Starting from Allègre, a little village nestling at the foot of an extinct volcano (1000 meters high, 25 km north of Le Puy en Velay town), in the Natural Regional Park of the Livradois-Forez, our 4 hiking laps will lead you from La Chaise Dieu plateau to the Allier river gorges and towards Saugues to the "wild hazel" region. Little level variation, vast forests, rivers and small mountain lakes.

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You start your trip any day of the week and for as many days as you fancy. We propose 4 different tours with longer or shorter stages according to your childrenís age and your own capabilities. All these trips are marked out and weíll provide maps as well as a personal daily technical file. Each round trip is marked out with different types of accommodations: bed and breakfast, transit accommodation, guest rooms and hotels, local camping sites as well as bivouacs.
The local bathing sites will be indicated and in any case pasture or fodder is provided for the donkeys.
We will also make a list of the food suppliers along your trip such as grocery shops and bakeries.

A cursory summing up of our suggested round trips:

1°/ " From brooks to ponds" :

this trip is intended to families with10 to 13kms long stages with all types of accommodation available every night. You walk down along the river where swimming and bathing is possible. If you are prepared to go further, this trip will take you on the steps of Saint Jacques of Compostelle pilgrims to the " wild hazel" country and the Gevaudan Beast. Children used to walking

It's  also possible to  combine hiking trip and canu in the Allier gorges: 3, 4 or  days to go down as far as the gorges along with a donkey and after   in canu down the river Allier during 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 days as you decid .                 

4°/"Frocks and coats of mail" :