Ecotourism

The Chalets d’Emelie promote ecotourism!

The Chalets d’Emelie offer you kilometers of surfaced trails for hiking in our private natural park Aux 4 Sommets, of which the tranquility, the diversity and the beauty will conquer the flora and fauna lovers.

For more information on the activities in our private park, visit Aux4sommets.

… Or go for a more adventurous journey around the beautiful region of Lanaudiere and its numerous natural parks:

Parc des chutes Dorwin As attractive as restful, this park will fulfill the amateurs of the nature with its impressive fall, belvederes, trails for flora interpretation and playgrounds which are surrounded by centenary trees.

Parc régional de la Chute-à-Bull This regional park offers you 6 km of pedestrian trails, in summer as in winter. Experience the lives of the forest workers by the waterfalls they used for the drave at the end of the last century.

Parc régional des chutes Monte-à-Peine-et-des-Dalles Discover an exceptional site and its three bridges crossing the L’Assomption river, opening the park on three impressive waterfalls: Monte-à-Peine, Desjardins and Des Dalles. 17 km of pedestrian trails, picnic areas, stairs, footbridges and belvederes, a trail for nature interpretation, panoramic windows, a playground and a diversified nature await you.

Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau The forest Ouareau offers you more than 50 km of pedestrian trails, belvederes with grand panoramas, a suspension bridge on the river Ouareau, a new hebertism path for the youngest and picnic areas by the river.

Parc Régional des Sept Chutes à St-Zénon Between the maple grove of the mount Barriere (610 meters) and the rocky crests of the mount Brassard (650 meters), the Parc régional des Sept-Chutes offers the most beautiful sights of Matawinie. This great hiking classic offers you a breathtaking landscape on the laurentian mountain ranges through different types of hikes.

Beauréal, Réserve Naturelle Beaureal, it is an immense, protected natural park, with many bridges, a belvedere which peaks 218 meters high, a familial playground in trees at low height, rest and picnic areas, footbridges, pedestrian paths for interpretation and riddles… Beaureal an ecological site linked to many protected sectors!

Les Jardins de la Maison Antoine-Lacombe Discover a well-guarded horticultural jewel. You may admire two exceptional gardens: the English flowerbeds featuring the rare and exotic plants; or the French garden that displays eight thematic gardens.  More than 800 species and varieties of identified plants await you, with sculptures from local artists and fountains.

Jardin de la Passion Labri Since summer 1989, a private garden is set in a rural environment. You will discover there more than 300 varieties of long-lived and annual flowers, over 150 varieties of daylilies and a magnificent pond. 2590, rang Saint-Jacques (route 341), Saint-Jacques.