Less Work,
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Your guide to exploring the mountains of the Austrian Alps, Italian Dolomites and beyond! Join our adventurous life in the mountains near Innsbruck.
Your Innsbruck Hiking Guide & Local Expert
I’m Cat, an English-born hiking guide living in the mountains just above Innsbruck, in the Austrian Alps. I offer bespoke guided hiking tours with award-winning professional photography, so that you can enjoy the trails around Innsbruck with a local.
Local Insights, Adventures, & Travel Tips
My Top Tips for travel to Innsbruck, Tyrol, and the Dolomites
On the blog I share our favourite adventures around our home in the Tirol region of the Austrian Alps, and the neighbouring region of the Dolomites. Occasionally you’ll also find posts about our adventures further afield.
Innsbruck Articles
Dolomites Articles
The Ekkelbooms
We’re Cat & Menno. Cat grew up in the UK, while Menno grew up in the Netherlands. But our love of the mountains brought us both to the Alps, and that’s where we met, fell in love, and got married.
We now call Tirol our home, and while Cat is a multi-award-winning elopement photographer and local hiking guide, Menno works as an architect. However, for both of us, one thing is much more important than working. And that’s having time to go on adventures together.
Cover Photo also by my good friend Christine Madeux