Natural Reserve of the Courant d'Huchet

One of the Best Places To Visits in Léon Frequently mentioned in reviews: Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. . There are several walks alongside the (although you can often barely glimpse it, due to the thick foliage). You can start at the Pichelebe bridge on the D328, there's a small parking area for cars. At this point you have the choice: go west towards the sea, go east towards the lake. Or both! Going towards the sea you are pretty flabbergasted - well, I was, anyway - to come out of the forest and suddenly see the dunes with half a dozen houses on the top. No proper road access, just a sandy track - surely they need a 4x4? And as they are clearly holiday homes only, does this mean that they have to have a special car just for coming here? They made an interesting end point to our walk, seeing their gorgeous position on top of the dunes facing the sun as it sets in the ocean of an evening. Well, I say end point - we had to retrace our tracks, of course, to get back to the car. On the other hand, you can go east towards the lake. Lovely and cool in the woods, glimpses of the river, you can sometimes hear the boatmen and their passengers. To go on the itself, you have to join the little flotilla of rowing boats that leaves, twice a day, from the wooden information centre "Les Bateliers du Courant d'Huchet" at one end of the beach on the south shore of the Lac de Leon. It's quite pricey - €13, €18 or €23 for 2, 3 or 4 hours - but you have to bear in mind that there are only half-a-dozen paying passengers in each boat and the poor man has a pretty hard slog of it, especially rowing back against the current. You generally need to reserve the day before. What you can't do is make an independent trip down the river, as it is a protected nature area. On the shore you can hire canoes, pedaloes and those wonderful silent electric boats - great fun and no effort - but there are buoys in the with notices warning you to keep well away from the entrance to the Courant. A lovely day out, whether you walk, get an electric boat, or get rowed by a strong young man. . This place doesn’t actually close, it’s the information place that closes. Huge lake, camping, toilets, picnic spots & lots of different walks Parked at the Pichelebe Bridge. We followed the signed shortest path (about 2km). It was a very hot day and the shadow of the trees was refreshing. In the middle of the route there is an observation platform providing a magnificent view on the protected area in the park. Also observe the treebark at the start of the itinerary. Great natural reserve, one can cross the at a certain place as well. Beware that dogs are prohibited on the actual side if you decide to walk inland away from the beach. Unique environment, view Information centre. Should you travel to the Southwest of France be sure not to miss out on this beautiful part. Pineapple forests, beautiful wild sea and endless sand beaches. Very pleasant afternoon in the backwaters between the and the coast. Our guide was great. Really hard work to punt/row and steer us all whilst giving us the history and answering our questions. We will enjoyed it. Parked by the road and walked 1 km to the beach which was breathtaking. Hardly anyone there, we had so much space. There is driftwood on the beach which is nice. Swimming was a loy of fun, but not for the little ones as it got deep very soon, and the water did not pull back in the same way as on the public beaches. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.