2024 Vermont Walking & Hiking Tours
If you like to hike or walk, but don’t want to be confined to a daily group schedule, a self-guided Vermont hiking vacation is an ideal independent getaway. Benefit from our 49 years of experience in searching out rewarding trails and footpaths and fine Vermont country inns.
Self-guided Vermont hiking and walking packages are all-inclusive and feature
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relaxed Old World dinner service at your inn each evening
- comfortable country inn accommodations (private baths; non-smoking inns)
- full country breakfast at your inn each morning
- brown-bag hiker’s trail lunch packed for you by your breakfast innkeeper
- day use fees when required
- our hiking trail notes in advance through a fun and informative “Vamoos” app
- detailed paper local trail maps distributed by the innkeepers
- an innkeeper’s “trail talk” (orientation to local conditions) each morning
- housekeeping and waitstaff gratuities
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Vermont rooms and meals tax (9%).
Your only out-of-pocket expense on tour is alcohol if desired. You’ll need use of a car to reach the trailhead each morning and drive on to your next inn each afternoon. A limited number of rooms with two beds are available if desired (please request at time of booking).
Self Guided Vermont Hiking Inns
In 2024, hikers and walkers will stay at:
Fox Creek Inn, Chittenden, Vermont
Mountain Top Inn, Chittenden, Vermont
Swift House Inn, Middlebury, Vermont
Blueberry Hill Inn, Goshen, Vermont
All package prices are “per person double occupancy” (ppdo)
Schedule and pricing appear below; for the recommended trails for each day, please visit this page
2024 Summer Five-Night Tour (May 12th through September 14th)
Tour 1S: arrive at Fox Creek Sunday afternoon; finish at Blueberry Hill Friday morning
Sunday Fox Creek; Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House; Thursday Blueberry Hill
Five-night summer tour: $1595 ppdo / $3190 per couple or $2145 ppso (solo guest / private room)
2024 Summer Four-Night Tour (May 12th through September 14th)
Tour 2S: arrive at Fox Creek Sunday afternoon; finish at Swift House Thursday morning
Sunday Fox Creek; Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House
Tour 3S: arrive at Mountain Top Monday afternoon; finish at Blueberry Hill Friday morning
Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House; Thursday Blueberry Hill
Any four-night summer tour: $1295 ppdo / $2590 per couple or $1745 ppso (solo guest / private room)
2024 Summer Season Three-Night Tour (May 12th through September 14th)
Tour 4S: arrive at Fox Creek Sunday afternoon; finish at Lilac Inn Wednesday morning
Tour 5S: arrive at Mountain Top Monday afternoon; finish at Swift House Thursday morning
Tour 6S: arrive at Lilac Inn Tuesday afternoon; finish at Blueberry Hill Friday morning
Any three-night summer tour: $995 ppdo / $1990 per couple or $1345 ppso (solo guest / private room)
2024 Fall Season Five-Night Tour (September 15 – October 19)
Tour 1F: arrive at Fox Creek Sunday afternoon; finish at Blueberry Hill Friday morning
Sunday Fox Creek; Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House; Thursday Blueberry Hill
Five-night fall tour: $1695 ppdo / $3390 per couple or $2295 ppso (solo guest / private room)
2024 Fall Season Four-Night Tour (September 15 – October 19)
Tour 2F: arrive at Fox Creek Sunday afternoon; finish at Swift House Thursday morning
Sunday Fox Creek; Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House
Tour 3F: arrive at Mountain Top Monday afternoon; finish at Blueberry Hill Friday morning
Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House; Thursday Blueberry Hill
Any four-night fall tour: $1395 ppdo / $2790 per couple or $1875 ppso (solo guest / private room)
2024 Fall Three-Night Tour (September 15 – October 19)
Tour 4F: arrive at Fox Creek Sunday afternoon; finish at Lilac Inn Wednesday morningf
Sunday Fox Creek; Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac
Tour 5F: arrive at Mountain Top Monday afternoon; finish at Swift House Thursday morning
Monday Mountain Top; Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House
Tour 6F: arrive at Lilac Inn Tuesday afternoon; finish at Blueberry Hill Friday morning
Tuesday Lilac; Wednesday Swift House; Thursday Blueberry Hill
Any three-night fall tour: $1095 ppdo / $2190 per couple or $1445 ppso (solo guest / private room)