Whether you're a family, charity or tourism professional...
we will help you organise your group visit to the Vercors.
For groups of more than 20 people, booking is required: this gives you a personal programme and the possibility of guided tours, at preferential rates.
Depending on your programme and preferences, Visites Nature Vercors offers you four activities. You can include one tour in your stay, or design a complete full-day programme.
Tour of the Grotte de Choranche
You will follow your guide along a fitted-out route, with the galleries lighting up as you advance. All year round, discover this underground world with its fairy-tale lighting, its thousands of straw stalactites and its olms.
1h guided tour - complete the booking form
Tour of the Jardin des Fontaines Pétrifiantes
A garden conceived and designed to showcase more than 800 plant varieties from all over the world. The water, flora and repurposed objects create unusual trails. The gardeners will guide you in discovering this world, and happily answer your questions.
30 min guided tour and 45 min self-guided tour - complete the booking form
Cruise on the Paddlewheel Boat "Royans-Vercors"
Sail along the River Isère to discover the wildlife, flora and heritage monuments that line its banks. A friendly and tranquil interlude interspersed with the crew’s commentary, as they share history and anecdotes.
The cruise, between Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans and La Sône, lasts 60-90 minutes depending on the season. On arrival, your coach is waiting - complete the booking form
Tour of the Grotte de Thaïs
Accompanied by a guide, you explore a labyrinth dotted with hollows and with red and black concretions. Journey back in time, and find out about the Prehistoric humans who settled here at the end of the last Ice Age.
1 hour guided tour - complete the booking form
For a lunch break during your Vercors visit:
our catering services from April to September
With our catering services, enhance your day by discovering terroir products in a warmly convivial setting.
Lunch at Côté Jardin: no need to leave the site. We will host you at the entrance to the Jardin des Fontaines Pétrifiantes for a delicious meal.
Lunch on board the Paddlewheel Boat “Royans-Vercors”: a private interlude in the course of a lunch cruise. Enjoy exceptional surroundings during a two-hour dining experience, against a verdant backdrop on the River Isère.
A panoramic lunch at Brasserie Le Gournier: before or after your tour of the Grotte de Choranche. A mouth-watering interlude facing the Presles Cliffs and the Bourne Gorge.
Examples of a full-day programme
Along the Waters of the Vercors
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Morning: Guided tour of the Grotte de Choranche (1hr) Lunchtime: Panoramic lunch at Brasserie Le Gournier (2hrs) Afternoon: Guided tour of the Jardin des Fontaines Pétrifiantes in La Sône (30min + 45 min self-guided tour) + cruise on board the Paddlewheel Boat "Royans Vercors" (1hr)
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Discovering the Underground World
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Morning: Guided tour of the Grotte de Choranche (1hr) Lunchtime: Panoramic lunch at Brasserie Le Gournier (2hrs) Afternoon: Guided tour of the Grotte de Thaïs in Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans (1hr)
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Around the Garden Sanctuary
Morning :Guided tour of the Jardin des Fontaines Pétrifiantes in La Sône (30min + 45 min self-guided tour)
Lunchtime: Lunch at Restaurant Côté Jardin (2hrs)
Afternoon: Cruise on board the Paddlewheel Boat "Royans-Vercors" (departing La Sône, arriving Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans (1hr)
Around a Lunch Cruise
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Morning: Guided tour of the Grotte de Thaïs in Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans (1hr) Lunchtime: Lunch cruise on board the Paddlewheel Boat "Royans-Vercors", departing from Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans) (2hrs) Afternoon: Guided tour of the Jardin des Fontaines Pétrifiantes in La Sône (30min + 45 min self-guided tour)
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