Selvaggio Blu | Adventure trekking tour in Sardinia with a mountain guide

• Tour destination & programme

  We are travelling to Sardinia and start the tour from Santa Maria Navarrese. We are on the trek for 5 days and spend 4 nights in the bays, directly on the beach. On the first night and the last night, we stay in a cosy hotel. The journey to and from Sardinia is individual. The shortest option is by direct flight on Saturday. Alternatively, the ferry from Livorno, Italy to Olbia is also a good option (twice a day).

  • Meeting point and day 1

    Individual journey to Olbia, take a taxi to Santa Maria Navarrese. The mountain guide will take care of all the food and equipment today. Meeting point at the hotel in Santa Maria Navarrese.
    Olbia can be reached by plane from Zurich in 2 hours or by ferry overnight from Livorno.

  • Day 2

    250m

    650m

    5km

    Short transfer to the start from Selvaggio Blu on the Golgo high plateau. Hike down to the beach at Portu Cuau. A picturesque bay with a small sandy beach and various rock formations.

  • Day 3

    700m

    700m

    8.5km

    Along the coast to the famous bay of Gala Goloritze. After the obligatory swim in the magnificent sea, the boat transports us to the beach of Cala Mariolu, where we spend the night.

  • Day 4

    350m

    350m

    4km

    Exciting stage to the beach at Mudaloru including a 50 metre abseil and magnificent views with impressive terrain. Here too, the boat brings us our dinner and luggage and we spend the night right on the beach again!

  • Day 5

    500m

    500m

    4km

    The days continue excitingly. Small scrambling sections and short abseils accompany us again today. We hike on to Cala Biriala where we spend another marvellous night.

  • Day 6

    550m

    550m

    5km

    Final stage to the impressive Cala Sisine and boat transfer back to the starting point at Santa Maria Navarrese. Banquet in the village and overnight stay in the hotel.

  • Day 7

    Transfer to Olbia and individual journey home or onward journey.

• Requirements

  • Experience in alpine hiking on blue-white marked hiking trails.
  • Sure-footedness and a head for heights for short, exposed passages and abseiling sections.
  • The mountain guide secures short scrambling sections with a rope.
  • Stamina for day tours, often with 500 metres and 8 km, maximum 1000 metres.

• Price and services

  • CHF 1940.-
  • Small group with 5 - 7 guests per mountain guide.
  • Complete organisation and planning, including meals and overnight accommodation
  • All boat transfers and equipment transport on the trek
  • 2 nights’ accommodation in a hotel with breakfast, excluding dinner
  • Additional costs are incurred for the journey, the first transport to Santa Maria Navarrese, catering on the day of arrival and departure and the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
  • As we have high fixed costs, special cancellation fees apply for this trip. Travel insurance is recommended.
    • Cancellation up to 180 days before departure: CHF 1000.
    • Cancellation up to 60 days before departure: 80 % of the tour price
    • Cancellation 59 to 0 days before departure: full tour price

• Material and packing list

  • All the food is organised by the mountain guide. Also the cooking utensils. This material is brought to the respective beach by boat.
  • The tents, comfortable mattresses and sleeping bags can be hired and are also transported by boat.
  • You will also need normal trekking equipment plus a light climbing harness and a helmet.

Impressions: Selvaggio Blu