Highlights

ECRINS NATIONAL PARK, HILL WALKING, WHITE WATER RAFTING, PROVENCE, GAP MARKET, WILDLIFE OBSERVATION.

Ecrins National Park

The park has been awarded the European Diploma of protected areas. During your walks, you will enter and admire the world of high mountains and glaciers, with more than 100 peaks higher than 3000 meters in the Ecrins Park. You will transform yourself into an explorer and will be amazed by the abundance of Fauna and Flora present in the Park.

Stay in typical French Alpine village

Ancelle is nice little mountain village. With 650 inhabitants it has everything you need for shopping, bars and restaurants and even 2 night clubs! As the Archaeology sites around demonstrate, Ancelle is very ancient village probably of around 400 years BC. It is still possible to see the old ruins. During your stay, why not going to the local market of Ancelle the Thursday morning to sample some tourtons made with cheese, local pastas and obviously local cheese and wine!

Local wildlife and Flora

The local guards from the National ecrins Park have counted more than 50 golden eagles couples in the park. It is very common to admire them flying, usally male and female flying together, and the female doing most of the hunting hard work! As for Ibex and Chamoix, they are plentiful in the park.
As for Flora, especially in Spring and also right up to end of September, you will be amazed by the multitude of flowers. The local botanists have counted more than 100 species of orchids in this region!