Truffle Hunting with a Trifolao

Highlights

• A real trifolao and his dog, on a private truffle ground
• Small group hunting: six people at most, never a coach
• You taste what was found, back at the farmhouse
• White truffle from 1 October to 31 January, black truffle the rest of the year
• Pickup and drop-off at your address in the Langhe
• Dawn or afternoon departures, when the dog works best

About this tour

Itinerary

1. Pickup and drive to the truffle ground 25 min

   We collect you where you are staying and drive up towards the wood. Twenty to thirty minutes depending on where the hunt is that day.

2. Meeting the trifolao 15 min

   The hunter explains how it works: where a truffle grows, why in certain rows and not others, how the dog was trained. A few words, then into the wood.

3. The hunt 1h

   You walk behind the dog for a good hour, on uneven ground and often uphill. When the dog marks, the hunter digs with the spade and the truffle comes out in front of you.

4. Cleaning and tasting 40 min

   Back at the farmhouse what was found is brushed, weighed and tasted: egg or tajarin, a glass of Nebbiolo, and an explanation of how to keep a truffle that has to last a week.

5. Drive back 25 min

   We take you back to where you are staying. If you bought truffle it travels with you, sealed and weighed by the hunter.

Good to know

• Wear closed shoes you do not mind ruining: the wood is steep and almost always wet.
• Nobody can guarantee a truffle will be found. This is a real hunt, not a show with a truffle buried beforehand.
• White Alba truffle is hunted from 1 October to 31 January, the dates are set by the Piedmont region and in September harvesting is banned for every species; the rest of the year the hunt is for black truffle.
• The dogs are used to people, but tell us when you book if anyone is afraid of dogs.
• Suitable for children from about six, as long as they can walk an hour in the wood.
• Paid on the day, in cash, directly to the driver.

Meeting point

Alba (CN), Piazza Michele Ferrero · Open in Google Maps

If you would rather reach us in Alba, we wait in Piazza Michele Ferrero, on the arcade side. The driver holds a sign with your name and messages you on WhatsApp the evening before with the car model and plate.

Pickup

Pickup and drop-off are included in Alba, Barolo, La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, Barbaresco, Neive, Serralunga d'Alba and the farmhouses around them, including the ones at the end of the gravel roads where coaches cannot go. If you are staying in Turin, Milan or Genoa we add the return transfer: send us the address and we give you the exact price before you confirm.

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