The Cavu Valley

Date of your route : Sep 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

The hike is technical but straightforward for the first few kilometres, then we descend via the trails.

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Date of your route : May 13, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

very well

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Date of your route : May 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Not too crowded (out of season...)
We only did the part that follows the river to the three pools, and it's absolutely beautiful!

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Date of your route : Jun 03, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

first part of the hike rather difficult but beautiful scenery
the second part was not very interesting, with fairly monotonous forest tracks

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Date of your route : Dec 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike, even in December

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Date of your route : May 27, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

While the first part is interesting, climbing from the snack bar through the scrubland to the viewpoint, the return journey along a 4x4 track for over 6 km is completely uninteresting and cannot be considered a hike.
It should also be noted that there are virtually no markings in the first part and that the first sign mentioned in the description as indicating PR6 does not exist. We turned left opposite the snack bar at a sign indicating P60 and then improvised, occasionally finding yellow markings. Otherwise, the view from the summit is truly magnificent

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Date of your route : Apr 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The section near the river, i.e. the first 2 km of the hike, was quite busy. It takes longer but is much more interesting to follow the small path along the river rather than the road. It's beautiful!
Once we moved away from the river, we didn't see anyone else. The path offers several magnificent views. It said that the return journey was via a gradually descending path. The description was clear, but we made a mistake and took the previous path, which was rather steep... The scenery was superb, but the descent was more tiring than the one indicated on Visirando.

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Date of your route : Sep 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello
A pleasant walk with a few small climbs offering beautiful views (the mountains on one side and the sea in the distance on the other). Best done in the morning with a good litre and a half of water (uncovered sections).
Le Cavu is the perfect spot for a picnic by the water, or we had lunch on the terrace at the tree-top adventure park before cooling off (a very nice little snack bar in every way).
However, regarding the two circulars described on Visorando: the explanations are really unclear from the start of the trail.
We never found the PR6 direction, points 421 and 509.
The sign says "Pisciaronu Ranedda", which we saw again later from time to time!
From point 1, change "approaching the snack bar" to "at the snack bar".
Without the app, we would have struggled, and everyone we met was in the same situation :-(

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Date of your route : Jul 19, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Easy hike completed in 3 hours
Beautiful views of the Ospédale massif and the first Bavella peaks in the background, as well as the sea
No major difficulties
Completed in 3 hours. Break at the end of the hike by the very pleasant river with numerous natural pools
Easy parking

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You are not answering the question of what Visorando agrees to publish! If it is something other than hiking, visitors should be warned: they will look elsewhere...
The second part of your answer raises another issue that I have already mentioned on this forum and which has not been resolved by Visorando: how to SIMPLY indicate in Visorando hikes that have already been described elsewhere.
As regards the Cavu Valley, the "A Punta Bunifazinca" association has opened or restored 14 routes with more than 6 km of trails/paths: all the routes are described in detail on the association's website, in paper form via leaflets distributed at the entrance to the valley, etc. We are not going to duplicate these descriptions on Visorando (a waste of time) with the added problem of updates when the routes are modified!
So think about this: a Visorando feature that allows you to link to existing hikes that have already been described elsewhere!

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Hello philevr,

it is in the interest of Visorando and its moderators to examine the content of what is published and to remove anything that is not related to hiking or is off-topic.

Where should the line be drawn between what is and what is not related to hiking? Among Visorando's characteristics are its very large audience, the wide variety of requests it receives and the great diversity of its offerings.

there are many marked trails and paths on both banks of the Cavu

In order to increase the diversity of the site's offerings and, if I understand you correctly, to offer "real hikes", you can always describe these routes (if they are not already on the site) and submit them for publication.

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Indeed, since "tastes and colours", Visorando can also publish"hikes" on national roads and, in Corsica, on territorial roads!
For your information, the hike described here covers more than 2 km on a departmental road (D168a), and the rest takes place on the Luviu sheep farm road , a dusty, bumpy track, invaded in summer by saloon cars trying to climb up there (in vain!), 4x4s, quads, off-road motorbikes and mountain bikes... Not to mention bulldozers and track maintenance vehicles.
Until 2015, these tracks and the D168a were the only means of access to the valley and, for this reason, we tried to create a network of dozens of kilometres of trails in the area known as the "natural pools" (up to 4,000 bathers per day in summer) in order to keep hikers and walkers away and avoid the promiscuity between vehicles and hikers that was the norm in the valley.
So, when we see this kind of "hike" published in our valley in 2020, forgive us for seeing red and repeating as many times as necessary that this route is "stupid" and goes against everything that has been done in the area for years!
Furthermore, allow us to believe that it is in the interest of Visorando and its "moderators" to examine the substance of what is published and to discard ANYTHING THAT IS NOT RELATED TO HIKING or is completely off the mark. Otherwise, we will publish a hike like Sainte-Lucie - Porto-Vecchio: 18 magnificent kilometres on the RT10 with three sea views and two mountain views, clearly specified and located (there will also be petrol stations and refreshment stands)... I'm sure some people will like it, because it's a very well-marked hike!

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Thank you for all these comments, philevr, but there's probably no point in adding more. Some people enjoyed this hike, and "to each their own..."

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In response to the previous message and to reiterate the complete uselessness of publishing this pseudo-hike, which should be removed from Viso rando:
- Poor signage: there are no signs on the route described here, except on the part of the Ranedda circular (PR6) that it uses (ascent from Ranuchjaghja - Trois Piscines to the Luviu trail). EVERYTHING ELSE is on forest tracks reserved for saloon cars, 4x4s, quads, etc. Talk about a walking hike!!!
- You have to be a bit of a masochist to improvise such a useless route in an area where there are multiple marked trails and paths on both banks of the Cavu (Carbunari, PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5, PR6 and the recently restored old Luviu path (PR7), which is marked and signposted!
- As already mentioned in previous comments, it is much easier to go to the Adventure Park reception and pick up a leaflet describing routes PR1 to PR6 with maps of each trail!

Please avoid describing "hikes" (?) that are 90% on tracks reserved for vehicles...

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