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Feu­er und Eis own tour

Salz­Al­pen­Steig I incl. lug­ga­ge trans­fer 7 days

from 838,- per person

  • Duration: 7 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 90 km
  • Altitude: (+) 2690 m
  • Altitude: (-) 3860 m
  • Difficulty:
Along the Salz­Al­pen­Steig, which stret­ches from Chiem­see to Königs­see, you will not only dis­co­ver uni­que and impres­si­ve land­scapes, but also have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn lots of inte­res­t­ing facts about salt springs, salt depo­sits and the histo­ry of salt extra­c­tion and pro­ces­sing. During the five stages of this tour, you can fol­low in the foot­s­teps of salt and dis­co­ver the sights of the various places. The high­lights of this tour include unfor­gettable pan­o­r­amic views, of cour­se the two lakes Chiem­see and Königs­see, as well as the oppor­tu­ni­ty to get to know the tra­di­tio­nal aspects of this region. 
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Das beeindruckende Bauwerk der alten Saline von Bad Reichenhall. Dahinter Bäume und blauer Himmel.
Der Blick fällt über das hellblaue Wasser des Chiemsees auf die Fraueninsel mit ihrem Kloster.
Der Blick fällt auf eine hügelige Landschaft mit kleinen Dörfern und Waldstücken bei blauem Himmel.
Links steht eine schöne, offene Panorama-Holzhütte mit Sitzmöglichkeiten. Der Blick fällt auf die gemähten Sommerwiesen, Wald und hohe Berge im Hintergrund.
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Itinerary / Stages

Indi­vi­du­al arri­val at the Chiemsee
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
A warm wel­co­me to the beau­tiful Chiem­gau regi­on. Over­night stay in Prien or Bernau. 
Ber­nau / Prien — Marquartstein
Distanz: 20 km Höhe (+): 330m Höhe (-): 320m
If you have not spent the night in Prien today, take the train to Prien am Chiem­see in the mor­ning to the start­ing point of your first stage. During this hike, you will pass through the pic­tures­que vil­la­ges of Prien and Ber­nau and enjoy breath­ta­king views of the sur­roun­ding moun­ta­ins. This stage takes you through moor­land and forests abo­ve Ber­nau and Rottau befo­re you final­ly reach Kucheln, fol­lo­wed by Gras­sau and Mar­quart­stein. Over­night stay in Gras­sau or Marquartstein. 
Mar­quart­stein — Ruhpolding
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 370m Höhe (-): 1300m
After break­fast in the mor­ning, a trans­fer to Ber­gen is at your dis­po­sal. A cable car ride to the sum­mit of the Hoch­felln, known as the vie­w­ing ter­race of the Chiem­gau regi­on, awaits you the­re. During the appro­xi­m­ate­ly 20-minu­te dri­ve, you will alre­a­dy get a first impres­si­on of what awaits you on this hike: an impres­si­ve distant view of the sur­roun­ding moun­tain mas­sifs, vil­la­ges and land­scapes as well as a won­derful hike through the alpi­ne land­scape of the Hoch­felln. The trail leads you through den­se moun­tain pine forests, across wide alpi­ne mea­dows and through pic­tures­que light forests as you des­cend ste­adi­ly down the moun­tain. On the way, you pass the enchan­tingly situa­ted Felln-Alm and later con­ti­nue your hike along the Farn­bö­den-Alm. The rou­te takes you around the Reit­stein, which lies at an alti­tu­de of 1250 meters. Fur­ther down, you final­ly reach the fairy­ta­le-like Brand­wald forest, which is an impres­si­ve expe­ri­ence not only for youn­ger hikers with its num­e­rous caves and grot­tos. Always fol­low the signs to Ruh­pol­ding. Over­night stay in Mai­er­g­schwendt (a sub­urb of Ruh­pol­ding) or Ruhpolding.
Ruh­pol­ding — Inzell
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 420m Höhe (-): 440m
The third stage of the Salz­Al­pen­Steig pro­mi­ses an exci­ting hike in the Chiem­gau Alps bet­ween Ruh­pol­ding and Inzell. Your rou­te takes you along the foot of the impo­sing Rausch­berg (1645 meters) until you reach the pic­tures­que Tau­ben­see lake. From the­re, the trail leads along beau­tiful paths through mon­ta­ne forests to the Fahr­ries­bo­den cha­pel and then con­ti­nues to Schmelz. From Schmelz, it is only a short distance to your stage desti­na­ti­on of Inzell. Over­night stay in Schmelz (a sub­urb of Inzell) or Inzell. 
Inzell — Bad Reichenhall
Distanz: 23 km Höhe (+): 480m Höhe (-): 700m
The stage that lies ahead of you is extre­me­ly varied, but also chal­len­ging. It beg­ins in the idyl­lic cli­ma­tic health resort of Inzell and takes you through varied moor­land and green mea­dows to the impo­sing Weiß­bach Falls. Your rou­te runs along the Weiß­bach and through the impres­si­ve Weiß­bach Gor­ge, which even­tual­ly leads you to Lake Thum­see. The rou­te con­ti­nues over the Bür­ger­meis­ter­hö­he abo­ve Kirch­berg to the heart of Bad Reichenhall. 
Bad Rei­chen­hall — Königssee
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 1090m Höhe (-): 1100m
In the mor­ning, take the train to Bischofs­wie­sen. From here, the rou­te takes you direct­ly to the hid­den Königs­see lake via the pan­o­r­amic Grün­stein­hüt­te. Final­ly, take the public bus to your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Berchtesgaden. 
Indi­vi­du­al departure
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Indi­vi­du­al depar­tu­re or start of the Salz­al­pen­steig II tour from Golling.

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Booking code: SALZ-ALPEN-7T

Minimum number of participants: 2

Season

15.05.2026 — 30.06.2026 (Anrei­se: Fr, So)
01.07.2026 — 31.08.2026 (Anrei­se: Fr, So)
01.09.2026 — 25.09.2026 (Arri­val: Fri, Sun)

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Single room

EUR 1.078,00
EUR 1.099,00
EUR 1.078,00

Double room*

EUR 838,00
EUR 858,00
EUR 838,00
*Prices are per person.

Additional nights BEFORE the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Ber­nau in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Farb­in­ger Hof) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night BEFORE the tour in Ber­nau in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Farb­in­ger Hof) 

Price per person/night

EUR 112,00
EUR 134,00

Additional nights AFTER the tour

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Berch­tes­ga­den in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Alpen Hotel Seimler) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Berch­tes­ga­den in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Alpen Hotel Seimler) 

Price per person/night

EUR 95,00
EUR 107,00

Additional transfers

(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Orga­ni­zed return trans­fer to Bernau/Prien am Chiem­see (pri­ce for max. 4 persons)

Price

EUR 223,00

Services

Included services
  • Indi­vi­du­al hiking (no group tours)
  • 6 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted hotels, inns and guest­hou­ses (3*/4* category) 
  • Room with show­er or bath / WC
  • 6 x breakfast 
  • Lug­ga­ge trans­port from accom­mo­da­ti­on to accom­mo­da­ti­on (1 suit­ca­se per per­son, max. 20 kg) 
  • Trans­fer on day 3 from the hotel to Bergen
  • Detail­ed tra­vel docu­ments with important infor­ma­ti­on on the rou­te and itin­era­ry (1x per room)
  • 1 x Com­pass hiking gui­de Salzalpensteig
  • Prac­ti­cal felt bag for your tra­vel docu­ments (1x per room) 
  • Down­load GPS data for mobi­le navigation
  • Salz­al­pen­steig Pin
  • Dona­ti­on Sus­taina­bi­li­ty Initia­ti­ve Berg­wald­pro­jekt e.V.
  • 7‑day care­free ser­vice num­ber (dai­ly from 08:00 to 19:00)
  • Feu­er und Eis tra­vel insurance 
Excluded services
  • Tra­vel to and from the tour and par­king fees
  • Spa/local taxes (approx. 1–4 EUR per per­son and night), to be paid at the accommodation
  • Accom­mo­da­ti­on cos­ts for regis­tered dogs, to be paid at the accom­mo­da­ti­on, if applicable
  • Meals and drinks not included
  • Tips, sight­see­ing and other per­so­nal expenses
  • Bus and train jour­neys, trans­fers if not expli­cit­ly included in the program
  • Tra­vel insu­rance (we are hap­py to book tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on and inter­rup­ti­on insurance)

Additional information

Par­king
PRIEN: Con­ti­park P1 at Prien train sta­ti­on. Approx. 22 EUR per week. BERNAU: Free par­king lot at the mini golf cour­se. Plea­se ask your accommodation/hotel about other par­king opti­ons for the dura­ti­on of your hiking tour with Feu­er und Eis (addi­tio­nal cos­ts may apply). 
Tour cha­rac­ter
During the tour on the Salz­al­pen­steig you are repea­ted­ly in alpi­ne ter­rain. Appro­pria­te moun­tain equip­ment and stami­na are the­r­e­fo­re a pre­re­qui­si­te. As you hike for around 5 to 7 hours a day, a good basic level of fit­ness is important.
Other notes
To ensu­re a stress-free start to the trip, we recom­mend arri­ving at the start­ing point by ear­ly evening in most cases. Some tours start as ear­ly as mid­day, in which case we recom­mend arri­ving the day befo­re and will be hap­py to book an extra night for you at the same time. The indi­vi­du­al return jour­ney takes place on the last day of the tour. The kilo­me­ters are appro­xi­ma­te and may dif­fer from the actu­al kilo­me­ters cover­ed. This tour is not sui­ta­ble for peo­p­le with redu­ced mobility. 
Mini­mum num­ber of participants
If a mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is requi­red for the tour to take place, this is sta­ted under Pri­ces and ser­vices. If the mini­mum num­ber of par­ti­ci­pan­ts is not rea­ched, we reser­ve the right to can­cel the trip up to four weeks befo­re the date of arri­val. We recom­mend that you do not orga­ni­ze your arri­val and depar­tu­re until after this dead­line has passed.
Insu­ran­ces
Tra­vel can­cel­la­ti­on insu­rance inclu­ding tra­vel inter­rup­ti­on insu­rance is recom­men­ded in any case. Infor­ma­ti­on can be found at: https://www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/reiseversicherung
7‑day care­free number
No mat­ter how well plan­ned a trip is, in rare cases unex­pec­ted things hap­pen. At such times, it’s nice to have someone you can rely on on site. For this reason, you will have a local cont­act per­son on our indi­vi­du­al acti­vi­ty tours who will be hap­py to pro­vi­de you with infor­ma­ti­on and, as sta­ted in the tra­vel docu­ments, can be cont­ac­ted in an emergency.
Return jour­ney
Return jour­ney eit­her by train from Berch­tes­ga­den main sta­ti­on with chan­ge in Frei­las­sing to Prien or Ber­nau (dura­ti­on: approx. 2 hours) or book an orga­ni­zed return transfer.
Arri­val
CAR: Via the A8 to Ber­nau and if neces­sa­ry con­ti­nue on Ber­nau­er Stra­ße to Prien. TRAIN: Good train con­nec­tions to Ber­nau and Prien. 

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Depending on the case, benefits of up to €50,000 are covered.

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Being sustainable together

We are delighted to have been able to make a difference together with the Tegernsee vacation region since September 2020. Whether cultural, economic or natural sustainability, every aspect and every action is a positive step for the region in which we live. Together with other companies in the Tegernsee Valley, we look forward to actively working together to protect this wonderful spot on earth. As an exclusive tour operator for active travel in nature, we see it as our duty to sensitize all our travellers and protect our nature and homeland.

What do we want to achieve - added value and ecological footprint:

  • to bring people closer to nature in an authentic way
  • to work closely with regional partners and hosts
  • to create added value for the region and at the same time create added value for the guests
  • active participation in animal welfare (since January 2020)
  • CO2 optimizations in the itinerary