Why
What sets us apart
01 ADVENTURE MEETS LUXURY
Kernara exists at the point where two things meet: the thrill of walking Cornwall’s wild coast paths and the comfort of knowing your day ends with outstanding food and a luxury hotel. Both matter equally to us. The walks are real — clifftop miles, hidden coves, ancient stones — and so is the luxury. Boutique hotels with clifftop spas. Harbourside restaurants where the catch arrived that morning. This isn’t a walking holiday with a few extras, or a luxury break with a stroll attached. It’s the whole thing, done properly.
02 OUR FAMILY OF GUIDES
Our guides aren’t tour leaders reading from a script — they’re Cornwall insiders who designed and own their tours. Every route, every restaurant, every hidden cove is there because they chose it. What makes Kernara different is that no two guides are alike: a historian obsessed with medieval churches, a former coastguard who knows every cave on the cliff, a literary specialist who walks Daphne du Maurier’s trails. Whatever draws you to Cornwall, there’s a guide whose passion matches yours.
03 ELEGANCE IN SIMPLICITY
Every Kernara tour follows the same beautifully simple rhythm. Arrive on Sunday. Walk Monday to Friday. Leave on Saturday. Three handpicked hotels, two nights at each — long enough to settle in, never long enough to want to leave. From the moment you step off the train, everything is taken care of: your guide, your walks, your hotels, your restaurants, your transport between stops. All you need to do is walk, eat and enjoy.
04 CORNWALL, IN FULL
We might be biased, but Cornwall holds more variety, drama and story than anywhere of comparable size. Dramatic cliffs and golden beaches. Secret caves and ancient castles. Michelin-starred kitchens and fishing harbours unchanged for centuries. Arthurian legend, Poldark filming locations, Bronze Age stone circles and a cream tea worth the journey. Nowhere else in England packs this much into such a small stretch of coast.
05 INTIMATE BY DESIGN
Our tours are capped at eight guests — small enough that your guide can adapt the day around you, but big enough to share the experience with kindred spirits. If you’d rather linger at the castle while the group walks on, your guide will make it work. If the weather turns, the plan changes. If you want a morning off at the spa, no one minds. It’s your week, shaped around you.
