic. We joined the group of Aventouro ast weekend 21-22 September 2019. It was our first time in the Bohemian Switzerland and admittedly, we have been enchanted by the landscape. The date was carefully chosen to stand the best chances for a nice weather. And indeed, the weather was brilliant like summer in Greece. On the plus side, the tour was very well organized and our tour guide Yuliya was very friendly and helpful. I would also like to add that the views are amazing and that we have been thrilled to realize that we are actually visiting the ancient sea bottom in the heart of Europe. Yes, this place is full of sand because it used to be the bottom of the sea millions of years ago. On the minus side, the tour was somewhat demanding in terms of stamina, also overloaded. Let me explain what I mean: We visited many places in a relatively short time. As a result, we didn't devote much time to each place that we visited, we had to run to the next place. We would personally have preferred a more relaxed tour, even if we would have to cut down our expectations. Overall, the tour was excellent and I highly recommend it to everyone. But please keep in mind that a minimum fitness is required to join this group.
Thank you very much, we are happy that you enjoyed our trip to Bohemian Switzerland with the whole of your family. We appreciate your nice words and feedback. We wish you all the best and will be looking forward to hiking with you again.
Fantastic day immersed in the most fascinating nature I have seen. Thanks also to our guide Vladimir who was very helpful in accompanying us in this amazing adventure. I recommend it to everyone.
Gracie. Thank you for your nice review, we are glad that you had a nice day with AvenTouro and our guide Vladimir.
The hiking trip was really nice! Beautiful weather and landscapes! We had a private guide for a group of 4 and he directly drove us by car (the price was really affordable compared to others companies that proposed the same kind of thing). We could take a lot of great pictures. The guide was really nice and answered any questions that we had, and because we had time, we even did an extra activity :)
I booked this tour for our family of 4 and was amazed at the customer service . Zuzana got back to me immediately, kept me updated and even sent reminders! Our guide Bahdan was so friendly and pleasant and had all arrangements perfectly in hand . The hike was flat and easy initially but does get harder when you’re walking uphill for the last part . Bahdan was very patient with my husband and I when we were flagging and kept us going ( Tip : you can take a short bus to avoid a little bit of the uphill hike ) . He took us to lunch at a typical bohemian restaurant where he interpreted for us and made sure we had a great lunch ! The views at the top were amazing and worth the hike . We took a lot of tours on our Eastern Europe trip but this was our personal favorite primarily due to the Zuzana’s customer service and willingness to work with us and Bahdan’s making this trip so enjoyable for us . I recommend them highly !
Thank you very much for your beautiful review. These words keep us going forward, we are happy could create for you and your family nice memories :) Wish you all the best.
We spent a very nice day in places just beautiful. Our guide suggested we go by car instead of taking the train which was very appreciative. At the end of our walk, he offered to take us to Bastei Bridge when it was not planned in the basic program. We just had to pay for parking which is normal. This allowed us to discover another beautiful site. We recommend Aventouro 100%.
Dear Carolina, Thank you for your nice words, we are happy that you enjoyed the time with us in Bohemian Switzerland. We wish you all the best. The founder of AvenTouro - Zuzana Hlebasko
