First weekend
21–22 November 2026
- Route
- Ciney · Rochefort · Jemelle
- On foot
- About 20 km a day
- Daylight
- About 8¾ hours
- Group
- 7 places, plus your host
€650per person, everything above included
Book this weekendWalking weekends from Brussels
Earn the evening.
Two days on foot through the Belgian Ardennes, one very good hotel in between, and eight people at one table who chose to spend their weekend this way.
- Sat
- 07:28
- Leave Bruxelles-Luxembourg
- Sun
- 18:03
- Back at Bruxelles-Luxembourg
Two days that feel like a week away.
Getting properly out takes planning that nobody has time for. So we do it: the route, the trains, the hotel, the timing, and the small things that quietly ruin a weekend when nobody has thought about them. You bring good shoes and a light pack.
Saturday is long. The hotel is very good. Dinner is unhurried. What tends to happen after twenty kilometres and a long table is that people talk properly. We don’t organise that part.
The weekend, hour by hour
Saturday out. Sunday back.
Times are indicative and confirmed ten days before departure. In November and December each day is kept to about 20 km, so we finish in daylight.
Saturday Ciney to Rochefort · about 20 km
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Place Jourdan
Coffee on the square. Introductions take about as long as the coffee.
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Bruxelles-Luxembourg
The train south, via Namur. No changes.
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Ciney
Out of town on foot, across the Condroz farmland and down into the Famenne.
On foot · about 10 km
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Lunch
Somewhere warm, around halfway.
On foot · about 10 km
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Rochefort
The hotel. A shower, the sauna if you want it, a drink before dinner.
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Dinner
One long table. Local, seasonal, unhurried.
Sunday Rochefort to Jemelle · about 19 km
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Rochefort
Breakfast, then out of town on the waymarked path towards the Lesse.
On foot · about 10 km
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Han-sur-Lesse
Where the river runs underground through the caves. Lunch in the village.
On foot · about 9 km
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Rochefort-Jemelle
Across open limestone country to the station, and the train home.
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Bruxelles-Luxembourg
Back in town, with Sunday evening still yours.
Where
Limestone, caves, and very few people.
The walking runs through the Famenne-Ardenne UNESCO Global Geopark, south-east of Namur, where the Lesse and the Lomme cut through a band of limestone: open grassland, river gorges, the caves at Han-sur-Lesse. It is quieter than the Ardennes most people picture, and it holds up in winter. The limestone drains, and if the weather turns there is a surfaced path along the Lesse.
The hotel
Saturday night is in Rochefort, at La Malle Poste, a seventeenth-century coaching inn in the middle of town, with a pool, a sauna and a kitchen worth walking for. Everyone has their own room.
The trains are direct and run every hour, seven days a week. Nobody drives.
What’s included
- Your own room. Always. Nobody shares unless they ask to.
- Dinner on Saturday, breakfast on Sunday.
- Lunch on both days, and coffee before we leave.
- Return train tickets, booked for you and handed out on the platform.
- The route and the guiding. Walked in full before you walk it.
- A packing list and a short call before the weekend.
- A head torch on loan. In winter the light goes early.
Not included
- Drinks beyond dinner
- Your walking kit
- Travel and accident insurance. You’ll need your own, and we’ll ask.
Who it’s for
People who work hard and like being outside.
Founders, people running teams, people in the middle of building something. Some train every week; some haven’t walked this far in years. Seven guests and your host: eight at one table, four facing four, and one conversation if you want it.
Come on your own or with someone. The weekend is built for both.
We don’t publish a guest list and we don’t promise introductions. People tend to get on after a day like this. We leave it there.
Dates
Two weekends on sale.
Second weekend
12–13 December 2026
- Route
- Ciney · Rochefort · Jemelle
- On foot
- About 19 km a day
- Daylight
- About 8 hours
- Group
- 7 places, plus your host
€650per person, everything above included
Book this weekendPaid in full when you book, by card through Stripe. Full refund until 21 days before departure. Booking terms
Your host
Every route walked before you walk it.
I’m Dries. I plan these weekends and walk every kilometre of them with the group. I train most days, finished Ironman Austria in Klagenfurt in 2021, and have walked and ridden [two or three trips], carrying everything myself. During the week I’m an applied researcher in entrepreneurship and innovation, with a PhD in business economics and a postdoc at Waseda University in Tokyo behind me.
I started Two Days Out because the best conversations I’ve had happened a long way into a long day outside, and almost never at the events designed to produce them.
I walk every route in full before it goes on sale, and stay in every hotel before you do.
For teams. We also run private editions midweek: the same two days, for one team, with no workshop and no programme. Write to hello@twodaysout.com.
How fit do I need to be?
If you can walk for six hours with a light pack, you are fit enough. The pace is steady and set by the group, and nobody is left behind. If you are unsure, write to us and we’ll talk it through.
I’ve never done anything like this.
That’s fine. Most of what makes a long walk hard is kit and planning, and the planning is ours. We send a packing list ten days before and are happy to go through it with you on a short call.
What do I bring?
Walking shoes or boots you have already broken in, a waterproof jacket, warm layers, a change of clothes for the evening, and a 20–30 litre pack to carry it all.
You carry your own things. There is no van and no luggage transfer. That is part of the point.
Will I have my own room?
Yes, always. If you are coming with a partner or a friend and would rather share, tell us and we’ll refund the difference.
Can I come on my own?
Yes. The weekend is built for it: seven guests and your host, one table.
What if the weather is bad?
We walk in most weather. This is Belgium. If conditions are genuinely unsafe, such as a storm warning or ice, we switch to the surfaced path along the Lesse or, as a last resort, move the date and refund you in full.
What about the hunting season?
Between October and January, some forest paths in Wallonia close on hunt days. We check before every weekend and keep an alternative line ready, so the day isn’t shortened.
What if I can’t carry on?
Every route stays within reach of a station with an hourly train. If you need to stop, we get you to the station by taxi and make sure you are on your way before the group carries on. Nobody is left on their own.
What language is it in?
English. On the path, people speak whatever they like.
What if I need to cancel?
Full refund until 21 days before departure, half until 8 days before, nothing after that. If we fill your place, you get everything back whenever you cancel. You can also hand your place to someone else at no cost. Booking terms
What if not enough people book?
We need at least five to run the weekend. If we don’t reach that, we tell you at least 7 days before and refund you in full.
Do I need insurance?
Yes: your own travel and accident insurance. We carry liability insurance for the weekend itself.
Do you run cycling weekends?
From spring 2027: the same format on the bike, with your own bags or ours on loan. Leave your details under Dates and we’ll tell you when they open.
Can I book for my team?
Yes, as a private edition, midweek. Write to hello@twodaysout.com.