Saguenay is a Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean town located in a valley on the banks of the Saguenay River about 200 km from Quebec City. It has not only a great natural wealth with its large natural spaces, but also a great cultural richness. You will find 7 museums and interpretation centres, 14 performance halls, 10 municipal libraries, 3 cultural centres, 18 art-training schools, 35 cultural production and dissemination organizations, 18 major cultural events and 19 workshops and art galleries.
Monts-Vallin National Park is located in the highest mountains in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. In winter, the park receives heavy snowfall to the delight of snowshoers, skiers (cross-country skiing, Nordic skiing, ski hok), hikers, those who do fatbike. Several trails will take you through lakes, rivers, and mountains to admire beautiful snowy landscapes. In the summer, fishing, hiking, canoeing, paddling and hiking should fill your days.
The Saguenay Fjord National Park is a grandiose landscape in every season. So many activities to do in this place of breathtaking beauty! The experience will be such that it will remain engraved long in your memory. Go skiing, snowshoeing, biking, hiking or go on a cruise in the Baie-Éternité, on an expedition in the hinterland, on a sea kayak excursion, in a zodiac. See the impressive wildlife that lives in this exceptional park. Try it via ferrata on the imposing walls of Baie-Éternité, throw your rod in the rivers or lakes ...
The 1245 square kilometre Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park protects everything that lives from the seabed to the surface of the water. It is also the best place for whale watching and belugas. On site, it will be possible to go diving, sea kayaking, cruises, excursions.
The Saguenay Fjord Cycle Route is a 435-kilometre bike path that runs along the Saguenay River and is intended for sports enthusiasm or cycling tourists. You will pass through 14 beautiful villages that surround the fjord. You will see rivers, mountains and boreal forest.
Fishing enthusiasts will be served with an incredible number of places to fish whether it is a lake, a river, a fjord in addition to many ZECs on its territory.
The nature is so grandiose in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean that after a day in the open air, you will be happy to return to your cottage to rest.