Bring your pick-nick with you and enjoy a moment of peace and silence before or after your tour; special pick-nick places with tables and benches are waiting for you.
Over mountains and through valleys… Villaine:
From one mountain to the other:
Starting point: “Le Ménil”
You are starting direction Malgrétout (marvellous panoramic view over the valley of l’Audry), then enter the valley Lépron-les-Vallées; in Lépron you can have a stop at the source.
Then you continue and climb up the hills (panoramic view of the valley of Lépron) and further through the Vaux forest.
Duration: 3 hours (9 km)
Altitude difference: 300 meters
Simple way.
Price: 45 € / donkey (without guide)
Departures: 10 a.m. , subject to availability (in summer, respecting the timetables is essential for reasons of crowds and good organisation). Count 3/4 hours of explanations and preparations before your actual departure.
Attention: maximum weight for donkey: 40 kg
Way for wanderers.
You leave the village and enter the forest.
Then you follow the way – always on top – and then descend direction Lépron-les-Vallées. A stop at the source with fresh spring water is a must.
After the stop you ascend again to the crest of the hills which separate Lépron de Vaux until you slowly descend again direction Villaine. In Villaine you should stop again at the source for refreshment.
Duration: ½ day (14 km)
Altitude difference: 460 meters
Simple way – proper footwear necessary
Price: 55 € / donkey (without guide)
Departures: 10 a.m. , subject to availability (in summer, respecting the timetables is essential for reasons of crowds and good organisation). Count 3/4 hours of explanations and preparations before your actual departure.
Attention: maximum weight for donkey: 40 kg
4 hours to walk, through fields, brushwood, the forest of Signy l’Abbay and the hills of Montmeillant.
Arrival at Près Marius for a fresh bath in the river Malacquise.
*Duration: 4 hours (11 to 13 km).
Simple way. Map provided.
(Overnight stay in the lodge: 100€ / base 2 pers. possible 4 pers. , campfire upon arrival possible)
Return to starting point organised by Un Âne En Ardennes
Price 1st donkey: 70€,without accommodation, next donkey: 50€
In summer, respecting the timetables is essential for reasons of crowds and good organisation. Count 3/4 hours of explanations and preparations before your actual departure.
Attention: maximum weight for donkey: 40 kg