Parc National De L'île-bonaventure-et-du-rocher-percé - Hiking

Why choose a trail at Parc National De L'île-bonaventure-et-du-rocher-percé?

This park, with an area of 5.8 km², is divided into two sectors: Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock. The trails roam the Bonaventure Island sector. In the browsing, we go through different natural habitats: meadow, wasteland, mixed and boreal forests, bog, beach, cliff and an area of mosses and lichens. The island has more than 500 plant species including arctic-alpine plants. The paths all lead to a colony of gannets, the largest in North America. Interpretive signs deal with this bird. We will also see a group of about 250,000 marine birds such as guillemots and razorbills. Nearby, an observation tower used to spot whales off. Chemin-du-Roy path along the cliff, through the Bay of Marigots and can admire the ancestral houses and the landscape. On the coast, we can see crabs and sea stars or the distance, seals and dolphins