VSF CAMP 3
La Vallée des Dinosaures

10 or 20 days - July and August (Dates and Prices)

Camp Location

VILLAGE DES ENFANTS MOULÈS (Aveyron Region)
Located on top of a tree-covered hill, at the border of the "Causse de Larzac", our camp is a real medieval village built by farmers and shepherds in the early 15th century. Isolated, it has kept its authenticity and charm through the centuries, with its traditional architecture, its stables, its communal oven, and its typical medieval passages.

Children and Counselors sleep in bungalow tents (5 to 6 beds) on cement floors, with lights, beds and closets. The tents and the hower facilities are located in the woods at the border of the village, in the shade!

Plenty of rooms for activities, a library and a swimming pool are also available in the village.

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AVEYRON - FRANCE 24 French Campers 3 Foreign students per group

Theme

The Causse de Larzac, at one time covered by water, is an area rich in fossils. In 1980, a young man discovered the remains of a Plesiosaurus in a nearby Village. Campers are introduced to paleontology (study of fossils) and geology (study of the earth) as they explore pre-history dating back 180 million years!

With the help of their counselors, children are going to experience an old dream and become true explorers in search of Dinosaurs!

Activities

Campers are divided into 2 teams of junior paleontologists. They will study the Jurassic terrain in search of the rare Plesiosaurus.

1st Stage: LEARNING OF THE TECHNIQUES
Excavation, photography, cleaning and fossils identification.

2nd Stage: FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE REGION
Initiation in the form of geology games, topography (map reading), study of the landscape and cave exploration (hiking/camping trips). Hiking trips on the "Causse du Larzac".

3rd Stage: ARTS AND CRAFTS
- Drawing of a map representing the region in the "Jurassic times"
- Creation of a collection of fossils and its identification board
- Presentation on Dinosaurs presented in front of a public at the end of the session.

At the end of camp, the work of the children will be displayed in an exposition open to the public.

Activities will be scheduled(programmed) according to the wishes of the children and the propositions of the teaching staff.

Other Activities

- Adventure Trail (tree climbing, bridges, " via ferrata "…) (1 Day)
- Cave exploration (spéléologie) 1 day
- Arts & crafts (sculpture, painting …)
- Swimming, games, hiking and camping trips

Choice of Field Trips:

- Visit of the Roquefort cheese cellars or trip to the Viaduct of Millau, the world highest bridge, built over the Tarn River.

- Visit of the Reptilarium of the Larzac region New !

- Visit to the Paleotological Museum of Millau

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