Hiking King Ludwig Way

This British walking tour company will book a self-guided walk with all lodging and luggage transport:

https://www.sherpaexpeditions.com/Self-Guided-Walking/Germany/Bavaria-King-Ludwigs-Way

It should include a guidebook or pamphlet in English, and maps. They have you walking 9-16 miles a day. Looks nice!

Here is another:

http://www.macsadventure.com/holiday-1445/the-king-ludwig-way

Thanks for your suggestions but we usually plan our own hikes rather than use a tour company.

Self-planned is what I normally do too, from the whole John Muir Trail in Sierras to lots of hiking in the Swiss Alps and Dolomites. But we tried the 'self-guided' option with a tour company recently for a Multi-day walk in the UK and it was fine. The main difference from doing it on our own was that the lodging choices were booked for us, along with luggage transfer.

I thought since you apparently do not speak or read German this might be a good option for you, because they make it easy for English speakers. I do speak German myself, but if I could find a German company for luggage transfers, would that truly be useful to you?

As for hikes around Mittenwald, there are books and web pages available in English that will offer you good guidance and information.

Don't know if this helps and most are in German or the English page loses the details in translation. Maybe you can contact some of the offices listed?

Wandern ohne Gepäck is hike without a pack.
King Ludwig weg spazieren - spazieren is walk

http://www.koenig-ludwig-weg.de/ There are two ohne Gepäck routes here but I cannot access them.

www.alpenlandtouristik.de/koenig-ludwig-weg.htm

Vom Starnberger See zum Ammersee (König-Ludwig-Weg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncxkPeOqp6U

http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/sendungen/traumpfade/traumpfade-koenig-ludwig-weg100.html

Mittenwald

http://www.alpenwelt-karwendel.de/en/hiking

http://www.mittenwald-aktiv.de/wandern-uebersicht

The links from the first one are broken.

However this one:

http://www.alpenlandtouristik.de/Koenig-Ludwig-Weg,8TageStarnberg.htm

Is a self-guided tour that is exactly the same, day by day, as the Mac's Adventures self-guided tour I posted above ( which Ruth rejected). It includes lodging, route maps ( in German) and luggage transport. But it is a lot less money---€544 per person; less with a group of four.

I am really glad you posted this link, as the company offers a lot of walks in Germany and one of them might suit our family (small children, parents, and Oma and Opa) next year.

TO mchpp - Thank you. The link was helpful especially using GOOGLE translate. I will email them. So helpful!! Doing some other research I found out that Fussen, which is at the end of the route, is just 1.5hrs. away by bus to Oberammergau where there are numerous hikes to take advantage of too.

Lola- you are right, it is cheaper than macadventures for the same route.

Hi Ruth,

And here’s another German company worth considering - in English to make it easier for you.

Looks like similar pricing to the other.

I’ve used this company before and have been very happy with their service.

Many thanks! I will definitely check it out :)