4x4, off-road adventure holiday in the Coastal Alps of Liguria.
This off-road adventure offers you the chance to improve your driving skills and gain experience in a variety of winter conditions - mud, rock, snow and ice. During the trip, you will be based in a comfortable mountain lodge overlooking the Mediterranean sea. Each day we will explore different areas of the coastal Alps taking you along high mountain ridges and through dense single-track routes through the chestnut forests. These are the routes where you're more likely to see wild boar than people. A great escape - another great adventure.
What's included | 5 nights accommodation |> maps |> 4x4 support vehicle and guide |> 1 night drive |> trip schedule with full route notes |> 5 evening meals and 5 breakfasts |> 2 picnic lunches, 2 BBQ lunches at mountain refuges.
What's NOT included - Fuel, wine and other beverages during your evening meals.
Accommodation: 5 nights half-board accommodation in a fully serviced mountain lodge, overlooking the Mediterranean coast
|> Extend your stay by as many nights as you wish.
|> RIDE ALONG places available for those without their own vehicle.
Request  or email  or call +44
(0)845 0944 669
| Coastal Alps | mud, rock, snow and ice | Night-drive | Return to base orienteering day | testing terrain for both driver and vehicle | Great mountain food. |
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HOLIDAY IMPRESSIONS & DETAILS |
| DAY 1: Holiday starts just west of Savona. DAY 2: Training Day 1 - ACLIMITISATION, plus NIGHT DRIVE. DAY 3: Training Day 2 - HIGH COASTAL MOUNTAIN RIDGES. DAY 4: Training Day 3 - RETURN-TO-BASE ORIENTEERING CHALLENGE. DAY 5: Training Day 4 - SINGLE TRACK FOREST TRAILS. DAY 6: Departure day. |
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TRIP DETAILS
Day 1: Plan to meet us on the Finalese coast where the holiday will start.
The Finalese coast is just west along the coast from Savona. An evening in the refuge to meet other participants and to discuss the days ahead over dinner.
Day 2: TRAINING DAY 1 - ACLIMITISATION DAY
After breakfast, we make a short tour through the local chestnut forests to a mountain view-point from where you can get your bearings and a good understanding of the topology and terrain. BBQ lunch at a mountain refuge. Afternoon spent negotiating a variety of single track forest routes. We plan to finish earlier today so that there is plenty of time to relax and have dinner before going out for a night drive.
Our Comment: Drive through dense forests to a mountain peak where you'll have amazing views of the Riviera coast by night.
Day 3: TRAINING DAY 2 - HIGH COASTAL MOUNTAIN RIDGES.
Leaving our rustic lodge in the mountains, we make a tour along the high coastal ridges of the Ligurian Alps from Savona to Albenga.
Our Comment: A very impressive and unique route above the Mediterranean sea with both varied and challenging climbs.
Day 4: TRAINING DAY 3 - RETURN-TO-BASE ORIENTEERING CHALLENGE.
Following a drive into the depths of a remote forest, everyone takes it in turns to lead the convoy back to base, or not - without the help of their GPS navigation systems.
Our Comment: With a compass, a map and the benefit of the previous couple of days driving, discover how easy it is to get 'lost'!! A great fun day with more than just a driving challenge.
Day 5: TRAINING DAY 4 - SINGLE TRACK FOREST TRAILS.
Up early for perhaps the most challenging and demanding of the 4-day camp. We spend the day navigating a maze of single track routes up through the forests to the higher Alps. You'll spend much of the day rock-crawling and mud-plugging and expect average speeds below 10km/hr.
Our Comment: A great technical day where the temptation is to spend much of the day with your head out of the window watching the tyres grind their way over the rugged terrain. Definately a day for those who like to get their trucks dirty.
Day 6: DEPARTURE DAY.
After breakfast, we say our farwells and head off on our own seperate ways.
Extend your stay: This holiday can be extended by as many days and nights as you wish, giving you more time to relax and explore the area better. Ask us for further details.
[1] The winter training camps run once a month from November to May. Snow conditions can be expected anytime between the months of December and March.
[2] You should be a reasonably experienced off-road driver and be quite comfortable with full days of driving in the mountains. Heights and exposed edges are common during the 4-days.
[3] Itineraries are subject to change depending on local weather and mountain conditions.
[4] Specific dates will be dependent on the preferences of those clients making individual bookings. This holiday can be booked by individuals, couples and groups - we require a minimum of 4 people for a winter training camp to go ahead.
[5] For group bookings of 8 people or more, you are free to choose specific dates for which we will run this camp exclusively for that group.
[6] A discount of 5% applies for group bookings of 4 or more.
[7] Endorsed by the Dutch Mountain Rescue Team for whom we provide fully supported winter and summer training camps for their all-terrain remote access recovery units.
To book:
Check  or email or call +44 (0)845 0944 669
NOTE:
1. Prices in 'euros'.
2. Flights not included unless
specified.
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