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Salz­Al­pen­Steig I wit­hout lug­ga­ge trans­fer 9 days

from 918,- per person

  • Duration: 9 Days
  • Total distance: approx. 120 km
  • Altitude: (+) 3470 m
  • Altitude: (-) 4600 m
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On the almost 125 km long Salz­Al­pen­Steig from Chiem­see to Königs­see, you will not only see uni­que, breath­ta­king land­scapes but also learn a lot about the salt springs, the salt depo­sits and the histo­ry of salt extra­c­tion and pro­ces­sing. Dis­co­ver the traces of salt and the sights of the vil­la­ges on the 7 stages. High­lights of the tour include end­less pan­o­r­amic views, of cour­se the Chiem­see and Königs­see lakes, but also the tra­di­ti­ons of the region. 
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Der Blick fällt auf ein paar einzelne, höhere Bäume, die die Sicht auf einen schönen türkisfarbenen See und die Bergwelt etwas verdecken.
Ein gepflegter Wanderweg bzw. -pfad führt an einem Bach entlang. Im Vordergrund links am Zaun lila Blumen.
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.
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Itinerary / Stages

Indi­vi­du­al jour­ney to Ber­nau / Prien am Chiemsee
Distanz: 0 km Höhe (+): 0m Höhe (-): 0m
Wel­co­me to the Chiem­gau. Over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on: Ber­nau or Prien 
Ber­nau / Prien — Marquartstein
Distanz: 20 km Höhe (+): 330m Höhe (-): 320m
If you have not spent the night in Prien, take the train to Prien am Chiem­see in the mor­ning, whe­re your first stage starts. The hike takes you through the vil­la­ges of Prien and Ber­nau with magni­fi­cent views of the moun­ta­ins. This stage takes you through moor­land forests, moor­land land­scapes and the forests abo­ve Ber­naus and Rottau until you final­ly reach Kucheln and then Gras­sau and Mar­quart­stein. Over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on: Gras­sau or Marquartstein 
Mar­quart­stein — Ruhpolding
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 330m Höhe (-): 1260m
After break­fast, you will be trans­fer­red to Ber­gen. The­re you will take the cable car to the top of the Hoch­felln, the vie­w­ing ter­race of the Chiem­gau regi­on. On the appro­xi­m­ate­ly 20-minu­te ride, you will get your first tas­te of what awaits you on this hike: a magni­fi­cent view of the sur­roun­ding moun­tain ran­ges, vil­la­ges and coun­try­si­de and a won­derful hike in the alpi­ne land­scape of the Hoch­felln. The trail leads you ste­adi­ly down the moun­tain through moun­tain pines, across lar­ge alpi­ne mea­dows and through spar­se forests. You pass the idyl­li­cal­ly situa­ted Felln-Alm and later hike past the Farn­bö­den-Alm. The trail con­ti­nues around the Reit­stein (1250m). A litt­le later you reach the magi­cal fairy­ta­le forest near Brand, which is an impres­si­ve expe­ri­ence not only for youn­ger hikers with its many caves and grot­tos. Always fol­low the signs to Ruh­pol­ding, today’s stage desti­na­ti­on. Over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on: Mai­er­g­schwendt (a sub­urb of Ruh­pol­ding) or Ruhpolding 
Ruh­pol­ding — Inzell
Distanz: 15 km Höhe (+): 420m Höhe (-): 440m
An eventful hike bet­ween Ruh­pol­ding and Inzell in the Chiem­gau Alps awaits you on the third stage of the Salz­Al­pen­Steig. At the foot of the Rausch­berg (1645m) you reach the pic­tures­que Tau­ben­see lake, hike along won­derful paths through the moun­tain forests to the Fahr­ries­bo­den cha­pel and on to Schmelz, from whe­re it is only a stone’s throw to your stage desti­na­ti­on of Inzell. Over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on: Schmelz (next to Inzell) or Inzell
Inzell — Bad Reichenhall
Distanz: 23 km Höhe (+): 480m Höhe (-): 700m
This enorm­ously varied, but also stre­nuous stage takes you from the cli­ma­tic health resort of Inzell across moor­land and lush mea­dows to the Weiß­bach Falls. Along the Weiß­bach and the Weiß­bach gor­ge you come to the Thum­see and over the Bür­ger­meis­ter­hö­he abo­ve Kirch­berg to the cen­ter of Bad Rei­chen­hall. Over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on: Bad Reichenhall
Bad Rei­chen­hall — Bischofswiesen
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 490m Höhe (-): 350m
Today’s stage offers you lots of infor­ma­ti­on and sights on the sub­ject of salt, a very varied land­scape and won­derful views of the Alps. Visit the old salt works in Bad Rei­chen­hall, the town pul­pit, from whe­re you have a won­derful view of the Alpi­ne spa town, and the idyl­lic muni­ci­pa­li­ty of Baye­risch Gmain. Bri­ne pipes and other ‑sal­ty- sights make the trail an enter­tai­ning expe­ri­ence for the who­le fami­ly. Con­ti­nue hiking until you final­ly arri­ve in Hall­thurm. The old house of Hall­thurm is part of the for­mer for­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons of the prin­ce pro­vost of Berch­tes­ga­den against Salz­burg and Bava­ria and was built in 1194 on the occa­si­on of an attack by the citi­zens of Rei­chen­hall in 1193 (during which the salt bre­wing pans of Berch­tes­ga­den were des­troy­ed). The rou­te con­ti­nues slight­ly uphill through the forest, you cross the Schwarz­gra­ben and the Fre­chen­bach and final­ly reach the Bischofs­wie­se­ner Ache, who­se cour­se you fol­low to Winkl and our desti­na­ti­on Bischofs­wie­sen. Train ride to your accom­mo­da­ti­on in Bad Reichenhall. 
Bischofs­wie­sen — Ramsau
Distanz: 13 km Höhe (+): 510m Höhe (-): 550m
Take the train to Bischofs­wie­sen in the mor­ning. From lei­su­re­ly paths along rivers and streams to steep ascents, e.g. to the Mord­au­alm, this stage of the Salz­Al­pen­Steig in Berch­tes­ga­de­ner Land has ever­y­thing to make hikers’ hearts beat fas­ter. Over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on: Ramsau 
Ram­sau — Königssee
Distanz: 17 km Höhe (+): 910m Höhe (-): 980m
The eventful seventh stage of the Salz­Al­pen­Steig from Ram­sau to Königs­see beg­ins with a short hike along the nor­t­hern bank of the Ram­sau­er Achen. At the foot of Geröll­berg (1162m) and Söl­den­köpfl (1022m), you fol­low the old bri­ne pipes towards Enge­dey and are reward­ed again and again with magni­fi­cent views in the bird sanc­tua­ry abo­ve Ram­sau for the effort of the ascent. The view here wan­ders south over Ram­sau to the Hoch­kal­ter (2606m), the nor­t­hern­most blue ice gla­cier in the Alps and one of the hig­hest moun­ta­ins in Ger­ma­ny, the Mit­tel­spit­ze (2713m) and the Klei­ner Watz­mann (2307m). From Enge­dey you start the ascent to the Grün­stein, a well-known pan­o­r­amic moun­tain in the Berch­tes­ga­den Alps, which can also be clim­bed via seve­ral via fer­ra­tas. On forest roads and forest paths, the rou­te winds uphill to the Grün­stein­hüt­te, from whe­re you once again have a magni­fi­cent view of the Berch­tes­ga­de­ner Land. Along the Wei­ße Wend, you hike down into the val­ley and reach Schön­au after this varied hike. At the end of this hiking stage at the beau­tiful Königs­see lake, take the public trans­port bus from Schön­au am Königs­see to your over­night accom­mo­da­ti­on in Berchtesgaden. 
Indi­vi­du­al jour­ney home or extension
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Indi­vi­du­al return jour­ney to the Chiem­see or orga­ni­zed return jour­ney for an extra char­ge, or exten­si­on to Gol­ling and then start of the Salz­al­pen­steig II tour. 

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Booking code: SALZ-ALPEN-O-GEPAECK

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 1.248,00
EUR 1.278,00
EUR 1.248,00

Double room*

EUR 918,00
EUR 948,00
EUR 918,00
*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) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Ber­nau in a dou­ble room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Farb­in­ger Hof) 
(01.01.2026 — 31.12.2026) Addi­tio­nal night AFTER the tour in Ber­nau in a sin­gle room incl. break­fast / (Hotel Farb­in­ger Hof) 

Price per person/night

EUR 95,00
EUR 107,00
EUR 112,00
EUR 134,00

Additional transfers

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

Price

EUR 206,00

Services

Included services
  • Indi­vi­du­al hiking (no group tours)
  • 8 x over­night stays in sel­ec­ted hotels, inns and guest­hou­ses (3*/4* category)
  • Room with show­er or bath / WC
  • 8 x breakfast 
  • 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
  • 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

Tour cha­rac­ter
During the tour on the Salz­al­pen­steig you are repea­ted­ly in alpi­ne ter­rain. Appro­pria­te moun­tain equip­ment and stami­na are the­r­e­fo­re a pre­re­qui­si­te. The neces­sa­ry equip­ment includes: Moun­tain boots, func­tion­al clot­hing, ruck­sack, water and food, rain and sun pro­tec­tion, cell pho­ne, pos­si­bly hiking poles, etc. Approx. 5 to 6 hours of hiking are plan­ned each day.
Par­king
PRIEN: Con­ti­park P1 at Prien train sta­ti­on. Approx. 21 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). 
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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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