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Julien Hunerfurst

Born in the French South Alps, Mountains are my playground since my childhood. I love to share my passion and organize trips in my favorite and secret spot in the Alps.

What places and activities do you specialize in?

"- Hiking & trekking in summer
- Climbing & mountaineering in summer
- Ski touring in winter
- All over the Alps from French Alps to the Italian Dolomites, including Switzerland, Austria (Tyrol) and German Bavaria..."

How did you get involved in travel?

"I was looking for a job to live y passion for the mountain and to share it. I think I found it!"

Please share a unique travel experience you will never forget.

"I had the chance to travel in many destinations, and the choice is hard as every trip has his own charm. However, I will never forget my first solo hike in autonomy across Scotland when I was 15."

Julien is part of the following groups: France Travel Agents
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Recent trip reviews for Julien

Tour du Mont Blanc
France | Jun 16 - Jun 25, 2023

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sian m.
Australia | Reviewed on Jul 06, 2023

Julien organised our Tour du Mont Blanc trip for us with no drama, and it was great to have all the planning sorted, as well as the app/guidebook and maps all available. The WhatsApp was also really helpful for live support when needed.

Local specialist: Julien Hunerfurst

Excellent Tur du Mont Blanc trip
France | Jun 19 - Jun 25, 2023

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David M.
Oakland, CA | Reviewed on Jun 27, 2023

My daughter and I just returned from an exceptional Tur du Mont Blanc hiking trip. We arranged the trip 4 months in advance, and even at that point most companies we contacted told us it was too late for this season and that we should work on going the next year. The local agent Julien who we worked with was confident from the start that he would be able to arrange our trip and he was able to find a route and hotels that worked with our time constraints. I highly recommend Kimkim and Julien and will definitely contact Kimkim again for any future trips.

Local specialist: Julien Hunerfurst

A really enjoyable and memorable Tour du Mont Blanc
France | Aug 31 - Sep 7, 2022

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Pia L.
Berkeley, CA | Reviewed on Sep 14, 2022
The Tour de Mont Blanc trip we just returned from was really enjoyable.
Julien, who helped us plan the trip was great. Unfortunately he was not available when we replanned the tour after Covid. Julie who took over was initially not on top of the details, like who paid for airport pickups, what hotels we preferred and hiking pole loans. After some emailing back and forth we reached some agreements.
After we arrived in Chamonix Julie and Allibert Trekking responded immediately when we needed...
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The Tour de Mont Blanc trip we just returned from was really enjoyable.
Julien, who helped us plan the trip was great. Unfortunately he was not available when we replanned the tour after Covid. Julie who took over was initially not on top of the details, like who paid for airport pickups, what hotels we preferred and hiking pole loans. After some emailing back and forth we reached some agreements.
After we arrived in Chamonix Julie and Allibert Trekking responded immediately when we needed assistance. There was a mix up with a hotel reservation. They immediately found another better hotel and sent a Taxi for the transport. One of the hotels was an old **( it was clean and functional)
Some of the hotels were better than we expected. So overall we were satisfied. The MonRoadBook app. was great. We also got lots of written information from them.

Local specialist: Julien Hunerfurst

Trip to Italy - Dolomites
Italy | Aug 22 - Sep 6, 2019

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Lin M.
San Marcos, CA | Reviewed on Sep 26, 2019
Had an amazing trip planned thru KimKim and Julien as our local specialist. We had a group of 8 people and everyone had a great time, and loved the trip. The route had great diversity and stunning views. Julien was VERY responsive and we asked him a TON of questions. He did an amazing job on our 14 day trek thru the Dolomites. The material (maps, roadbook, and app) provided were well organized, the guidance on what to bring , money necessary and buses was very helpful. The app provided... Read more

Had an amazing trip planned thru KimKim and Julien as our local specialist. We had a group of 8 people and everyone had a great time, and loved the trip. The route had great diversity and stunning views. Julien was VERY responsive and we asked him a TON of questions. He did an amazing job on our 14 day trek thru the Dolomites.

The material (maps, roadbook, and app) provided were well organized, the guidance on what to bring , money necessary and buses was very helpful.

The app provided worked flawlessly and was a great help. The routes were all well marked and the app provided that extra confidence that we were travelling in the correct direction at all times. The pictures at the turning points also proved helpful at times.

The rifugios were clean, comfortable and accommodating to our meal requirements. Not all rifugios offer private baths so if you require this make sure you inquire what the facilities are that are available. The flexibility in the itinerary was also helpful for a couple people in our group and for the day we had bad weather. We did have a couple of issues with our accommodations being slightly incorrect in a couple of refugios, this may have been to the fact we added 2 people very late in the planning process.

Julien organized two via ferrata's for us which included equipment and guides. Highly recommend Monte Paterno via ferrata. The second via ferrata (Les Cordes) was VERY short and not really worth it. It was a new via ferrata this year so Julien was not aware of the route and distance. All the guides were awesome.

I would highly recommend a trip to the Dolomites, they are amazing. The hiking is not easy, but very beautiful. I will be going back and will use KimKim on future adventures.

Local specialist: Julien Hunerfurst

Tour du Mont-Blanc - 7 days
France | Aug 11 - Aug 17, 2019

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Vee M.
Plano, TX | Reviewed on Aug 24, 2019

We went for the 7 day self guided tour de Mont Blanc thru kimkim and had an amazing experience. Julien was fantastic communicating frequently and arranging everything to perfection. Highly recommend kimkim and Julien.

Local specialist: Julien Hunerfurst

Tour du Mont-Blanc - 11 days
France | Jul 7 - Jul 18, 2019

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Jim Z.
Sweden | Reviewed on Jul 22, 2019

This is my family's 10 day self-guided TMB trekking. Special appreciation to Julien, the local specialist, who provided consultation and support to my trekking. I am not good at English on oral and listen, our communication was done with plenty of text chatting. He always gives professional answers in patience.

Local specialist: Julien Hunerfurst