The ridges and valley of Le Coudoulous

Fauna and flora

History and culture

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A forest path between the Coudoulous valley and the Serre de Naves ridge, through an environment shaped by human hand: sweet-chestnut groves, planted forests, apple orchards, terraces planted with onions and typical local villages.

2 points of interest

Le Faucon Pélerin - Descamps Régis
Fauna
The peregrine falcon
Given that it nests nearby, you might be lucky enough to observe a peregrine falcon. This is the most powerful and, above all, the fastest of the falcons in the Cévennes National Park. Grey in colour, the adult has a wingspan of about one metre for females, more than that for males. Its wings are angular, wide and pointed, and a black mask covers its cheeks.
Arphy et les traversiers - N. Thomas
History
Arphy
A long municipality in a narrow vale framed by two lines of ridges...

The Coudoulous, the main tributary of the Arre, has sculpted this granite landscape, whose stones were used as much to build the crop terrace walls as the mas (isolated farms) and hamlets all along the river. The valley bottom is rich with alluvial sediment, making farming important : irrigated orchards, crop terraces, gardens. On the ridges, paths follow the tracks made by sheep mgrating to and from their summer pastures.

Description

Signposts will guide you all along this route. In the description below, the signposted place names and/or directions are given in bold italics between quotation marks:

Starting from “ARPHY”, walk towards “CAP DE CÔTE” via “Bions” to “Serre de Naves”.
At “Serre de Naves”, fork towards “Le Crestat”, then continue to “Galary”.
Return to “ARPHY”.

This walk is taken from the guidebook Les Vallées Cévenoles - En Pays Viganais, published by the Communauté de communes Pays Viganais-Cévennes as part of the collection Espaces Naturels Gardois and the label Gard Pleine Nature.

Departure : Arphy
Arrival : Arphy
Towns crossed : Arphy and Mandagout

Forecast

Altimetric profile

Recommandations

Make sure your equipment is appropriate for the day’s weather conditions. Take enough water, wear sturdy shoes and put on a hat. Please close any gates and barriers behind you.

Information desks

Tourism'house and national Parc at Florac

Place de l'ancienne gare, N106, 48400 Florac-trois-rivières

https://www.cevennes-gorges-du-tarn.com info@cevennes-parcnational.fr 04 66 45 01 14

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