EE 16days Trip

This will be a backpack experience using public buses/trains from town to town. In Poprad, Krakow and from Krumlov to Linz , we hire local vans. We stay in pensions and hostels in rooms with private bath ranging from 2 to 4 pax sharing room. Its quite important participants are able to manage their own luggage and backpacks are a must. As usual, you pay for your own meals, cable car rides, entrance fees, within-the-town taxis and other activities.

Day 0 KLIA:: Assemble at KLIA by 12 MIDNIGHT 26 MAY 2010 WEDNESDAY. No need to take leave from work today.

Day 1 Bratislava: Fly Emirates Airline at 0200hr 27 MAY THU to Dubai then Vienna arriving at 145PM. From Vienna Airport, we bus directly to Bratislava 110km 1:15 hr (1hr 15min). Retire early to rest from the long journey. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia. Stay triples with private bath in hostel, breakfast not included.

Day 2 Poprad: Morning spend time wandering the old city of Bratislava and the main square. After early lunch we take the noon train to Poprad 344km 5hr. Stay doubles with private bath in pension, breakfast included.

Day 3 Levoca, Spisska Kapitula, Spis Castle: We hire a minibus for a full day tour starting in Levoca 16km. This small but impressive town is full of fine Renaissance buildings, with a complete set of original fortifications. 15km east of Levoca we visit Unesco listed Spis Castle , one of the biggest castles in Central Europe . A nearby attraction is the Spisska Kapitula, a 13 th century settlement for the church clergy. Stay doubles with private bath in pension in Proprad. Minibus cost is covered for this day.

Day 4 Stary Smokovec & Tatry Mountains: Morning train 727AM to the mountain town of Stary Smokovec 13km 30min, in the famous Tatry Mountains. After checking in, we take another train to Tatranska Lomnica 6km and cable car up to Skalnate Pleso. Members have the option of cabling higher to the second highest point in Tatry Mountains called Lomniky Stit 2634m. We then walk about 3hr to Hrebienok 1280m and descent using the funicular railway built 1908. Stay doubles/triples with private bath in pension in Stary Smokovec, breakfast not included. Train rides are covered. Furnicular and cable car rides are not.

Day 5 More Tary Mountains: Another day in Stary Smokovec to relax and enjoy the mountains. Today Group can visit Skalnate Pleso, a 3hr hike. We take the train 16km 40min to Strbske Pleso station to begin the walk. There are walks in the area for members to chose. Overnight Stary Smokovec. Free day and transport on this day not covered. Overnight in Stary Smokovec.

Day 6 Zakopane Poland: A morning public bus will take us the border town of Tatranska Javorina 31km 54min where we cross in Lysa Polana Poland . We hire a minibus to take group from here to Zakopane 30min, the main town in the Polish Tatry Mountains . Group is free to wander about beautiful mountain village. Stay doubles/triples with private bath in pension in Zakopane, breakfast inclued.

Trekking and Tatry Mountains Slovakia

Day 7 Mt Kasprowy Wierch and Dolina Koscieliska : Full day outoing to Kuznice for a cable car ride (own cost Rm60) up to Kasprowy Wierch 1987m, a famous peak in Poland. This is followed by a beautiful walk along Dolina Koscieliska (valley). Stay Zakopane. Minibus hire for this day is covered. Cable car rides are not.

Day 8 Krakow & Auschwitz Prison Camp : In the morning we hire a minibus to take group to Krakow 120km 2.5hr. We go on to Unesco Auschwitz Prison Camp, the famous WW2 Prison camp was responsible for the extermination of more than 1.5 million Jews and other Nationalities. After the 3.5hr tour, we return to Krakow. We have the rest of the day free to relax and walk about this Unesco listed town. Stay doubles/triples with private bath in pension in Krakow, breakfast not inclued. Minibus hire is coverd.

Day 9 Krakow: We spend the whole day visiting Krakow's Wawel castle and many of the impressive structures of Krakow was also built from the salt money. This town has the largest town square in Europe. Stay Krakow.

Day 10 Wieliczka Salt Mine: We take the frequent local minbuses to Unesco listed Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the oldest salt mines in Europe. We have the rest of the day to relax and enjoy Krakow. At night we take the overnight sleeper train to Prague Czek Republic 500km 8:41hr. Minibus fare is covered.

Day 11 Prague: We arrive in Prague at 7am and after settling into our accomodation, we proceed to visit Unesco listed Prague with its impressive old city and the famous Charles Bridge. Stay Prague, breakfast included. Local trams/metro rides are not covered.

Day 12 Karoly Vary: An optional day tour by public bus to the the largest and oldest spa towns, with 12 hot springs containing some 40 chemical elements used in treatment of various diseases. Its a full day 142km 2:15hr ride one way from. Stay Prague. Bus fare of about Rm50 not covered.

Auschwitz Birkenau Camps / Vlatava River Cesky Krumlov

Day 13 Kutna Hora & Dalecin: We go on a 2 days tour to rural Czek. First stop is Kutna Hora 1:30hr to visit this Unesco listed bone church. The silver mined here in the 16 th century made Kutna Hora rich and the medieval townscape is basically unchanged. After 3hr drive we arrive in Dalecin, a small village. Stay doubles/triples with private bath in country pension breakfast included. Tour cost is covered.

Day 14 Moravsky Kras Caves: We drive to Moravsky Kras Caves and visit include an underground boat trip, followed by lunch. Then its off to Cesky Krumlov where we overnight. Stay in triples with private baths in pension, breakfast included.

Day 15 Cesky Krumlov: We have whole day wandering this beautiful small town with its labyrinth of lanes and squares. Listed on the Unesco World Heritage list, medieval Cesky Krumlov has not changed much and now is a haven for neighboring Austria and backpackers, a wonderful place to “lepak”. There are options to canoe down the Vltave River that meanders through the middle of the town or simply to relax in one of the cafes in town.

Day 16 Vienna: We take a shuttle a van from Cesky Krumlov to Vienna Austria 3hr. We spent the night in a hostel in triples and quads, breakfast not included. Minibus cost included.

Day 17 Airport: A full day in Vienna to appreciate the Old town and the rest of the sights in vibrant and modern Vienna.

Day 18 Airport:: We have the morning free. At noon, we take the local airport shuttle from the station 5 min from our hostel. We fly to Dubai at 330PM.

Day 19 Dubai transit: Arrive in Dubai for transit before flying home to KL arriving 140PM on 13 JUN MONDAY.

Small town Cesky Krumlov / Prague town square

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Cost cover airfares, accommodation and traveling to sites mentioned above.
Accommodations will be in doubles or triples with private bath as stated above, in pensions, hostels and budget hotels. Breakfast is provided with accommodation in Poprad, Krakow, Prague and Cesky Krumlov.
Not covered are airport taxes & fuel surcharges, meals (Rm50 x 14 day = Rm700), entrance fees and optional activities like Karlovy Vary day trip, cable car rides and canoeing. In town taxis (about Rm400) are not covered except for transfers to and from train/bus stations to our place of stay. In many places, we have kitchen facilites for self catered meals to save cost.
Cost is subject to change depending on fluctuations in exchange rates and/or airfares.
A deposit of Rm1050 will be payable to confirm your place.

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