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Wildlife of Italy's Northern Alps - A Vegetarian/Vegan tour
Tour Code: ITA20An 8-day holiday to Italy’s northern Alps, in search of the wonderful summer alpine wildlife of the region, staying at a stylish vegan hotel.
£3,295 (Inc flights)
£2,995
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On this 8-day holiday we will enjoy excursions from our first-class vegan hotel to lonely Alpine pastures, sun-lit meadows and other wonderful habitats in search of such sought-after plants as Lesser Butterfly Orchid, One-flowered Wintergreen and Edelweiss, plus butterflies including Damon Blue, Phoebus Apollo and Titania's Fritillary. Backed by the region’s spectacular landscapes, we will also be hoping to see Alpine Marmot and Alpine Ibex, soaring Lammergeier and a variety of other birds such as Nutcracker and Black Woodpecker. Pools of tumbling streams provide habitat for Yellow-bellied Toad and the surroundings of crystal-clear lakes are perfect for Fire Salamander. Adder are possible too.
Located in the southern Tyrol, within easy walking distance of the Texel Group Nature Park, our beautiful hotel serves exclusively vegan food and boasts a natural bathing pool, a Finnish sauna, an outdoor forest sauna and an indoor pool with salt electrolysis system. On this holiday, we shall experience evening meals on a superb 5-course bio-vegan gourmet dinner basis. For those looking to join this holiday on a land-only basis, we would be very pleased to arrange pickups from nearby Merano or Naturno. Busses arrive into Merano from Innsbruck (2.5 hours), Munich (4.5 hours) and other locations or trains to Naturno from Innsbruck (3.5 hours), Munich (5.5 hours), Zurich (7 hours) and other locations.
Whether you are an omnivore, vegetarian or vegan, we warmly welcome you to join a tour (or two!) from our new collection of vegetarian and vegan wildlife tours.
- Superbly appointed 4-star vegan hotel with natural bathing pool, a Finnish sauna, an outdoor forest sauna, hot stone lounge and an indoor pool with salt electrolysis system
- Experience a 5-course vegan gourmet dinner each evening and delicious vegan breakfast buffet each morning
- Picnic lunches a choice between vegan or vegetarian (including local cheeses)
- Beautiful alpine flora and butterflies
- Specialist mountain birds include Lammergeier, Golden Eagle and Nutcracker
- Other wildlife of the area includes such species as Northern Chamois, Alpine Marmot, Alpine Ibex, Yellow-bellied Toad and Black Woodpecker
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Dates & Prices
2025
Tour Leader: David Jackson
Dave has been fascinated by the natural world from an early age when his dad used to take him fishing at a local lake in Hertfordshire, however, he didn’t have the concentration to sit still for long unless trying to encourage a Robin to feed from his hand!
In adult life, he has been a long-serving committee member of the local RSPB Members’ Group and took part in the charity’s fund-raising bike rides from London to Oxford, ‘Pedal for Puffins’ and ‘Pedal for Parrots’.
Dave is also a serving committee member of the Northamptonshire Bird Club and, although birds are his first love, he has an interest in all natural history and gives illustrated talks to groups and societies from his travels to Iceland, New Zealand, Panama, South Africa, The Gambia and more.
After a career in financial services, David took early retirement and finally found “his true vocation” - leading for Naturetrek. He has now led multiple tours to countries including Iceland, Scotland, St. Lucia and The Gambia. He also leads tours in our portfolio of Vegetarian and Vegan Wildlife Holidays.
When not touring, he volunteers for Wildlife Trust BCN at Pitsford Nature Reserve SSSI where he is involved in many aspects of conservation, maintenance and survey work.
He also runs Naturetrek’s 'Introduction to Macro Photography at Pitsford SSSI' Day Trip, where a number of Dave’s photos are displayed to commemorate the Trust’s 50-year anniversary and he is always pleased to assist those on his tours in improving their photography skills
A selection of Dave’s images (including his Eurasian Sparrowhawk voted Birdguides Photo of the Year 2022) can be viewed here: Birdguides Portfolio.
2026
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Prefer to Travel in a Private Group?
For any interested natural history club or society, we can arrange for a private departure of this tour.
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