5 Day Walking Breaks
- enough time to experience a range of coast, countryside and hills walks in Galloway.
Our 5 Day Walking Breaks are ideal for a mid-week look around Galloway.
Each day’s walk, whether circular or linear, is in a different location. Walks can be from half to a full day giving you the opportunity to also look around the area using our up to date information. You can use your own car for transport or we can assist with our minibus.
Below we outline three 5 day walking breaks with different grade options - Easy, Moderate and Strenuous. These relate to the walk distance and difficulty. You can walk either day first.
We have an extensive selection of other walks in the region which we can incorporate into a 5 day walking break, so If you have specific requirements for a 5 day walking break, just let us know and we will respond with an outline itinerary and a price quote.
Format
- After arrival, we will meet you at your first night’s accommodation base where we provide and go over your Walk Information Pack including route maps and daily itineraries with you.Your first day’s walk starts after breakfast the following day when, if required, we provide transport.
After your third nights stay and the third day’s walk, you can either depart or stay another night if you wish.
Transport
- Walk tranport prices (drop off at walk start and pickup at end) are shown separately in case you wish to use your own car for circular walks. For linear walks, using our minibus, we are able to drop off at the start point and pickup at end or even part assist with public transport if you wish.Prices
- include 5 nights accommodation at our 4 star Summerhill B&B subject to availability, or other selected B&B's in and around Castle Douglas, the welcome meeting and provision of the walks and local Information pack and transport if required.We can also arrange hotel and other accommodation in other areas and the welcome meeting can be optional - prices amended asccordingly.
10% discount for groups of 4 or more.
5A - The Stewartry Stroll.
Start – Any day of the week.
Distance – from 2 to 6 miles with longer options.
Grade – Easy.
Comments – Stay at 2 different B&B's, one in Gatehouse of Fleet and also in Castle Douglas. A great way to take some not too difficult walks and explore some of the prominent towns and places in Dumfries and Galloway.
Price – £245 p.p. in B&B's (assuming two sharing). Transport - £100 plus £10 p.p.
Summary
- These walks are ideal for morning walks with a chance to explore the area around the walk location in the afternoon using the tourist information we provide.The first location is Gatehouse of Fleet, a former cotton mill town, know popular with tourists and with several walking options which we will outline.
You head to north Dumfriesshire to Thornhill area with Drumlanrig Castle as the highlight with the excellent estate woodland and river walks.
Further west you can easily spend time in Wigtown ‘book town’ with Bladnoch distillery nearby, again with a range of walks there and nearby.
Kirkcudbright artists’ town has various arts and crafts attractions with castle and harbour with fishing boats. There are town, riverside, wood and other nearby walks. We also recommend where you can try the scallops landed from the fishing boats.
Castle Douglas ‘food town’, our base, and adjacent Carlingwark loch with nearby National Trust for Scotland’s Threave Estate provides plenty of opportunity for walking with the town’s Sulwath brewery or recommended tea rooms for refreshment after.
5B - Midweek Magical Walking Break .
Start – Any day of the week.
Distance – from 4 to 8 miles with longer options.
Grade – Moderate.
Comments – Stay at 2 different B&B's, one in Gatehouse of Fleet and also in Kippford. Again some excellent and diverse walks.
Price – £255 p.p. in B&B's (assuming two sharing). Transport - £80 plus £10 p.p.
Summary
- This two centre walking break includes 3 nights in castle Douglas and two in the East Stewartry National Scenic Area.The first day’s walk takes you west to Loch Whinyeon and the Fleet Valley. This is followed by a day in The Glenkens upland area north of Loch Ken for a circular walk. After a coastal walk near Kirkcudbright, you then move to stay at either Rockliffe or Kippford villages, depending on accommodation availability. Here you can take an excellent circular woodland and coastal walk one day and follow that with a shoreline coastal walk with several features along the way. We explain the walk options and provide the walk information.
5C - Five ‘Richt Guid’ Walks.
Start – Any day of the week.
Distance – from 6 to 11miles with longer options.
Grade – Challenging.
Comments – A good spread of walking locations in central Dumfries and Galloway, all with interesting features.
Price – £265 p.p. in B&B's (assuming two sharing). Transport - £130 plus £10 p.p.
Summary
- Striding Arches are several hilltop sculptures by world famous Andy Goldsworthy and the scene of your first day’s walk near Moniaive which has an excellent choice of food places – which we can give advice.A coastal walk on a new way-marked route not yet well known is a good starting point for a walk ending in Gatehouse in Fleet.
The old railway line between the Water of Fleet and Loch Ken provides some great hills and lochs scenery. A similar but more rugged walk, not necessarily the day after this one, takes you along the Southern Upland Way. We tailor the walk to suit your preference, which can be between the spectacular Loch Trool to Clatteringshaws loch.
Closer to Castle Douglas, the little known Almorness peninsula on the Solway coast is a good place to end your walking week with a good pub nearby.
