Youth group Adventure holidays in Ardeche

A bespoke holiday for small groups perfect for Scouts, D of E or youth groups

Ardeche Adventures provides a bespoke and professional service, offering exhilarating, challenging and educational activity holidays for groups.

We offer a multi activity program that not only offers your group the physical challenges, but also the chance to experience local French culture, food, natural history, geology and of course, language. The activities we include are a three day canoeing descent of the Ardeche Gorge with overnight bivouac, high ropes, climbing and abseiling, as well as an excursion to one of the many and diverse attractions of this amazing area of France.

Our Ardeche Adventures site is located in the picturesque area of Planzolles in the Cevenne Mountain's, and is fully equipped with modern chalets, restaurant area, and a large pool.

The location is 15 minutes from the Chasserzac river surrounded by beautiful Paolithic woods and wildlife, making it a perfect area for woodland treks, and mountain biking.We believe that we are in the unique position of being able to offer hand tailored and exclusive trips to groups, managed and organized by ourselves from initial contact with party leaders all the way to being there with you on the river!

We have experience of D of E and have assessors available to work with your group if necessary. You can if you prefer design your own itinerary with us to produce a trip that will be perfect for your groups needs.

It's such an incredible region for outdoor pursuits and the adventures are limitless, our challenge is always to go beyond your expectations.

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Itinerary / Highlights

Saturday
When you arrive at the site, you will be greeted by us and guided you to your tent. We understand that traveling can be exhausting, so after a short introduction, you will have the day to relax and explore.

Sunday
We recommend you start the day by visiting our local morning market in Lablachere.
The rest is your day is free and we find most groups just enjoy to relax and get into the holiday mode! For the super active, we are also more than happy to organize something for you, such as a trek.

Monday
Today you will be climbing and abseiling in the Chassezac Gorge amongst the magnificent limestone cliffs. It’s just a walk from the site and the abseil is a James Bond like drop into a cave!!
On Monday evenings we have a Paella beach party! Five minutes from the site there is an amazing spot where the river runs through a labyrinth of limestone producing the perfect swimming spot!

Tuesday
A day at the high ropes course in Villefort, this is a fantastic day of zip lines and high ropes challenges, see if you can get through all five courses!

Wednesday
This is the first day of canoeing and is designed to prepare you for the full descent. You will complete a mini descent of 7 km in which you'll learn basic river safety and boat control whilst taking many opportunities to swim and rock jump along the way. The first day takes you through some of the rivers most exhilarating rapids and to top it all off you'll be paddling through the simply spectacular Pont D'Arc itself.

Thursday
We return to the river to pick up from where we left off, now entering the gorge proper, fully equipped for the two-day descent. Its no turning back from here and once on our way you really begin to appreciate the Magnitude and beauty of the Ardeche gorge!
As well as negotiating the many rapids along the way we have time to swim and have lunch on the rivers edge. By late afternoon we arrive at the bivouac site, prepare our sleeping area and light the BBQ. The site is fully equipped with a shower block and toilets. We will provide tents and inflatable beds for anybody worried about an uncomfortable night! Pure luxury! Relax while we spoil you!

Friday
After sleeping out under the stars we rise to the smell of hot chocolate and pancakes lovingly prepared by us. Once we have loaded our dry sacks we set of for the final day of the descent ready to face more rapids and stunning scenery, oh, and nudists! (Thought it would be best to warn you!) We arrive, (exhausted), at the bottom of the gorge! From here

Saturday
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Accommodation Details

Please enquire as accommodation will depend on your needs, from camping and chalets to large gites available.