Top Montpellier Nature and Wildlife Tours

While walking tours are helpful for getting oriented, they rely on guides and discourage independent exploration. With this e-scavenger hunt, explore Montpellier at your own pace while visiting hidden gems, landmarks, and some of the city’s top national treasures. While exploring the city, answer trivia questions about the places you visit and solve game challenges.

From Montpellier, go on an excursion to discover the Camargue. You will be in a small group and accompanied by a guide throughout the day. In addition to charming villages such as Aigues-Mortes or Saintes Marie de la Mer, you will have the opportunity to walk among the ponds on the lookout for pink flamingos or other Camargue birds. The ride on the little train is the highlight of the day with this characteristic pink color of the salt marshes.

Discover some of France’s most spectacular and singular landscapes—and escape the bustle of Montpellier for a day—on this full-day, small-group tour of the Camargue. In the morning, depart from central Montpellier and travel via air-conditioned vehicle into the protected wetlands, where you can explore the unique habitat, see wild flamingos and migratory birds, and more. Then, head to the medieval fortified town of Aigues-Mortes for a tasting of local products.

Guided by a local history enthusiast, visitors discover the ancestral secrets of oyster cultivation, in an atmosphere full of respect for nature. At the heart of the farmhouse, a rustic cabin houses a tasting area where you will find a marine feast offered to you, oysters in all their splendor: raw oysters, freshly opened, offer delicate freshness, gratinated oysters, garnished with butter, cheese, herbs and mussel brasucade, prepared with Mediterranean aromatics and spices, offers a fragrant experience, evoking local traditions. The day continues with a taste excursion through the region's renowned vineyards. Visitors taste a variety of local wines, from fresh whites to full-bodied reds, at enchanting estates steeped in history.