Hillwalk Tours
Founded on a love for exploring breathtaking landscapes and a commitment to creating meaningful travel experiences, Hillwalk Tours specialise in crafting personalised walking tours in Europe beyond the guidebook.
- Elevate your Hillwalk Tours hike with HiiKER PRO+, it's included with your booking! 🏔️✨ You get: ✅ Offline GPS (No signal? No problem.) ✅ Day-by-day route navigation & shortcuts ✅ High-quality Pro map layers Secure your spot & start planning! 🗺️🏃♂️ #HillwalkTours #Hiiker
- It’s been a wet January, but February marks the start of Camino season! 🥾 Choose from 5 iconic routes: In Portugal the Camino Portuguese Traditional & Coastal In Spain ⛰️ the Primitivo 🌊 Finisterre 🌟 & classic Camino Francés Plan your next outdoor adventure now! #HillwalkTours #CaminoDeSantiago
- Connemara's amazing burnt brown & golden winter hues remind us of its ever changing landscape. We’re counting down to March 1st when the land turns green again & the season welcomes walkers from all over the world. 🛎️Book your spring West of Ireland escape now 📸 ig/shaneoneillphoto #HillwalkTours
- Clock is ticking! ⏳ The price freeze on our self-guided hiking tours ends January 19th. It's your absolute last chance to lock in 2025 prices for your 2026 Hiking Adventure.🥾 Secure your spot now!⏰ 🔗https://www.hillwalktours.com/ #Hiking #TravelDeal #SelfGuided #AdventureTravel #HillwalkTours
- Walk in the footsteps of Celts, mystics & pilgrims past on the 90km 🥾Camino Finsiterre with Hillwalk Tours. See Galicia’s dramatic Costa da Morte once known as the “End of the World”, the Romans called it Finis Terrae-“Land’s End”. BOOK AT 2025 PRICES UNTIL JAN 19th #camino #hiking #HillwalkTours
- We have extended our PRICE FREEZE until January 19th. If you are considering a hiking holiday in 2026, now is the time to BOOK to save money and secure your spot on what is the busiest time of year. #PriceFreeze #hikingadventures #TravelTuesday #Ireland #Scotland #England #Wales #Spain #Portugal
- 👋 What a year 2025 was! As we step into 2026, we’re ready for even more adventures out on the trails. With fresh developments on the horizon, we can’t wait to see both new & familiar faces on the trails this season. Happy New Year from the Hillwalk team! 🏔️ #HillwalkTours #hiking #NewYear #Hiking
- 🎅 Happy Christmas from all of us at Hillwalk Tours or as we write in Irish - Nollaig shona daoibh go léir. Wishing you a magical holiday filled with joy, rest & outdoor adventure! 🥾 #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Christmas #Xmas #Christmas2025 #MerryChristmas #SeasonsGreetings
- 📢NEW HIKING HOLIDAY - Costa Verde & Minho River Trails in one of Portugal's captivating regions. 🥾 Start on the refreshing Green Coast before hiking along quiet inland trails through lush hills, river valleys & traditional countryside. Luggage transfer, accomm incl. #WalkingHoliday #HillwalkTours
- 🏆 Janet from the USA won our 2025 Send Your Snaps competition! 📸 Her smiling photos from the Cotswold & South Downs Way show a family loving the trails and each other's company. Janet gets a €1500/£1300 Hillwalk Tours gift voucher. Congrats to Janet & thanks to all entrants! #HillwalkTours #hiking
- 🎉 Congrats to Michael who's photos win our November competition. He gets a €100/£80 Hillwalk Tours gift voucher. On the Cotswold Way earlier this season he captured great views, golden meadows, curious buildings, great coffee & fabulous accommodation. Well done! #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Vacation
- Hillwalk Tours December charity donation of €4,000 went to @barnardos-ireland.bsky.social who support vulnerable children, young people & families across Ireland with many services. They also advocate for children’s rights ensuring their voices are heard. Thanks to all our customers! #HillwalkTours
- No matter where you are or who you're with we wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We're grateful for the opportunity to make you happy on your hiking holiday & look forward to more great photos. Don't forget to gobble up our frozen tour prices until 😃 December 31st! #HillwalkTours #Thanksgiving
- Congrats Michael who's photos win our October competition. He gets a €100/£80 Hillwalk Tours gift voucher. On St Cuthbert's Way he straddled the Scotland-England border, captured the beauty of the Cheviots & walked barefoot on the tidal sands to Holy Island. A trail well travelled. #HillwalkTours
- Hillwalk Tours November charity donation of €1,000 went to the Irish Wheelchair Association, helping people with physical disabilities to live independently with accessible transport, assisted living, respite care & educational programmes. Thanks to our customers! #DisabilityAwareness #HillwalkTours
- Ivan & Karmen finished their 🥾6 Day Gentle Fishermen's Trail hike in Portugal just last week. The weather was great, the sun still shining & the scenery magnificent. Perfect as a late year adventure the season ending in November & restarting again in February. #HillwalkTours #RotaVicentina #Hiking
- 📢 NEW HIKING HOLIDAY: 🥾 Camino Portuguese - Coastal Route! Start in Portugal close to one of the friendliest cities in the world, Porto & then trace the dramatic Atlantic coastline north to Santiago de Compostela. Luggage transfer, accomm included. Book now! #CaminoPortuguese #HillwalkTours #Hiking
- Heather & Jason pose by a Cornish mine engine on the 🥾 South West Coast Path. Miners believed spirits called Knockers (Tommyknockers in USA) lived below ground. To appease them & ensure a safe work shift, they'd leave the last bite of their Cornish pasty as an offering. #Spooky #Halloween #Cornwall
- Katy & Luke had a great time on their 6-Day Gentle 🥾 Dingle Way hike in late August. Despite some inclement days, they thought it was one of the best things they had ever done & want to book another holiday with us. We can't wait for their next atmospheric video! #HillwalkTours #Hiking #DingleWay
- 🍾 Congrats to Gretchen & friends who win a €100/£80 Hillwalk Tours gift voucher for September's Send Your Snaps Competition. We've been flooded with entries & as winter approaches happy snaps like this group on a 🥾 8 Day Moderate West Highland Way adventure lifts the spirits. #HillwalkTours #Hiking
- In September, Saskia & Jens had some fine hiking weather on the 🥾 Rob Roy Way & sent us great shots capturing the Birks of Aberfeldy waterfall, wild cotton under a cloudy blue sky & the river Lochay as it snakes down towards Loch Tay, home to the Scottish Crannog Centre. #HillwalkTours #Hiking
- 📢 NEW HIKING HOLIDAY: Camino Portuguese - Traditional Route! Start in Portugal, walk quiet forest paths through ancient Galician villages on this soulful, self-guided pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Luggage transfer, accommodation included. Book now! #CaminoPortuguese #HillwalkTours #Hiking
- 🌎 Happy World Mental Health Day! 🚶♀️ Getting out on the trails—alone or with friends—can make a real difference. At Hillwalk Tours creating experiences that make people happy 😃 is what we do & as you can see from our customers photos, happiness can be found in nature! #WMHD2025 #HillwalkTours #Hiking
- 🥾 45 years ago today, Scotland’s legendary West Highland Way was launched. Since then millions of happy walkers have hiked its iconic stages. Here’s to the next 45 years of adventure! 🎉 To celebrate, we’re freezing all prices until Dec 31. Secure a spot & Book Now! #WestHighlandWay #HillwalkTours
- Claudia & Mira sent us some fab memories of their 🥾 8 Day Moderate Fife Coastal Path hike in September, barefoot hikes on beach paths, the Malagan Sculpture in Lower Largo inspired by Papua New Guinean indigenous art & a classy sandy sign off. Thank you both! #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Scotland
- In September, Hillwalk Tours donated €1,000 to Shine, a Mental Health Support, Advocacy & Education charity. Shine offers recovery programmes, family support & counselling, helping people live full independent lives. Thanks to our all our customers! #EndTheStigma #HillwalkTours #MentalHealth
- Peter took his time exploring the 🥾 South West Coast Path on a 12 Day Moderate tour and was rewarded with some magnificent coastal shots showing us that the Cornish coastline looks at its best when it fizzes with life in changeable weather. #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Holiday #Cornwall #Photography
- Daniel, delighted to see Wallstown Crag on Hadrian's Wall, one of its most dramatic viewpoints where the volcanic rock edge plunges into the landscape along the crags of the Whin Sill. You'll find it between Birdoswald & Housesteads Forts which makes for a great day's hiking. #HillwalkTours #England
- The anticipation of finishing the Camino is brilliantly captured here by Paul, an American customer. Notice how the 4 pilgrims approach Santiago de Compostela hand in hand after their shared experience. You too can create memories of a lifetime on our Camino Tours. #HillwalkTours #Camino #Spain
- Congrats to Christien & her sisters for this great photo as they climbed a path on the coast of the 🥾 Beara Way. They win our 📷 August Send Your Snaps competition & get a €100/£80 Hillwalk Tours gift voucher! We hope to see them on the trails again next year! #HillwalkTours #Hiking #TrailVacation
- We’re ❄️ freezing ALL our prices for 2026 tours up until the 31st December 2025. So if you’re planning a hiking holiday in 2026, be sure to book before the end of the year to lock in a great deal. Definitely worth 2 thumbs up Michiel! 👍👍 #PriceFreeze #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Holidays
- Peter & friends from Belgium had some fabulous weather on their South West Coast Path adventure this summer making the most of the ups & downs, the vast beaches & the Cornish engines (water pumps), part of the largest UNESCO World Heritage site in the UK. #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Holiday #Cornwall
- Christien from the Netherlands & her sisters had a great time on the 🥾 Beara Way this month keeping the smiles going uphill, lunching on the coast next to ancient monuments, Irish Coffees at O'Neills in Allihies & sampling the night life in Glengariff. Nothing beats a Beara tour! #HillwalkTours
- An amazing shot from Patrick of the cliffs at Dun Aengus. On the left some people give a sense of scale. You can experience its wildness on our 🥾 Connemara & West of Ireland tours when you visit the Aran Islands. You'll also visit St Patrick's shrine at Maumean. #HillwalkTours #hiking #Ireland
- Greet & family recently spent 4 super days in the 🥾 Wicklow Mountains experiencing the stillness of Glendalough, climbing wooden walkways & even finding a resting stag high above the lake. They hope to go to Portugal next & we hope to see their great photos again! #HillwalkTours #WicklowMountains
- This August Hillwalk Tours is proud to donate €1,000 to the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA). They provide essential care, support & research funding for those with MND in Ireland. Thanks to our customers for helping us give back! #Charity #IMNDA #HillwalkTours 👏
- Anke & friends had an 8-Day adventure on 🥾 St Cuthbert's Way earlier this month & they soaked up vistas from the Wide Open Hill, Holy Island sunsets, super stain glass windows at St Mary's church on the island & braved the new terrifying danger of free-range children! #HillwalkTours #Northumberland
- Congrats to Stefan & Lindsay, who captured the sense of awe that Conic Hill provides when you see Loch Lomond in the distance on the West Highland Way. As a result they win our July Send Your Snaps competition & get a €100/£80 Hillwalk Tours gift voucher! #HillwalkTours #Hiking #Scotland
- Smiles all round for Swiss friends Sonja, Stefan & Daniel who made the most of the fine weather on a 6-day Gentle Tour on the Dingle Way recently when they went wild by the Blaskets, piled in for a swim at Ballydavid & supped a few glasses of stout just to keep it country. Respect! 👍 #HillwalkTours
- There's no better place to celebrate a birthday than at the highest point above Loch Ness on the Great Glen Way & no better drink than a wee dram of 🎂 Scotch whisky. We always knew you could do it Lauren, happy birthday! #HappyBirthday #LochNess #GreatGlenWay #Scotland #HillwalkTours
- Earlier this season Jennie hiked the Fife Coastal Path & we were delighted to hear that she & Peter had "a perfect week of weather... Loved the forest paths, the coastal beaches, the geology, ruins, birdlife, the golf courses & the distilleries. All brilliant!" 👍 #HillwalkTours #hiking #Scotland
- It's hard to get across how great some trails are but every now and then a customer sends us something that captures the majesty of a place. So it is with Stefan & Lindsay's clip from the 🥾 West Highland Way, it looks like they have it all to themselves. #HillwalkTours #hiking #holiday #Scotland
- It's all fun & games on the 🥾 Kerry Way with Arie & Diana. From boat trips on the lakes of Killarney to a dip in a rocky river & the best use of sheep's wool tufts I've yet seen they show us just how to make the most of an Irish summer. #HillwalkTours 💯 #KerryWay #Ireland #Killarney
- Cornwall's unique culture celebrates the Summer Solstice in style with a week long festival of Golowan in Penzance. There is a torchlit procession through the town on June 23rd. You can experience the magic of this region on our South West Coast Path hiking holidays. shorturl.at/1DAuY #HillwalkTours
- Judy-"The views were spectacular whether walking along the cliff's edge, taking in the view from the window of Dunluce Castle, or walking along a beautiful beach such as White Rocks Bay & White Park Bay. Seeing the Giant's Causeway has been on the bucket list for many years!" #HillwalkTours #Ireland
- In June Hillwalk Tours donated €1000 via our Stepping Stones program to the Galway Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals who rehabilitate & re-home animals to forever homes. Thanks to the support of our hikers who make this possible! rb.gy/6o5geq #HillWalkTours #GalwaySPCA
- Angela, Carolyn, Janis, Nimrat & Susan from Canada brought their own sense of fun to the 🥾 Cotswold Way in May on their 8-day gentle tour. During the hike they had time to revisit their youth with a rope swing, some healthy stretching & al fresco dining! 🥪 #HillwalkTours #Hike #Holiday #Cotswolds
- 🌦️New Yorker Louisa & her friends got to see a lazy Alpaca & an ever curious donkey on their 🥾 Dingle Way adventure in May. We hope the rain didn't dampen their spirits, maybe they took the Alpaca for a walk which is something you can do believe it or not! #HillwalkTours #DingleWay #NewYorkn #Hiking
- In May, Christiane & Lara explored the magic of 🥾 St Cuthbert's Way trail which starts in Scotland & ends in England. Retracing his steps they found medieval abbeys, glorious vistas on Wideopenhill & the calm serenity of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. #Hillwalktours #Scotland #England #hiking
- Matt hiked the 🥾 Dingle Way in May & in great weather flowers bloomed, hungry lambs dotted the hills & there was time for a local drop. Inishtooskert (The Dead Man) is home to Ireland's largest colony of storm petrels & was inhabited until 1853 when 3 lived there. #HillwalkTours #Kerry #Ireland