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The Vezere has so much to offer, yet very few people who visit the area, actually get to see the REAL Dordogne. Everyone just visits the main attractions that are accessible by cars and coaches. To see the the REAL Dordogne you will need to get of the roads, and onto the tracks & trails, leave the car behind and get onto other means of transport, by foot, canoe, horse or mountain bike.
The Vezere Valley in the "Perigord Noir" is with it's more than 250 UNESCO sites of interest, the undisputed "Prehistoric Capital of the World". Prehistoric dwellings, caves, rock shelters and lots more, most of which are only accessible on foot.
However, Dordogne has much more to offer than just relics from the Prehistoric era, castles, bastides, medieval towns & villages, all of these,and lots more, all in the stunning and amazing scenery the Dordogne is famous for, hills, cliffs, windy rivers, great weather, friendly locals, and lots more make the Dordogne one of the most interesting and exciting places in the world.
Walking Dordogne takes you to all the well kept secrets that are only accessible on foot, horse or canoe. To see the "Real Dordogne" you will have to get off the roads, and on the tracks. Let us take you back, to the places our ancestors called "home" more than 460000 years ago.
We will take you on unforgettable trips to places that are remote, and seen only by a few lucky people, places of interest that are not mentioned on any maps or in any guide books. We will take you back in time to caves, shelters, dwellings and troglodytes hidden away by time and forgotten about.
more info: www.walkingdordogne.com
Both the Dordogne and Vezere are named after the rivers that cut through the area. A lot has changed over the years, 1000's of years to be precise.
Ever since "Man" came and settled in the Vezere Valley, the sheer limestone cliffs have been ideal spots to use as shelters, safe from the dangers that our ancestors faced, wild animals, severe weather, and other tribes.
Some of Dordogne's best kept secrets are still to be found along the rivers, and only accessible by canoe or canoe / hike.
Our canoe trips leave at the crack of dawn, chances are you will spot deer, wild boar, otters, buzzards, kingfishers,fox and plenty of other wildlife.
We will pass Chateaus, ancient farmhouses, troglodytes and caves, and this is all on the way to our exploring grounds
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Horse Riding
Ditch the car and get onto some real "Horse Power" 1000's of years ago, there was a very high abundance of wild horses in this region, this can be seen in so many cave paintings found in the region. "Man" has always had a good friendship with horses, and that is still the case today.
We take you to some of the "Jewels" of the Dordogne and Vezere Valley, the only difference, is the way we take you to actually get there.
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, our ancestors would travel to far away places to trade goods, for hundreds of years, and many generations would follow the same tracks and trails to get to these often remote places. Along the way they would rest at places that have now become villages, hamlets and even towns. These tracks and trails quickly disappeared with the invention of the train and later the automobile.. lost and forgotten forever..
Well almost, we take you on a trip of a lifetime following these long forgotten trails.. Get on a horse and let us retrace the routes our ancestors took hundreds of years ago.
These photo's were taken on our "The Footsteps of the Mammoth" Trail
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