The Tour du Mont Blanc is one of the world's classic trekking journeys, covering 166 km and with about 10,000 m of ascent and descent. Standing on the border of France, Switzerland and Italy, Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in Western Europe at 4810 m.
Our route takes us over varied terrain including rugged cols, high alpine meadows and conifer forests. We will see plenty of alpine flowers, and we are likely to see marmots, chamois, ibex and birds of prey.
As well as Mont Blanc, we should have fantastic views of many other famous peaks in the area: the Domes de Miage, the Aiguille Verte, the Aiguille du Chardonnet, the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Dolent and the Grand Combin amongst others.
It truly is a trip to remember, with every day bringing varied and spectacular scenery.
Our TMB Highlights trip does the route in a very comfortable way, using cable cars and transfers to enable you to complete the trek over 7 days of trekking, whilst still making sure you see the best bits of the Tour du Mont Blanc.
This trip is specifically designed to maximise time off work, and to incorporate the stunning section from Courmayeur to the Bonatti hut, which most other "highlights" trips miss out. There aren't any rest days on this trip, so we do grade it 8 out of 10.
