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 !!

More Info: 

• 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

As of 26 April 2008 Walking Dordogne will be adding an amazing 190 km canoe trip down the Vezere River.
The trip will start at the Central Massief, near Clermont-Ferrant where the waters running off the mountains form the Vezere river.
We will follow the river for 190 km and pass through the following “Departments” and “Towns & Villages”

• Corrèze: Pérols-sur-Vézère, Bugeat, Uzerche, Vigeois, Brive-la-Gaillarde
• Dordogne: Montignac, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Le Bugue , Limeuil

The trip will take 5 days, and the nights will be spent “Wild Camping” on Islands and along side the river.
The groups will be min. 2 and max 6 people.

The trip will run from 26 April -30 June and 01 September - October 26.  ( No trips in July and August )

More info visit our web site www.walkingdordogne.com or contact us .

 As of April 10th  2008 we will be adding “Hell’s Gorge” to our already fantastic list of day trips.  This trip will take you to some wonderful and exciting places somewhere along the Vezere Valley. Caves, rock overhangs & shelters, trogladytes, ruin of a templars hospital, ancient villages excellent views of the Vezere Valley and lots more. This trip is suitable for all ages, a certain level of fitness is required ( lot’s of uphill and climbing & crawling) and lasts about 4-5 hours.

Below are photo’s taken on “Hell’s Gorge” trip.

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.

We have been very busy putting together new and exciting trips  and have put together 2 (more coming soon) amazing and unforgettable overnight horse treks, with the choice to bivac or stay at a hotel.
The treks will take you to some of the nicest places this area has to offer, and some of the areas best kept secrets. You will enjoy about 5 hours of horse riding a day. These treks are 2 days 1 night. Our 2 treks are..

* Grotte de Rouffignac
Rouffignac is one of the longest and most ramifide caves with palaeolithic paintings. Total length of all the chambers and galleries in three levels is about 10 km’s.

* Grotte de Bara Bahau
Hollowed out by a vanished underground river and dominating the Vézère valley, the Bara-Bahau Cave was first inhabited by bears, which left many traces of their occupation. Then man in turn took possession 17,000 years ago, turning the cave into a shelter with an inner chamber and sanctuary.

Price for this once in a lifetime Dordogne adventure is just 190 Euro!!!  This includes picnics and accommodation. This price does not include. dinner at the accommodation. Add an extra 50 Euro if you choose to stay at a hotel.

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.

As of September 2007 Walking Dordogne will be offering exciting day trips for the kids.
We have put together an exciting horse ride which will last for about two hours, followed by a spectaculer hike to explore a few caves, picnic on a real prehistoric rock ledge with stunning views. This will be one adventure the kids will NEVER forget, horse riding, climbing, crawling, exploring caves and caverns etc.. this trip will bring out the “Indiana Jones” in everyone.. and a parent gets to enjoy it for Free…  

Total time is about 5-6 hours. Suitable for ages 8+ an adventurous personality is a must.

Anyone with a web site or an E-buisness knows that advertising your site online can be extremely expensive, and more than often does not drive the needed traffic to your site.
Walking Dordogne cannot afford to pay for advertising, to do so we would have to drasticly  raise our prices to break even.
For this reason, we decided to advertise ourself using the main search engines. To do this  we have launched numerous sites that link back to “Walking Dordogne”, each site uses different keywords, and meta tags  hopefully by doing this we will have a greater chance of appearing on the first pages of the mayor search engines.
Our sites so far ( we will be adding more in the future) are:

http://www.walkingdordogne.com/
http://www.unforgettabledordogne.com/ 
http://www.dordogneonfoot.com/
http://www.exploringdordogne.com/
http://www.scenicdordogne.com/

By not having to spend lots of money on advertising, we can keep our prices far below the prices other outfitters who offer package tours to the Dordogne. 

Due to the high number of people contacting us to see if it is possible to just do a day trip, we have decided that as of September ‘07 we will be offering day walks. We will have a choice of excellent and unique walks that will give you an excellent impression of this region. The walks are between 5 and 9 hours long.