Walking Dordogne

 We are extremely excited with the launch of a new, exciting and unique tour ” Going Underground”
We have spent 2 years exploring the caves, and beyond. “Going Underground” is NOT a “Potholing” adventure, but an adventure for the hikers that want to experience another world underground.
These caves, chambers and tunnels have been used for 1000′s of years, and they played an extremely important role during the Second World  War, where they were used by the French Resistance.

This adventure is suitable for most people, but requires a high level of fitness, the ability to clamber, and not  claustrophobic.

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Why do we have the most unique, and exciting trips and tours?. It’s because YOU decide what you would like to do or visit. Again we have listened to our customers, and thanks to all your feedback we have created yet another unique experience. I say experience, because it is just that, it’s not a trip or a tour, we are giving you the chance to experience what it was like to be a Cro Magnon about 35.000 years ago.

You will spend 3 days and 2 nights living as a Cro Magnon, you will sleep in (a) real prehistoric cave(s), you will be dressed in clothes made of hide and fur just like a real Cro Magnon, you will fish using a traditional (made by yourself ) fishing harpoon, you will have to find and prepare your food with tools made by yourself, you will be taught how to make your own fire, and how to survive using the same methods our ancestors used 1000′s of years ago.
You will hunt** and gather food as a team. This is the closest you will ever get to basics, and you will be talking about this experience for the rest of your life… Guaranteed !!

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• You will be stripped of ALL modern day mod cons, and will start the experience with only the Cro Magnon  clothes we supply you with.
• Your “home” for 3 days and 2 nights will be in caves situated in 30 Hectares of (private) rugged land
• Your “Guide” will teach you everything you will need to know, and more, on how to “become” and survive as a Cro Magnon
• You will hunt, fish  and gather food, but the hunting will be symbolic, NO real animals will be killed, all the animals will be fake, but you will still have to  find and hunt them, and you will be supplied with the real stuff ( venison, wild boar, rabbit and pigeon)  depending on what fake animals you kill. The fish however will be real, but limited to one fish per person per day.
• You will be taught everything about our ancestors the Cro Magnon, and why and how they settled in this region, and putting an end to the Neanderthal existence.

This experience is ideal for the whole family, but we have put a minimum age of 12 for the kids. The groups will be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8.
I’m afraid this experience is not suitable for vegetarians.

This experience will be for September and October 2008, and as of 2009 it will  be April, May, June,September and October

From March 28 untill May 10th we are are offering a genuine “Once in a Lifetime Experience” We are giving you the chance to literally help explore the Vezere Valley. During this periode de Paulus will be exploring “New Grounds” and mapping out previous caves and underground caverns.
You will be  guarenteed caves, underground caverns, trogladytes, shelters etc. this exploration will be an extension of “The Valley of Caves” trip. The area that will be explored and mapped will be about 1 km of clifts (various levels) and woodland.

If you are adventurous, fit, do not have a fear of heights or are Claustrophobic and would be interested in this amazing experience then please contact us through our site.

This offer is FREE for everyone staying at B&B Ferme de Tayac during the periode mentioned above. If you are interested in this exploration, but are staying somewhere else, then there is a 25 Euro charge.
This is on a first come fist serve basis… so be quick.

Well yet another year has past us by, and we are looking forward to an exciting 2008.

Due to the fact that Walking Dordogne has recently been mentioned in a few well known guide books and published on a few web sites, means the interest and bookings have gone through the roof, and we are already fully booked for May and only have a few places available for June. September and October are filling up as well.

July and August gets very… VERY  busy in this region, and we can no longer guarentee the same experience  you would get from our tours if booked outside these two months, for this reason we are no longer taking bookings for TOURS in July & August. However we will be offering day trips in the Vezere Valley (see valley of the Neaderthal) and Horse riding, sorry no canoeing, cycling or scenic tours in July or August.     

Lots of people contact us and ask us why we do not take larger groups?..  We strongly believe that taking small groups is one of the things that makes us so populer, our groups are never larger than 5 people 4 + guide (under certain circumstances we will take larger groups if they book as a group). By taking small groups  you can bond with your group, decisions are easy to make,the tours have a more personal touch, and we will be able to call you by your real name (very difficult to do with groups of 20+)  Not to mention that we take our groups to and into caves, ledges, shelters etc. Our groups really experience something unique, and that experience would be lost in a large group.

We have listened to our customers wishes and have been very busy putting together some amazing and unique horse trips, and some overnight horse treks.
These new additions to our itinerary are guarenteed to show you the REAL Dordogne on horseback,  an experience you will never forget.

The horse trips will take you on a wonderful round trip of about 30km and will take about 5 hours this incl. a picnic in a lovely scenic spot. You will have a choice to visit  some of the most famous places in the Dordogne. The choice so far is..

** La Madeleine
** Commarque
** Bernifal
** Ferrassie
** Grotte de Rouffinac
** Grotte de Bara Bahau 

Price for this amazing 5 hour experience is just 110 Euro p/p this incl. picnic.
min # of people for these trips are 5, and max # is 7. These trips can be booked as day trips, if you are staying in the area, or as part of a package. 

Info about the overnight horse treks will be posted soon.