Around Gandy

A peaceful hike through woods and meadows, on foot, horseback or mountain bike, with or without dogs.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.78 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 81 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 84 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 236 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 167 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Périgord
  • ⚐ City: Vergt (24380)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 45.053979° / E 0.715773°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1835E, 1935O
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Description of the walk

Park at the junction of Chemin des Chanterelles and Route des Girolles, making sure to allow other vehicles to pass. The start is at the hiking signs.

(S/E) Head north towards the Poussière equestrian centre.

(1) Turn left when you come out of the woods. Walk past the riding club car park and continue to the road.

(2) Cross the road and take the forest path on the left. Continue to the Prune hill lake.

(3) Continue straight ahead as you leave the woods and make sure you keep going in the same direction at each fork in the path. You will come to a crossroads with several hiking trails.

(4) Take the path on the left, then turn right at the crossroads, leaving a private path on your right. Take a path marked in green

(5) Stay on the path to the left and walk along a fenced field. Further on, leave the marked path and continue to the left.

(6) At the fork, turn left and walk for about 100 metres, then take the path that descends to your right. Join a wide castine path and turn left. At the edge of the woods, keep to the left and leave the private road that leads to a house. Enter the woods again.

(7) Take the first path downhill on your right. At the bottom of the hill, take the path on the left and pass a hilltop lake on your left.

(8) At the junction by the power lines, turn left onto the gravel road, pass several ponds and you will come out onto a small road. Follow the road on the left back to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 211 m - Parking near the crossroads
  2. 1 : km 0.7 - alt. 218 m - Dust
  3. 2 : km 1.1 - alt. 212 m - Forest path
  4. 3 : km 1.88 - alt. 231 m - Lac de la Prune
  5. 4 : km 3.12 - alt. 235 m - Junction with other trails
  6. 5 : km 4.03 - alt. 235 m - On the left
  7. 6 : km 5.35 - alt. 232 m - T-junction, left
  8. 7 : km 6.93 - alt. 213 m - Path on the right, steep slope and slippery stones
  9. 8 : km 7.64 - alt. 167 m - Power lines, on the left
  10. S/E : km 8.78 - alt. 211 m - Parking near the crossroads

Notes

You will pass through woods (oaks, chestnut trees), meadows and fields. There is a 400 m stretch of tarmac road at the end.
There are no houses near the road.
Be careful on hunting days. You will be crossing hunting grounds. There is a pidgeon hunting hut nearby but not on the path. Be careful. Remember to use a lead for dogs that like to explore.
There are, of course, other walkers and horse riders on the paths, and sometimes motorbikes, farmers and hunters. Even though we rarely meet, we share the paths cordially.
You will pass a riding centre at the start of the hike. Be sure to keep your dogs on a lead close to you to avoid accidents.
Half of the route is in the woods, the other half in the sun. Be careful in hot weather in summer. There are several water holes along the way where you can bathe your dogs.
The route was designed primarily for dog walks away from roads. The ideal situation is to be able to let the dogs run free on safe paths, under supervision. If you are afraid of dogs, raise your arms without shouting to alert their owners so that they can call their animals back and put them back on their leads. Stand still and lower your eyes. This is a sign of peace that they will understand. They will come and sniff you and then continue on their way.

Reviews and comments

4 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
3.9 / 5
Rando_58
Rando_58

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 26, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

We chose this route to walk with our three dogs. The itinerary is ideal for this, mainly following paths, far from any houses, and particularly easy to walk on.
At point 6, be sure to take the path through the woods and not the path at the edge of the woods, which leads to unmarked private property where we were surprised by dogs running loose.

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User 27561434

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

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User 18103584

I'm glad I subscribed. The directions are excellent. I recommend it to all walkers. Just one small comment: "instead of the blue cursor, use 'a walker'". But that doesn't change the exceptional quality of the directions.
Best regards
Jean-Louis

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Leblond c
Leblond c
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Overall rating : 3.5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 30, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable
Very busy route : No

Very beautiful hike, but it's a shame there are large puddles right in the middle of the paths... no room to walk around the mud, so watch out for your shoes. Be careful with dogs, as there are electric fences.

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crouzatier monique
crouzatier monique

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

poorly marked route
it is very easy to get lost
beware of dogs - electric fence running alongside a "passage with deep ruts filled with rainwater" it is very difficult to pass without getting caught by the fence or ending up in the mud
otherwise, a lovely walk

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Bedeco
Bedeco

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 05, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The hiking route on your website is well explained. A beautiful walk between shade and sunshine.

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philbalcou
philbalcou

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 15, 2023
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route is indeed mainly away from any major roads, with the exception of a few sections on very small roads that are completely deserted. It's very pleasant to be surrounded by nature for most of the hike.
As for the route, we simply followed the GPX track downloaded from the Visorando app, which is always very handy.
Between waypoints 5 and 6, I was surprised to come across a crossroads between paths that did not appear on OpenStreetMap, a crossroads similar to the one expected at waypoint 6; but the GPS location and the track showed that we were not yet at 6.
All in all, it was a pleasant walk in the countryside of the Périgord Blanc.

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Arnaud44
Arnaud44

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 11, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Enjoy a peaceful hike in the shade.
Luckily, I had downloaded the GPX file onto my Garmin GPS, as there were no signposts.
The Visorando app works well too.

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JMBELLE
JMBELLE

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 20, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This pleasant hike is not marked, and I think it is urgent that it be marked.
In fact, you can only rely on the description and/or the map. But some of the directions are very vague: "turn left after a fenced field" ... or "follow the same direction until you reach the junction with other marked paths" (fun when there are a multitude of junctions more or less in a straight line), .... a compass is essential if the weather is cloudy.
It's annoying because, even if you're an experienced hiker, it's impossible not to get lost if you don't know the area. This means you end up walking a lot of unnecessary kilometres!
Fortunately, a well-marked mountain bike route (in green) allows you to catch up on the branches on the way back... but this is not marked anywhere. And then thank you Google Maps for finally...
It's a shame because it's a beautiful, varied route, not too difficult and must be very pleasant with a little sunshine.

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didier grousset
didier grousset

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 11, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

beautiful hike to Calmet

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