Boucle incluant le bivouac à mi-parcours à l'hôtel-restaurant de Tronçais.
La grande boucle des étangs du pays de Tronçais
Idéalement effectuée sur deux jours (bivouac possible à mi-parcours) cette grande boucle de 48 km relie les trois étangs du pays de Tronçais, en traversant l'une des plus belles forêt domaniale de France. Labellisée "forêt d'exception" depuis 2018, sa centaine de sources et ses chênes conduits en futaie dont certains sont centenaires, ne vous laisseront pas indifférents.
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 48.03 km -
Average duration: 2 days -
Difficulty: Difficult -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 298 m -
Descent: - 297 m -
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Highest point: 328 m -
Lowest point: 215 m
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Country:
France
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City:
Isle-et-Bardais (03360) -
Start/End: N 46.68841° / E 2.792749° -
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Stages of the route
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From Isle-et-Bardais to Tronçais
Visorando Member 21.10 km
+194 m
-196 m
6h 35
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Departure from Isle-et-Bardais (Allier)
The first circular stage of the Grand Loop of the Ponds, a walk through the heart of the Tronçais Forest, starting at the Étang de Pirot and finishing at the Étang de Tronçais.
The locks of the Canal de Berry from Bessais-le-Fromental
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+47 m
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4h 25
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Departure from Bessais-le-Fromental (Cher)
Starting from the village of Bessais-le-Fromental, a walk through the unspoilt countryside of the southern Cher department. It will take you through the bocage and along the banks of the restored Canal du Berry. You’ll see lock-keeper’s houses, stone architecture and thatched roofs typical of the region, as well as farmsteads and castles.
Tour of the Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais pond in the heart of the Tronçais Forest
Visorando Member 
4.86 km
+10 m
-10 m
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Departure from Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (Allier)
A short family walk around the Étang de Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais pond in the heart of France's most beautiful oak forest, renowned among other things for its oak wood, which is highly sought after for the manufacture of barrels for the great vineyards. You will discover magnificent oak trees with perfectly straight trunks.
Tour of the Saint-Bonnet and Morat ponds
Visorando Member 
7.52 km
+22 m
-30 m
2h 15
Easy
Departure from Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (Allier)
In the heart of the Tronçais Forest, a family walk along the ponds, navigating among the oak trees of the Colbert reserve.
In memory of Nicolas Rambourg
Association / Club / Walk leader 
23.91 km
+147 m
-144 m
7h 15
Difficult
Departure from Vitray (Allier)
This beautiful walk will take you back to the rich industrial past of the Tronçais Forest. You will visit the forges at Morat and Tronçais, built by the Lorraine industrialist Nicolas Rambourg, and the four ponds (Saint-Bonnet, Morat, Tronçais, Saloup) that he created to power them. An industrial nod in the heart of France’s most beautiful oak forest.
Charenton - Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais
Tourist office 
11.29 km
+98 m
-58 m
3h 30
Moderate
Departure from Charenton-du-Cher (Cher)
The Tronçais national forest is famous for the quality of its oak trees. It produces wood that is particularly prized for making barrels in which the finest French wines are aged. Its age and history make Tronçais the emblem of France's great national forests.
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