This walk is ideal to get an idea of how many lakes the Les Dombes nature reserve actually has. Along the way you will pass a succession of lakes and you will certainly see numerous water birds. There are certain pieces where only silence prevails.
Distance: 12 km.
Time: 3h30.
Grade: Easy.
Type: Circular.
Gps Track: Yes.
Route description: Yes.
Wheelchair: Not suitable.
Dog: Allowed.
Height gain: Flat.
Trail: Paved and unpaved.
Marking: Yellow stripe and poles with direction indicators.
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Through Les Dombes.
The walk starts in the village and soon you walk along the lake of Espansardières. This is also where the most beautiful part of the route along the Marcau, Neuf Leger and Jambre lakes begins. Afterwards you walk along the hamlet of Perci to the Etang Neuf. Here you follow a piece of unpaved track where nature is at it's best. Afterwards, the path goes along the farm of Les Grassières and along Lake Fortery back to the starting point. You are happy to include the last boring piece on the D70B.
Download PDF for route description.
Sometimes the marking isn't that good, but in route description there are photos included to show the right way to follow.
Take binoculars along.
POI 1 - Les Dombes.
The more than a thousand lakes of the Dombes are of human origin. They were dug, mostly by the monks. Due to their profile, the Dombes lakes have a very slight slope, through which the water flows slowly and regularly to the drainage during the emptying. This emptying is done every four or five years to catch all the fish. In the summer they are sometimes left dry to grow grain or corn. From an ornithological point of view, the Dombes is an area with great diversity, including 131 species of breeding birds. It is also of international importance for migratory birds.
Dombes Tourisme.
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