Introduction

This is a self-made route of 693km, based on our earlier CZ-SK-HU trip, our earlier Elbe trip and our earlier Sieben Flüsse trip, covering twenty-three waterways (the Vltava, the Rokytka, Vinořský Potok, the Elbe, (cz: Labe) the Opatovický kanál, the Hatina, the Jizerka, the Jizera, Kapaninský Potok, Hrádecký Potok, Dračí Potok, the Zlatnik, the Kamenice, Smržovský Potok, the Lučanská Nisa, the Lužická Nisa, the Mandau, the Landwasser, the Spree, the Chřibská Kamenice, the Bystrá, the Ploučnice, the Ohře), including three river sources (the Elbe spring in the Krkonoše Mountains, one of the Spree springs in Neugersdorf in the Lusatian Highlands and the Mandau near Nové Křečany).

Our plan (see spreadsheet below) was to cycle the distance in 15 days (average 46km/day) and to rest for 3 days Špindlerův Mlýn (to hike up to the source of the Elbe), Liberec (to explore the city) and Roudnice nad Labem (to cycle a loop around via Terezin and the Elbe/Ohře confluence at Litoměřice).

In reality, we cycled the distance in 15 days and cycled 722Km (average 48Km/day).

Much effort went into making the data files listed below. See here for copyright and licensing.

Map

Notes about map:

• green pin: route start
• red pin: route end
• blue pins: campsites - click for (possibly obsolete) URL

Photos

Downloads

Notes about downloads:

• viele-flüsse-route-combined.gpx has routes divided into chunks of 250 route points for compatibility with older Garmin devices
• viele-flüsse-waypoints-camps.gpx and viele-flüsse-route-combined.gpx were both generated from the other two files using scripts in the traveltools repository; they are provided here for convenience