Terra & Tide
All journeys
All three
The Whole Way
Fourteen nights, all three landscapes, in the only order that makes sense on the ground.
DISTANCE
318 km
TOTAL ASCENT
10,600 m
NIGHTS
14 nights
FROM
$8,900
Demanding · the full range, back to back
Day by day
DAY 1
Arrive Ste-Foy
The start of all three. Kit check, supper, and an explanation of what the next two weeks actually look like.
Transfer 40 min
Village inn
DAY 2
Into the mountains
Up through the larch and above it. The first hut by mid-afternoon.
980 m ascent · 5 h
Mountain hut
DAY 3
The watershed
Ridge all day with a valley falling away on both sides.
640 m ascent · 7 h
Mountain hut
DAY 4
Glacier crossing
Roped for three hours over flat ice, early, while it is still hard.
410 m ascent · 6 h
Mountain hut
DAY 5
The high col
2,900 m, and the highest you will stand on the whole route.
1,100 m ascent · 8 h
Mountain hut
DAY 6
Down and out
A long descent to the valley, then the night train south.
1,400 m descent · 6 h
Night train
DAY 7
Onto the coast
Off the train into salt air. An easy afternoon on the cliff path to change gear.
280 m ascent · 4 h
Harbour inn
DAY 8
The long beach
Six miles of sand at low tide, which is why we start before six.
Flat · 5 h
Farmhouse
DAY 9
The cove with no name
One cove, one swim, one afternoon of doing very little.
260 m ascent · 4 h
Harbour inn
DAY 10
The last cliffs
The best coastal walking of the fortnight, and the last of the green.
620 m ascent · 7 h
Harbour inn
DAY 11
Fly south
A travel day. Two flights and a two-hour drive, ending in the dark at a camp in the sand.
Transfer 11 h
Desert camp
DAY 12
The dry riverbed
Following a river that has not run in eleven years.
Flat · 6 h
Desert camp
DAY 13
Deadvlei before the heat
Up at four for the pan at sunrise, back under canvas by eleven.
220 m ascent · 4 h
Desert camp
DAY 14
The high dune
The last climb of the route. An hour up, four minutes down, and then the sea.
310 m ascent · 5 h
Coast lodge
DAY 15
Out at Walvis Bay
Three landscapes, fourteen nights, one pair of boots. Then the airstrip.
Transfer 45 min
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What the price covers
INCLUDED
Guiding throughout · all accommodation as listed · breakfast and evening meal every day · baggage transfer between stops · group safety kit and first aid · a full kit list and route notes eight weeks before you go
NOT INCLUDED
Flights and travel to the start · lunches · travel insurance, which we require · personal equipment · drinks with meals · tips, which nobody expects
Departures
Eight places on every date. When one is full we do not add a ninth, and we will say honestly which of the remaining dates suits the route best.
Departs late July
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Few places
Departs late July 2027
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