A Hike down to the heart of the Gorges du Verdon,over very scary narrow paths, very steep cliffs, plenty of butterflies and stunning views. Those are a few of the beautiful experiences you will gain while visiting the Gorges du Verdon! --- Sentier de L'Imbut, the most scenic hike of the Verdon
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When I was reading about the Verdon area, I found this beautiful hiking trail called Sentier de L'Imbut. It might be one of the most unique trails in France. It brings you down through the heart of the Gorges du Verdon, over a path carved out of the Gorges. The path is very narrow and dangerous, but it makes it such an experience! ~~and you can enjoy it for more than one day since you will probably have muscle pain for 3 days if your condition is like mine~~ ![1000023720.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/xsasj/Ep1WxPSwXQ2kpFBmWmPL6hR2xfYGXi6vJknQvToKtS1eJVj8ivGaDTdNqwgiJrkBfUY.jpg) *The trail* I parked my car and started the trail down. The first 20 a 30 minutes went very steep down, until I reached the river and a beautiful bridge. I crossed the bridge to have a look which was beautiful, but I went back since crossing the bridge would have brought me to the wrong trail. I sat down with my feet in the cold, refreshing water as it was a bloody hot day. Soon,the butterflies came to meet me. There were a lot of butterflies! July must be the month of butterflies there as it was still July. At first I enjoyed it, because what is more beautiful than a butterfly landing on your arm? But soon it was more like a butterfly army. They were really funny though but I don't like them so much in my eyes.

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I kinda seemed to attract those butterflies! Don't mind my face haha --- I followed the path which was easy, it goes the same direction as the river and so deep down the Gorge there aren't any other ways here than straight forwards.

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The path leads through the Canyon showing those beautiful sights along the way*

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*This trail is the perfect trail if you wanna murder someone and make it look like an accident* I used my 360 camera to take some cool selfies. I really love this little camera. I should definitely use it more! ![1000023699.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/xsasj/23wWvt3uyJVBCmbmQ12PoXYf5hte3bTh25cYpUW8CrCvU4hgZqsKbJvLe15RwDHw13HEY.jpg) After those scenic roads carved out the Gorges, the trail was guiding me back up. And the trail was steep! Very very steep and my legs were suffering. I'm from Holland but after being quite a lot in the mountains I thought I was fine with it but my legs disagreed. It is always a nice reminder that I should start working out or hike more mountains ~~just a reminder, always planning to start workouts but never came further than planning~~ ![1000015870.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/xsasj/23x17QUEizr8FsENywBZRwS9Cb7DfvsGijGJwWNMy96gZCUuVtoGXvnW2puU3GwRhek9G.jpg) ![1000023719.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/xsasj/23wqkRycncc4zwHi4Q4S2bHsZJSpA1RCoqmD1Wfzqtv211D3bYbmWrPfGnjsE9KCorRz3.jpg) *At some point there was even a stair to climb*

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--- The path up was in some places quite hard to find. I once missed the path at the end and was kinda lost, and started walking back and soon I saw where I missed the trail. The paths aren't that obvious at this part of the trail and there are no signs. But if you look twice, it should be alright. When I finally reached the road, I crossed it and followed the hiking trail at the other side of the road. I wouldn't really recommend that hike as it isn't that scenic and it is longer than walking over the main road. When I finally reached my van, I had a small rest and drove off in the direction of the nearby lake, but not without having an hour-long coffee stop at some beautiful viewpoint along the road. I wanted to sleep there since it was amazing, but kinda needed a jump in the lake after that sweaty walk.

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*the view at the viewpoint*

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Around sunset I arrived at the lake, and jumped in pretty much right away. It is a beautiful feeling to swim at sunset, all alone in a beautiful lake and realize this is my shower, and this is life now. Those moments are so beautiful. These are the tiny moments beauty favourites while traveling. I feel grateful and thankful for those!

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--- Thank you for passing by my blog! Do you like such adventurous hiking trails or do you rather pass this one? Regards, Sascha [//]:# (!pinmapple 43.74243 lat 6.34390 long Let's explore the Gorges Du Verdon | France d3scr)

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