Sailing, surfing and water skiing
Many
rivers and lakes in Burgundy offer free windsurfing
possibilities. For sailing, you can choose the rivers Yonne
and Saône. Sailing is also permitted on the Lac du Bourdon,
Lac de Pont, Lac de Panthier, Lac Kir (in Dijon), Lac de la
Sorme and Lac de Torcy.
The Morvan natural park offers a particularly
pleasant setting for all nautical sports, the Maison du Parc
headquarters can give you all useful information on the Morvan
lakes, sailing boat rental, training sessions and
accommodation.
The sailing base on the Lac des Settons is an
authorized training centre. Water-skiing is authorized at
several points on the Burgundy rivers and on the Lac des
Settons in the Morvan area.
Fishing
Burgundy’s
800 miles waterways, almost 650 miles canals
and about 20,000 ha lakes and ponds definitely make it one of
the richest regions, as far as fishing is concerned.
From the Morvan fiery streams to the Saône
lazy meanders, not to forget the wild Loire, Burgundy accounts
for various rivers that bring happiness to fishermen.
Come and do a bit of fishing : trouts, carps,
gudgeons and - why not ? – silurids, the choice is yours !
Canoeing and rafting
Be
it for leisure, for training, for fun or for thrill, Burgundy
can let you go in for canoeing, rafting, tubing or wild water
swimming.
All these activities are practised in an
exciting natural scenery, where you will be safely accompanied
by professional guides, according to your age and sporting
capacities.
Several equipped bases welcome tourists and
offer training facilities, adventure excursions or short
period canoe rental.
credits
: Burgundy
Tourist Board
