Black Forest Tours

Black Forest Tours: private guided tours in the German Black Forest

Black Forest Tours is a tourism company based in the Black Forest, in southwestern Germany, specializing in serving English-speaking travelers who want to discover the region through the eyes of a local. The firm presents itself as an alternative to standardized vacation packages and large-group bus excursions, and offers tailor-made experiences for small groups and individual travelers.

The company was founded by Simone, a German native of the Black Forest itself who returned to her homeland after more than fifteen years living abroad. That status as a local resident is the core of its proposition: the company maintains that only a local can show the authentic region, beyond the usual tourist circuits.

A flexible, stress-free travel model

The company's approach is to listen to each client's preferences and needs and offer options so that they can decide what to see and at what pace. Black Forest Tours handles all the logistics: transportation, hotel bookings and dinner reservations. The traveler only has to get there; the company takes care of the rest. This approach combines the freedom to organize your own itinerary with the availability of a guide when needed.

Catalog of tours and experiences

The offering ranges from four-hour excursions to multi-day programs, with options that include a driver, guide, hiking routes and culinary tastings. The catalog is organized into several categories:

• Guided tours: car tours through the Black Forest, excursions from Basel and from Breisach, and the private shore excursion for Rhine River cruise passengers.
• Hiking tours: routes such as e-Bike & Hike, the Black Forest Trail, St Peter's Way, Best of the Black Forest and short trails through towns and countryside.
• Multi-day packages: Black Forest vacation, Freiburg & Black Forest combinations, Freiburg & Baden-Baden, and a luxury package that includes the Black Forest and Alsace.
• One-day getaways: one-day and two-night experiences that include hiking, e-bike, visits to iconic sites, schnapps distilleries and culinary offerings.
• Self-guided tours: options for exploring on your own with the possibility of occasional assistance.
• City walks and culinary tours: city tours and food experiences.

Private shore excursions for river cruise passengers

The company directs part of its offering to Rhine River cruise passengers, mentioning cruise lines such as Viking River Cruises, AMA Waterways, Scenic Waterways, Uniworld and Tauck. In contrast to the standard bus excursions that take travelers to the so-called cuckoo clock villages, Black Forest Tours offers private visits that avoid crowded souvenir shops and venture into less-traveled local corners.

High-end customized travel

For those seeking a luxury experience, the company designs tailor-made trips that can include five-star hotels, gourmet restaurants, exceptional guides, authentic experiences and activities adapted to the client. The company sums up this proposition with the idea that the traveler proposes and it plans.

Press recognition and customer reviews

Wizz Magazine published an article about a route taken with Black Forest Tours, and the company features traveler testimonials on its website. One of them, from a client in Sydney (Australia), describes an eight-day trip through three Black Forest towns, with private tours, local English-speaking guides, chauffeured car transfers and visits to cuckoo clock workshops, waterfalls and open-air museums. The client highlights the flexibility to stop and look at whatever interested her and the documentation provided for free days.

Updating the offering

The company notes that it continually reviews and expands its tours, adding new experiences and improving existing ones. The site indicated a tours update for 2026 and offered the possibility of subscribing to an email list to receive details of the new offerings.