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Hi there, we had breakfast + dinner at the guesthouses where we stayed. You can also get lunch there when you arrive (might need to wait a bit until it's ready though), but we just skipped it as we brought our own snacks. We bought water at the guesthouses too. If you're going in August/dry season, it may be hotter and sunnier, so I'd recommend carrying extra water. Just make sure to bring enough cash/MoMo as cards aren't accepted at most guesthouses. We used the maps.me app (free version) - we sometimes ended up on the biking trail, but overall it was very reliable. Have a great time on the trail!! :)

​@@viktoriajuliet Thanks for the answer. It took away the irrational fear from me that there would be no bottled water, even if it's somehow logical that they would be selling it at the guest houses. I read in guides about the usage of mobile money. Since I am not very experienced with it, is the app specifically called "MoMo" or can you use just any App for mobile money? Do you know whether they take only the rwanda-franc in cash or do they also accept well known currencies like euro and dollar?

@@pizzastuck4082 My pleasure! I do remember that we sometimes got the last bottles at the guesthouses, so ideally let them know how much water you'd like for the next day when you get there. You need to get a local SIM card (e.g., MTN) to use MoMo, I never used the app, you can just add money to a wallet linked to a local phone number. If you don't need to get a local number, I'd recommend just bringing cash or using worldremit which doesn't give you the best exchange rate, but is convenient and reliable. Some places might accept USD, but you should message the guesthouses about this in advance to double-check and I'm guessing that the RWF rate is better :)

aww you'll have a great time! I messaged them on WhatsApp a few days before staying with them but you can also just show up. We stayed at the guesthouses but I think some villages might have fancier accommodation too. Here are the phone numbers of the places where we stayed: Cyimbiri (+250 788 214 900); Kinunu (+250 790 005 481); Bumba (+250 783 171 757)

Thank you so much!

Haha, yes we had a great time! We did pack some food and stocked up at the huts here and there along the way (and then there's a slightly bigger shop halfway in Vizzavona) to prepare our own lunches. (We did lots of cold soaking and brought a number of clif bars). We usually had breakfast and dinner at the huts, it's nice to get a big warm meal at the end of a long day of hiking, so I would recommend this. You can book a bed at the huts (or hire a tent if you don't want to carry one), but this means planning/booking those overnight stays in advance. We felt that carrying our own tent gave us the flexibility to e.g. do 2 stages in 1 day when we felt like it. Hope this helps!

Thank youu, you'll have a great time! We both have quite old sleeping bags, 9°C comf temp and 5°C limit temp, maybe for new sleeping bags that temp would be fine, but I would recommend getting something slightly warmer

How exciting, you'll have an amazing time! You can take a train from Munich, change in Fortezza/Franzensfeste and continue to Villabassa-Braies/Niederdorf-Prags (it's about a 5h journey I'd say) and then we took a bus to the starting point (although I'm sure there are also taxis).