Custom Switzerland Tours: Our Concept

Our Tailor-Made Tours of Switzerland

Our excellent knowledge of our tour areas such as the Swiss Alps and the Swiss Plateau allows us to select smaller, intimate guesthouses and inns that are run by their owners. A traditional Swiss welcome, reduced costs, high quality, genuine hospitality and the owner’s willingness to help and give advice are determining factors in our choice of accommodation for our clients.

Your Switzerland tour or vacation is special to you and to us. Changing accommodation each night on holiday is not the best way to experience the real Switzerland. We like to arrange your itinerary so that you stay at least a couple of nights at each location. This will give you the opportunity to travel at leisure and explore your chosen region more thoroughly. You will be able to gain better insight into the culture of the Swiss Alps and Alpine valleys through full day excursions if you wish. It is your holiday; let us tailor it to you.

We recommend allowing at least three weeks for holidays in Europe that include more than one country. If less time is available we suggest that you focus on one country such as Switzerland or even a particular region within Switzerland. This will enable you to travel at leisure and save you from spending most of your holiday inside your vehicle. In our experience less time on the road is more enjoyable.

During high season many of the small and personally hosted inns in Switzerland are fully booked several weeks in advance. Arranging an itinerary with us prior to travel will give you the peace of mind of knowing your destination each day and where you will be spending the night. This will save you much trouble while travelling in Switzerland and give you more time to concentrate on planning your daily activities and enjoying your vacation.

We arrange your tour of Switzerland according to your specifications. All our itineraries are customized to suit your needs. We can change the routes, the number of persons travelling, the time schedule, the standard of accommodation or the type of vehicle. The tour may commence on any date from any location such as Zurich, Bern or Geneva.

What we do not offer: “We did it all in two weeks”

We are a private limited company (Ltd.) located near Cologne, Germany, with branch offices in South Africa and New Zealand. We began as a special tour operator for South Africa in 1998 but soon extended our programme to Switzerland and other countries, encouraged by the positive feedback from our clients. "Umfulana" means "stream" or "little river" in Zulu and is the literal translation of the German surname of one of the company's directors, Martin Bach, who began designing and selling tailor-made, self-drive itineraries while living in South Africa.