The Bus

Of course part of the fun is to be driving & living in our ancient bus, transformed from an old public transportation bus into a comfortable group accommodation.

You’ll sleep in a comfortable bed, either a bunk-bed or a single bed. Your bed has its own little light, curtain and locker for your valuables.

Upstairs you’ll also find the lounge with a view, while downstairs is the living area, with kitchen and dining area. Both areas have what we call in Dutch ‘ARKO’ (Alle Ramen Kunnen Open’) and a heating system for the colder nights.

Downstairs we have a big lounge / dining area with heater, where you can start your day with a cup of coffee or enjoy conversation till we’re too tired to talk. 

The Campsite

We’ll park the bus at different unique locations. We will use the sanitary facilities such as shower and toilet from the campsite or otherwise we have it on the bus too.

• 4 nights accommodation
• 4 full days of climbing lessons from certified instructor
• Theoretical lessons about rescue techniques, climbing, rope techniques and so on. Just ask Werrie, our guide, anything you want to know! 
• Bonfiresss
• Transportation from pick-up & from drop-off point

FOOD & DRINKS

• Welcome drinks & snacks
• All your meals (4x breakfast, 4x lunch, 3x dinner)
• All your coffee, tea, water & lemonade

• Drinks other than the above mentioned (drinks can be bought on the bus for €2,00.)
• Helmet, climbing harness –> we can help you rent though. Simply add it to your booking.
• Climbing shoes 
• Transportation to pick-up & drop-off location
• Towel
• NKBV membership and ‘ Klimjaarkaart‘. Order it in time! 
• Travel Insurance

CARPOOL
Please note: our meeting location will be around Namen, Belgium. During the trip you’ll travel around in our bus. We’ll set up a Whatsapp group for people to carpool to us if they wish.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
If you’re coming with public transportation, the best would be to use Google Maps for directions. We can pick you up at a nearby train station.

We would recommend you to just join.  

But if inevitable, and you do really have to cancel your trip:

 – within 48 hours after booking, you will get a 100% refund 
– More than 8 weeks before departure, we charge 15% of the travel fee
– 5-8 weeks before departure , we charge 30% of the travel fee 
–3-4 weeks before departure, we charge 50% of the travel fee 
–2 weeks before departure, we charge 80% of the travel fee 
– 1 week before departure: we charge 100% of the travel fee 

Today we’ll enjoy breakfast together and a cup of coffee before starting our first outdoor climbing day! On this trip, you’ll get to experience a few different climbing spots in the area. 

It’s our first out of 4 full days of climbing so get ready! We’ll focus on all the things mentioned in ‘day 1’. During the next few days, we’ll get more in dept info about climbing, lead climbing and you get to lead climb yourself as well! Also, you have the opportunity to get your indoor lead climb certificate. Because we will only do single pitch routes on this trip, the certificate can only be used indoors. If you’d like to experience multi pitch outdoor climbing as well, we can help you figure that out as well (we might even organize another multi-pitch climbing trip later in 2023 or 2024!) 

Bonfires, good stories, good food & good company – the perfect way to end our first full day of climbing! 

We’ll enjoy breakfast together, go to a new climbing area and start putting what we’ve learned into practise! We climb in groups of maximum 3 people so that you will have the opportunity to lead-belay, lead climb and toprope the more challenging routes. 

At night we’ll head back in the bus to our campsite, have to theoretical lessons, Werrie will answer all your questions and we’ll of course end the day with some good food. 

We’ll enjoy breakfast together, go to a new climbing area and start putting what we’ve learned into practise! We climb in groups of maximum 3 people so that you will have the opportunity to lead-belay, lead climb and toprope the more challenging routes. 

At night we’ll head back in the bus to our campsite, have to theoretical lessons, Werrie will answer all your questions and we’ll of course end the day with some good food. 

We’ll enjoy breakfast together, go to a climbing area and start putting what we’ve learned into practice! We climb in groups of maximum 3 people so that you will have the opportunity to lead-belay, lead climb and toprope the more challenging routes. 

Today we end climbing around 15h so that everyone can get back home in time! We’ll drop you off at a train station around Namen (or back at your cars if you all decided to carpool together. We’ll make sure you get in touch about a week before the start of the trip to arrange this if you’d like). 

Dinner on this day is not included. (breakfast and lunch are)

For this trip you need to be(come) a member of the NKBV, the Dutch climbing foundation and to have a ‘Klimjaarkaart’. Both are obligatory to go climbing in Belgium. With the money the climbing areas are maintained and you can enjoy some really nice features: 

-50% discount on mountain huts in the Alps
-Possibility to get a good and cheap travel insurance that covers crazy sports such as mountain climbing 😉
-You’ll get the inspiring ‘Hoogtelijn Magazine’ 5 times a year!

For all info about the why and the how of the Klimjaarkaart click here . To become a member of the NKBV click here .