5 hiking ideas with children in Puy-de-Dôme (from 6 years old)
Benefit of our région: hiking is accessible with children! Here are 5 idées for walks à starting from 6 years old à less than 30 minutes from the campsite.
Consider équipment adapté and especially the provisioning of the troops :-)
Discover 6 other idées of randonnées
at the same level (cave, waterfall, puys...), also testéed and approuvéed by our children!
Puy de la Vache and Puy de Lassolas
Two beautiful twin craters, with glowing red pumice and
top-notch panoramas over the chain of puys! To enjoy it you will have to tackle two beautiful slopes and quite a few stair steps, but they are accessible with children by following their pace. Our little tip: go up via Puy de Lassolas, because its path is in pumice, very slippery on the descent.
Departure 10 minutes from the campsite
Grande Cascade du Mont Dore
This fall d'eau of 30 mètres, l'une of the highest d'Auvergne, is worth the détour! C'est a round‑trip walk, on a well‑traversable path but with a little dénivelé (montée à l'aller). Once à the waterfall, you can dépasser it and take the escaliers métalliques to accéder à a très beautiful viewpoint over the vallée of Mont Dore.
Departure within 30 minutes from the campsite
Plan of the randonnée on Sancy.com (with children, préférez a départ rapproché from the road of Besse)
Gorges de la Monne
A true joy especially on hot days! The path takes us down to the banks of the Monne which we then follow for several hundred mètres, before crossing the bridge of Riberolles and climbing back to à Olloix. Some sections are more périlleux than others that will require helping the children but will leave a beautiful sense of adventure !
Departure from Olloix, 15 minutes from the campsite.
Details of the hike on Balirando.
Guéry Lake and waterfall
A nice 1h45 walk, quite easy with children and very well marked (information signs at the start). It offers beautiful views of Lake Guéry, and also its magnificent waterfall against a backdrop of basaltic columns! The rest of the hike is very pleasant with well‑cleared panoramas, passages through woods... Note, this walk is at altitude with temperatures that can become quickly cool.
Departure from the Col de Guéry, 15 minutes from the campsite.
The walk on the Randos de Caco site.
Ascent of the Puy de Dôme
If it is indeed possible to climb the giant of the domes thanks to the rack railway, you can also climb it on foot with your children! Count a good hour of walking to ascend from the Ceyssat pass via the mule path, plus a few breaks to admire the view. Note the ascent is sometimes steep, but by adjusting the pace the children manage to climb. The return is either via the same path, or at the start of the goat path then bypassing the Puy de Dôme from the west (longer, count 3-4 hours in total).
Departure 25 minutes from the campsite.
The route on the tourism office website.
Volcanoes, waterfalls, lakes or rivières: the Puy-de-Dôme offers an incredible diversité of randonnées accessible with children. By adapting the pace, the breaks and l’équipment, these walks become real moments of découverte à share with family. L’âge of 6 years is indicative: certain randonnées will be more suitable à children habitués à walking, d’autres are more accessible and playful. And if you have any doubt about the choice of your randonnée with your children, n’hésitez not à come ask us for advice at the reception.
