Nomade - 27km

A real bivouac for a real-life adventure.

This excursion is open to all the family, and the night spent in the open air gives it a whiff of adventure far removed from the routine of everyday life.

You will navigate this 27km-long stretch of river, far from the daily grind of troubles and stress, and seek your own campsite for the night.

Take with you: sleeping bags, tents, food and water.

No campfires in the National Park, but you can take a portable BBQ and charcoal, or a camping stove.

Warning: Do not disturb the wildlife, especially birds, which are protected by law.

You may bivouac on island beaches, but not inland from the beaches; there you will be on private property.

DANGER: NEVER bivouac or land on a sandbank in mid-stream.  It may look solid, but appearances can be very deceptive.  The visible edges of the sandbank may just be overhangs scoured out by the current underneath, which can also have formed cavities in the sandbank itself.  The sand you see may, in places, be only inches thick. 

Reception at the st-martin-de-la-place base at 16.00.

After the necessary registration formalities (hire contract and payment) you will be taken by shuttle to Chouzé-sur-Loire.

Your bivouac material will also be transported.

Quayside briefing at Chouzé, then embarkation on the Loire.

On arriving at the junction with the Vienne river, you will pass before the magnificent castle of Montsoreau.

You can set up camp for the night anywhere between Montsoreau and Saumur, depending on your progress.

Your journey will end at the heart of the Anjou-Touraine Region Nature Reserve.

Return to base between 12.00 and 12.30.

The bivouac in brief :