Activities

Whether you want to do activities with adults or share them with your children, the region is full of visits, hiking trails and other sports and cultural activities of all kinds. If you prefer to stay close to your cottage, we offer a wide choice of "home" activities. Discover the program for your future vacation.

Our ""in-house"" activities

• Walks with ponies and donkeys

Walks with our Shetland ponies on the trails of the Hautes Corbières around the Gorges du Termenet and the Château de Termes, on trails, partly marked (GR 36, La Petite Vadrouille, Boucle du Roc de Nitable) and on our own trails on our property.

Self-guided walks (pony loan/rental): from 2 hours, to half a day or a day. After an introduction and preparation of the ponies, you will set off independently on a trail for which we will provide you with the itinerary.

Guided walks (you will be accompanied by a person from the farm): from 2 hours, to half a day or a day. You will benefit from a competent guide, who will assist you with the animals and who will tell you in a fun way about the life of the animals, the history, the geology and the environment....

Dates: every Wednesday afternoon during school term; all day Wednesday during vacation periods. Other dates possible by appointment.

• Participation in the life of the farm (grooming, cuddles, visiting the herd in the mountains, small "transhumance", moving the herds, etc.)

• Arts and crafts : making wooden jewelry, small sculptures and trinkets from cade wood and talc

• Geological hikes (the owner is a geologist)

• Support and assistance for your children with supervised educational activities, leisure games around ponies
  

Activities in the region

• Hiking and mountain biking in the forest or scrubland, on numerous paths and trails from the house (the GR 36 is a few hundred meters away), two hiking loops around the castle and the Gorges du Termenet and the Gorges de Coynepont
• Horse riding and horse treks in Termes (Pla d'al Roussi equestrian farm)
• Walks with our Shetland ponies and donkeys;
• Swimming and canyoning in the Gorges du Termenet (with or without a guide), at the foot of our property
• Visit to a llama farm run by our neighbors Sylvie and Nicole
• Discovery of the Buade mill, at Olga and Philippe's, our closest neighbors. Possibility to buy freshly ground organic flour
• Hiking in the Pyrenees (50 km from the property)
• Mediterranean beaches
• Canoeing, kayaking, rafting, white water swimming in the Gorges de l'Aude (Alet-le-Bains, Limoux, Quillan, Axat)
• Discoveries of prestigious sites and castles (Termes, Villerouge Termenes, Quéribus, Peyrepertuse, Aguilar, Arques, Rennes-le-Château, Minerve, Lastours, Monségur, Carcassonne, Fanjeaux
• Visit breathtaking natural sites: Gorges du Termenet, Gorges de Coynepont, Gorges de l'Orbieu, all near Termes, then the Gorges de Galamus with its hermitage;
• Visits to the abbeys (Fontfroide 30 km, Lagrasse 16 km, Alet-les-Bains...)
• Classical music concerts at these sites during the summer
• Visited the dinosaur museum in Espéraza and the prehistoric man museum in Tautavel (entertainment for children)
• Visit to the African Reserve of Sigean and the Australian Park of Carcassonne
• Limousis Cave
• Carcassonne Medieval Festival, with sound and light shows, historical reenactments, concerts, craft markets;
• Weekly markets in Lagrasse, Limoux, Lézignan and Laroque-de Fa (local producers' market, crafts; entertainment and catering on site every Friday from 5 p.m.).