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A person holding a red cup, sitting next to a stone wall, with a pile of logs in the background. 2
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3-Day Freedom Trail Trek Experience, Pyrenees + Wild Camp

By spa-adventure-treks-ltd
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$1,048 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Stay in a wild camp used during WW2
  • Learn about World War ll by retracing escapees footsteps
  • Travel in small groups with your personal guide and bespoke groups available
  • Expand your knowledge about the functioning of the resistance network during WW2
  • Visit the Halifax bomber crash site

Activity location

    • Toulouse
    • Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Tarascon-sur-Ariège, 09400 Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Frankreich | We will meet outside the Train station in Tarascon sur Ariege with a Freedom Trail Trek sign. If you are a group and would like a pick up at Toulouse Blagnac Airport, this can be arranged for an extra transfer fee.
    • Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Occitanie, France

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3-Day Freedom Trail Trek Experience, Pyrenees + Wild Camp

  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English
Starting time: 10:00 AM
Price details
AU$1,047.76 x 1 AdultAU$1,047.76
Total
Price is AU$1,047.76

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Local Transport from Tarascon sur Ariegè
  • Inclusions
    Luggage transfer and storage (except personal equipment needed to walk into wild camp)
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    Additional information about arrival
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    Packing list
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    Evening briefing N1
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    Wild camp tent and provisions
  • Inclusions
    Food (B,L Dinner N2)
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    Accommodation (1x hotel + 1x wild camp) on a twin or triple room share basis
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    Qualified international mountain leader living locally
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    Historical Information pack
  • Inclusions
    Visit Chemin de la Liberté Museum or open-air Memorial
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    Visit Louis Barreau Memorial
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    Hike to Subera Refuge
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    Climb to Halifax Bomber
  • Exclusions
    Airport transfers (can be booked additionally)
  • Exclusions
    Anything outside the itinerary
  • Exclusions
    Personal expenses & Alcohol
  • Exclusions
    Dinner N1
  • Exclusions
    Travel insurance
  • Exclusions
    Flights
  • Exclusions
    Tips (optional)

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: People with back problems, People with heart problems, People with low level of fitness, People with mobility impairments, People with respiratory issues

What you can expect

  • Follow the footsteps of a World War ll escapee fleeing occupied France towards Spain meeting in Tarascon sur Ariege

    DAY 1 Begin your adventure in Tarascon sur Ariegè, after arriving from Toulouse airport, or elsewhere in France. We will pick you up at the train station in Tarascon sur Ariegè where you will make your first contact with your guide. In the early afternoon, you will visit the Chemin de la Liberté Museum or Tarascon open-air Memorial and walk into the Louis Barreau Memorial. This activity includes about 4 hours of trekking to reach Aunac. You will spend your first night at a hotel in St Girons or Seix. Toulouse pick up on request as a supplement.

    DAY 2, You will walk into the Subera Refuge which sits at (1,449 m) - a wild camp site used in WW2. After lunch you will climb to the crash site of the Halifax bomber (2,100 m). This remote location highlights the dangers and conditions escapees had to face. After spending the at Subera camping or inside the primitive refuge. This included about 7 hours of trekking and about 900 m height gain. If anybody would like to stay in the wild camp during the visit to the Halifax bomber this is possible.

    DAY 3 On the final day we descend from the campsite and you will be transferred to either Foix or Tarascon sur Ariège train stations. Airport or Toulouse transfer available on request for groups.

Location

Activity location

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    • Toulouse
    • Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Tarascon-sur-Ariège, 09400 Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Frankreich | We will meet outside the Train station in Tarascon sur Ariege with a Freedom Trail Trek sign. If you are a group and would like a pick up at Toulouse Blagnac Airport, this can be arranged for an extra transfer fee.
    • Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Occitanie, France