Dartmoor Way
Self-guided Dartmoor Way walking holidays with daily luggage transfer.
Dartmoor Way
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A circular walk beginning and ending in Ivybridge.
From £670 per person
Book your walking holiday around the Dartmoor Way, a well-signposted circular route beginning and ending in Ivybridge. Fully overhauled in 2020, this long-distance lowland trail interweaves wild walking through the outskirts of Dartmoor National Park — including moorland, wooded valleys and impressive views to bulky tors — with jaunts through the stone-built towns and tiny hamlets that nestle at the park’s edge. Over footpaths, bridleway and old drovers’ roads, the Dartmoor Way visits hilltop churches, prehistoric stones and nature reserves, with wild ponies roaming the moors.
From £1010 per person
Walk the full Dartmoor Way and circumnavigate Dartmoor National Park, passing through wooded valleys and over bright streams that thread through the moors. Footpaths, bridleway and deep drover roads explore wild spaces, crossing through gorse, bracken and nature reserves full of scented flowers and moorland birds. The trail is well-signposted throughout, with stunning views over Dartmoor’s imposing limestone tors.
| Code | Tour | Duration | Price per person | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARW1 | A circular trail beginning at Ivybridge(T) | 7 days walking | £1010 | |
| DARW2 | A circular trail beginning at Ivybridge(T) | 9 days walking | £1250 | |
| DARW3 | A circular trail beginning at Ivybridge(T) | 11 days walking | £1490 |
Travel to Ivybridge(T) where your first night's accommodation will be booked
Ivybridge(T) to Buckfastleigh. 17 miles (27km) / 2346 ft (715 m) ascent
Buckfastleigh to Bovey Tracey. 16.5 miles (26.5km) / 2198 ft (670 m) ascent
Bovey Tracey to Chagford. 18 miles (28.5km) / 2369 ft (722 m) ascent
Chagford to Okehampton(L). 12 miles (19km) / 1499 ft (457 m) ascent
Okehampton(L) to Mary Tavy(L). 14 miles (22km) / 1204 ft (367 m) ascent
Mary Tavy(L) to Yelverton(L). 17 miles (27km) / 1575 ft (480 m) ascent
Yelverton(L) to Ivybridge(T). 16 miles (25.5km) / 1585 ft (483 m) ascent
Depart from Ivybridge(T) after breakfast
This itinerary lists our preferred overnight stops for this tour. Sometimes there may be a shortage of available accommodation in a preferred location, in which case we will transfer you from the trail to your accommodation and back again at no extra charge. Overnight stops marked with a (T) will always require transfers as standard.
Overnight stops marked with an (L) have very limited accommodation, and therefore more often than not will also require a transfer, particularly on bank holidays and weekends. We will use non-transfer accommodation wherever possible.
The daily mileages quoted are average trail miles only and do not include the distance from the trail to your accommodation. We do not expect you to have to travel more than a mile from the trail to your accommodation in most cases; should your accommodation be further than this, transfers will be provided as standard if practical. A very limited number of stops will require you to travel on foot up to two miles off the trail, however these instances will be clearly communicated to you if applicable.
Further transfers may also be required due to some accommodations having a two-night minimum booking policy, especially at weekends.
Below are the additional costs that may apply depending on your requirements. Dog-friendly tours are subject to a Daily Dog Charge, which will be listed below if applicable. Our standard prices per person are based upon two people sharing a room; if you are on your own, or are part of a group but require a room of your own, then the Solo Traveller or Single Supplements apply respectively:
You can add rest days at any of the overnight stops:
Experiencing the real scale of Dartmoor’s granite tors, huge stone outcroppings that tower over the trail, at Haytor Rocks.
Wandering through Dartmoor’s hugely open spaces.
Discovering the area’s entangled mix of wilderness and old human activity in mines, quarries and farmland.
You can add rest days at any of the overnight stops:
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