The Channel Islands In Comfort

This tour is an island-hopping and walking adventure. During the days take intriguing walks through a variety of terrain, such as beaches, cliffs, woodlands and shady lanes and at night stay in cosy boutique hotels where you can indulge in the good life.

Slower Adventures | Where walking and cycling meet easy-going exploring, our Slower Adventures are the perfect combination. Most days are filled with picturesque journeys with some free time to dive into the destination and experience the people, local food and culture as you go.

Multi Centre Walking | With a mix of loop and point-to-point walks stay 2 or 3 nights in one place which offers the chance to slow down and really explore a destination.

Solo Travellers

The minimum age for this tour is: 5 Years

This tour is graded easy to moderate. The trails are a combination of dirt trails, gravel tracks and quiet country roads. In Jersey, there are 45 miles of “green lanes” where the maximum speed of traffic is only 15mph and where priority is given to walkers. In Sark, there are no motorised vehicles and in Guernsey, your walk is on the coastal path. This tour is suitable for walkers with good physical fitness.

The accommodations provided on this tour are a mix of hand-picked 4* and 5* hotels. We have provided names of accommodations, however, those listed are just examples and during busy times we may place you elsewhere. They will be of similar quality.

Single Rooms & Solo Walkers

If you require single rooms we would be happy to accommodate you although there is a single room supplement payable.

We also welcome solo walkers on this tour, again a supplement is payable.

Meals

Breakfast is included each morning. Dinner is included on days 1 and 5. Lunches are not included. On some of the walking days, it will be necessary to take a packed lunch, however, on most days, a little café, farm shop or pub is never far away.  In the evenings when dinner is not included you can eat at your hotel or there are plenty of local restaurants to choose from.

Some of the walks will be waymarked, especially when you walk along either Jersey or Guernsey Coastal Paths, however, this is not always the case. At sections, the trail can be featureless and off the beaten path so we strongly suggest that you follow the GPS tracks and route notes provided in the Macs Adventure smartphone app to ensure you have a safe, enjoyable and problem-free day.

Between April and September. Advantages in the spring are the beautiful spring flowers in bloom. Temperatures will probably be at their best in the summer and in the Autumn/Fall it will be nice and peaceful with fewer other tourists.

NOTE: Ferries from mainland UK (typically to/from Poole or Portsmouth) and between Jersey and Guernsey may not be available daily throughout the season. We will try our best to accommodate your first choice of date, but this may need to be changed according to availability. We recommend calling the team to discuss this before booking your trip with us online.

The Sark ferry also runs on a reduced timetable in October so the tour cannot operate on these dates unless you wish to skip this section.

You can get to Jersey by fast ferry or by flying. Jersey Airport is served by a few different airlines, such as Flybe and Easyjet and they fly from varying locations in the UK. A transfer from the airport to your hotel in St Helier is included. Please make sure to give us your flight arrival details so that we can make this arrangement for you.

St Helier is also accessible by ferry from either Poole, Portsmouth or Weymouth and from the French mainland in St Malo. Condor Ferries is the operator of these ferries and will find schedules and costs on their website. Upon arrival into the port of St Helier, a taxi will be waiting to take you to your hotel. Please provide your ferry arrival details.

Guernsey Airport is served by three different carriers, Flybe (who fly to numerous UK airports from Guernsey), Aurigny and Blue Islands (flying from Southampton)

Guernsey Airport is only a few miles away from St Peter’s Port.  An included transfer will bring you from your hotel on the morning of Day 8 to the airport. Please provide us with your departure details so that we can make these arrangements for you.

It is also possible to get from St Peter’s Port by ferry. Condor Ferries operates to Poole, Portsmouth in the UK and to St Malo in France. There is also a passenger-only ferry to various ports in Normandy during the summer months, operated by Manches Iles Express.

An included transfer from your hotel to the port is included. Please provide us with your departure details so that we may arrange this transfer for you.

Your bags will be transferred from your accommodation as per your itinerary and moved onto your next overnight accommodation. 

At Macs Adventure, we work in partnership with many luggage transfer providers who set a limit on how many bags/suitcases they will transfer per person, and also the weight of the bag/suitcase.  Your booking includes transfer of 1 bag per person.  It is very important that you read the luggage information specific to your tour before departure. If you do not adhere to these limits, there is a great possibility that you will be charged locally both for extra bags or if they are too heavy. This limitation can be a challenge, especially as airlines generally have limits that are higher. However, our luggage providers have reasons for these limits (usually due to the Health and Safety of their employees), which we must respect.

When taking the ferry from Jersey to Guernsey it is required that you take your luggage with you on the ferry. When you arrive in St Peter’s Port you will also need to take your luggage to the first hotel. Therefore we highly recommend that you only bring one medium-sized suitcase in anticipation of this.