Walk the Camino Frances or Camino Aragones in France and Spain,
the Via Francigena in Italy or the Abbot Pfanner Trappist Trail in South Africa
with our accompanied groups
You have been called to walk a Camino pilgrimage or Via Francigena to Rome, but you haven't got 5 or 6 weeks vacation, don't want to stay in crowded dormitories or walk alone. amaWalkers - run by experienced Camino pilgrims - offers 16 -day pilgrimages that fall somewhere between solo pilgrims sleeping in dormitories and the more upmarket luxury Camino Guided tours.
Ours are no-frills accompanied pilgrimage walks (not tours on the Camino) meaning that you can walk your Camino your way, staying in in private en-suite rooms in carefully chosen pensions, hotels, casa rurals, and apartments, (recently described as 'too opulent' for mere Camino pilgrims!) and have the option of sending your pack ahead. All arrangements are taken care of by your experienced Group Leader (not a Tour Guide) while all you have to do is walk the Camino as a pilgrim, meeting up with fellow group members in the evening if you want to.
We take groups of friends, religious groups, clubs, and those who want to walk with like-minded people. If this is the kind of pilgrimage you would like to do please send us an email or contact form. We’ll be happy to share our love of the Camino and Via Francigena with you! If you would prefer a more up-market Camino Tour we can make recommendations.
Syl, Jenny and the gang.
Ours are no-frills accompanied pilgrimage walks (not tours on the Camino) meaning that you can walk your Camino your way, staying in in private en-suite rooms in carefully chosen pensions, hotels, casa rurals, and apartments, (recently described as 'too opulent' for mere Camino pilgrims!) and have the option of sending your pack ahead. All arrangements are taken care of by your experienced Group Leader (not a Tour Guide) while all you have to do is walk the Camino as a pilgrim, meeting up with fellow group members in the evening if you want to.
We take groups of friends, religious groups, clubs, and those who want to walk with like-minded people. If this is the kind of pilgrimage you would like to do please send us an email or contact form. We’ll be happy to share our love of the Camino and Via Francigena with you! If you would prefer a more up-market Camino Tour we can make recommendations.
Syl, Jenny and the gang.
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2019 16-day pilgrimage walks on the Camino Frances / Camino Aragones from Lourdes/ Via Francigena Siena to Rome Camino Frances 16-days St Jean to Santiago 24 May - 09 June 2019 September 2019 TBA |
ABBOT PFANNER TRAPPIST TRAIL
Walk the first long-distance pilgrimage trail in South Africa which has been established in the beautiful southern regions of KwaZulu Natal, between the Southern Drakensberg, the Midlands Mist Belt and the Eastern Cape. Strung out across the hills and valleys between the Drakensberg and the sea, like knots on a string of Rosary beads, are twenty-two historic Trappist missions. Established over a century ago by extraordinary Trappist monks, led by Abbot Francis Pfanner, the Mission churches are hidden treasures that we want to share with the world. We walk to 8 of the Missions after visiting the mother at Mariannhill. Visit http://abbotpfannertrappisttrail.weebly.com/ for more information
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When is the best time to walk - Spring or Fall? In Spring everything is green, the wildflowers are spectacular and the European stork have babies in their huge nests on towers and steeples. It is harvest time in the fall and starting end of August and September there are many harvest fiestas with an abundance of fruit, wines, breads and other produce. |
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IMPORTANT - enjoying your walk on the Camino will depend on whether or not you are walking fit.
RATE YOUR HIKING FITNESS LEVEL
Poor □ Can’t hike 20 km (12.4 miles) day after day or do hills.
[Please start training now! Visit our Training page ]
Average □ Can hike 20 km (12.4 miles) day after day but not so good on hills
[There are hills in France, Spain and Italy so start training on hills. Visit our Training page]
Good □ Can hike 20 km (12.4 miles) day after day and am OK on hills
[You will do just fine!]
RATE YOUR HIKING FITNESS LEVEL
Poor □ Can’t hike 20 km (12.4 miles) day after day or do hills.
[Please start training now! Visit our Training page ]
Average □ Can hike 20 km (12.4 miles) day after day but not so good on hills
[There are hills in France, Spain and Italy so start training on hills. Visit our Training page]
Good □ Can hike 20 km (12.4 miles) day after day and am OK on hills
[You will do just fine!]
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Via Francigena - 355km
May -16-days walking from Lucca to Rome From the walled town of Lucca in Tuscany, to the lake district of Lazio and to Rome, we will follow in the footsteps of millions of pilgrims who trekked to Rome and the Vatican. We will stay in a variety of accommodations from small hotels, monasteries and religious houses. When you arrive in Rome you can earn the Testimonium certificate Tom and I really had a wonderful walk with you and the rest of the group. I think about it all the time and with such great appreciation for all that you did to make it such a fantastic experience. Everything was so perfect and seamless. You and Jenny did an incredible job of booking the most amazing and unique accommodations. I loved them all. The luggage transfers were impeccable and the guiding superb even when the way markers were a bit sketchy. Thank you so much for all that you did and it was a lot!!! Most of all thank you for your positive attitude through the thick of having to lead a group of such diverse individuals. I really came to love and appreciate everyone of them and I miss them. They were such a wonderful part of the trip. You are my hero! The VF left a mark on me in a very positive way. It was challenging but so, so beautiful. I feel so privileged to have been able to do it and especially with you. I’ll remember it and you always with such great love and affection. Thank you so much for putting it all together and for making the journey such a memorable one. Words can’t express how much the whole walk meant to me and I know it was because of you. You’re the bomb! Lots of love always. T&N O Neil, USA - VF Group one 2016 | ||||
Hello Syl and Jenny,
A huge "Thank you" to you for all that you do to make these trips so seamless and well-organized. After we saw the standard of the accommodation in Spain (much nicer than was expected!) we realized that your profit margin from doing this has to be quite small, so thank you for doing this as a mission and a passion to support the Camino. I think you really have succeeded in what you set out to do- to create a way for folks to experience the Camino without having to deal with logistics, and with the support and encouragement of like-minded group members and our stellar group leaders. I think you picked the nicest sections to do and I appreciated not having to walk the Meseta or even many of the very urban approaches to the bigger towns. I was able to really enter in to the mental, spiritual and emotional part of the Camino in a much deeper and richer way than I had expected, and that was mostly because I wasn't expending energy looking for accommodations or struggling by myself whenever there was a difficulty or an issue.
I think what you are doing is fabulous!
Thanks again,
Mary-Sue USA - September Group
A huge "Thank you" to you for all that you do to make these trips so seamless and well-organized. After we saw the standard of the accommodation in Spain (much nicer than was expected!) we realized that your profit margin from doing this has to be quite small, so thank you for doing this as a mission and a passion to support the Camino. I think you really have succeeded in what you set out to do- to create a way for folks to experience the Camino without having to deal with logistics, and with the support and encouragement of like-minded group members and our stellar group leaders. I think you picked the nicest sections to do and I appreciated not having to walk the Meseta or even many of the very urban approaches to the bigger towns. I was able to really enter in to the mental, spiritual and emotional part of the Camino in a much deeper and richer way than I had expected, and that was mostly because I wasn't expending energy looking for accommodations or struggling by myself whenever there was a difficulty or an issue.
I think what you are doing is fabulous!
Thanks again,
Mary-Sue USA - September Group
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