Home to the Victorian poets of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Ruskin, the English Lake District is England's premier National Park and a designated World Heritage Site. It. offers the most dramatic and contrasting scenery in England from its rugged mountains and wild fells, to its green lake-bejewelled valleys, from the old world charm of its small communities, to the bustle of its market towns and climbing centres. Here you will find a variety of experience and scenic beauty second to none in Britain.

One of the Lake District's most celebrated residents, the poet William Wordsworth likened it to a vast wheel with the mountains of the Scafell group at the hub and the high ridges that radiate from it as the spokes. Between the spokes lie the valleys great and small, carved long ago by the glaciers of the last ice age. The sixteen major lakes which radiate out from the mountainous hub of Lakeland each present a different character. Some are quiet and somber like the remote Wastwater, deepest of them all beneath Scafell, the highest mountain in England. Some are bustling with activity as sail boats and ferries ply their waters, such as Derwentwater in the North and Windermere, the longest of them all, in the south. Others like Buttermere in the west and Ullswater in the east are simply picture perfect.

We have two itineraries to cater for the keen hiker and for those who prefer easier low-level walks. Both are carefully designed to provide a broad picture of Lakeland by people who live there. Both these itineraries provide an all inclusive package of guided hiking or walking and touring in the Lake District during a five day vacation. It is easily possible to extend your trip in the Lake District with self-guided days where we will make all your travel and accommodation arrangements, and provide you with ideas and route cards for further hikes or activities in and around the National Park.