Mountain lake walking weeks.

Enjoy a week of mountain trail walks with a packed lunch at a different lake every day!

Your hosts, Honor and Will, who live permanently in Formigueres and have experienced these fantastic, scenic walks first hand, will offer detailed navigational help and advice, mapped routes and where required, supply transport to the easiest start and finish points, being available on the telephone should you need assistance.

We are lucky to have Lacs Bouillouses, Aude, Puyvalador, Matemale, Les Camporells and many others within a days hike straight from our doorstep.

You will experience an abundance of wildlife, eagles, deer, butterflies, in the forests and trout in the many streams and lakes, with an amazing array of spring and summer flowers growing wild in the lower mountain pastures. There are so many amazing photographic opportunities here.

The suggested mapped routes cover between 12 and 16 kms daily, ranging from our base of 1530 metres above sea level to 2550 metres! You should expect to be moderately fit to enjoy these intermediate walking trails which take an average of three to four hours walking at a moderate pace excluding stops. The mapped routes all have variations available to increase or decrease the length of the walk, which will be explained the day before. We supply highlighted laminated maps during your stay.

We begin the day by leaving the chalet after breakfast around 9.30- 10am with a packed lunch, returning in the mid to late afternoon to enjoy a pot of tea or other refreshments in this tranquil countryside, before a delicious four course evening meal with plenty of local wine recounting the days adventures.

For your last day or time out, you can enjoy time at one of the thermal pools or simply relax.

What to bring as a minimum
-Lightweight walking boots with good ankle support
-Waterproof / windproof jacket and trousers
-Sun hat and sun cream, good sunglasses
-Water bottle
-Day rucksack (for your belongings and picnic lunch)
-Walking poles if you like to use them.
- Camera and binoculars
-swimwear
-warm mid layer, breathable
-comfortable walking shorts, trousers

A weeks half board accommodation with packed lunches and transfers from only £340 per person, or try simply our self catering apartment.

The Pyrenees offer all that's best in walking: fantastic scenery, good weather and, above all, variety. Serious trekkers will relish the chance to seek out the unexplored valleys of the high mountains. The Pyrenees is a place where there is still scope to explore an area of untouched natural beauty.

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