Final-year school trip to the Bay of Somme: seals, Saint-Valery, steam train and cycling (4 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, daytime drive to the Picardy coast (about 4 to 5 hours, excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme in the early afternoon: walk through the upper town, the Porte Guillaume and along the quay facing the bay.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: By bike to the seals of the Pointe du Hourdel

• Bike hire and supervised ride from Saint-Valery to Le Hourdel via Cap Hornu (about 15 km, flat ground).
• Watching the harbour seals and grey seals resting on the sandbanks, from a safe distance and with binoculars.
• Free lunch in Le Hourdel, then discovery of the pebble beach of Cayeux-sur-Mer and its colourful beach huts.
• Return by bike or by coach depending on the weather, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Steam train, Le Crotoy and a walk across the bay

• Steam train ride on the Bay of Somme Railway, from Saint-Valery to Le Crotoy.
• Walk around Le Crotoy, the small south-facing harbour where Jules Verne once lived, and supervised free time on the beach.
• Crossing of the bay on foot with a nature guide, from Le Crotoy to Saint-Valery (about 2.5 hours, timing set by the tides): sands, channels and birds of the bay.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Parc du Marquenterre and return to your school

• Departure after breakfast.
• Visit to the Parc du Marquenterre, a large reserve for migratory birds between dunes and marshes (on request).
• Daytime drive back to Belgium, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.