Grands-Jardins National Park

Amazing view of the lake here with multiple hiking options.You can either take the more intense path, going up to 946m (according to our GPS), walking through rocks and roots for hours and get your heart pumping for a few hours or take a more tame version with wooden stairs to the top. Both give you access to a wonderful view. Make sure you have layers to accommodate for warmer and colder temperatures throughout your hike!

We did the La Chouenne trail, absolutely worth it. For a short trail not too difficult, this one gives an amazing view at the top. The trail is hard gravel surface and well maintained.

Just incredible. Such dramatic scenery for a park out east! The trails are well maintained also.

Much less crowded than Acropolte des Draveurs and closer to BSP. Still a very challenging hike and the 12 km loop takes you along a breathtaking ridge hike.

We did the via ferrata for the first time and absolutely loved it! We did the 5 hour one (La Montee). Although it states it's at the intermediate level, we as beginners can still do it. It was rainy that day, and the slippery rocks which makes the climbing and landing more challenging. But fortunately we had the best tour guide Corrine who followed our pace and be patient with us :) we will definitely come back next time when it's sunny!

This grading is not a reflection of the park itself but the way we were treated. We drove over 1200 miles to see the park after years of planning. Our first stop was at the Mont-du-lac-des-Cygnes visitor center. They told us that the shortest hike will take about three hours and the altitude along the trail changes by about 250m. We realized that this is not for us because of health reasons. They however mentioned that there is a trail in the Le Boreal area that is a short 1.4km hike on a relatively flat ground. As we were planning to leave, they asked for park access fees even though we didn't go to the hiking trail. In any case, they said we can pay at the Le Boreal visitor center. We drove to Le Boreal visitor center which is about 20km away and asked about the trail at the visitor center. They showed it on the map and also said that there are no trees along the trail to provide any shade. The weather was not cooperating; it was about 90F with bright sun. We saw people at the parking lot putting on sun tan lotion as they were heading to the trail. We decided to abandon the idea to hiking. At that point, they said we must pay CA$9.55 plus tax per person anyway for park access fees which we paid and left the area.Overall, we had make two round trip hikes" in the park from the parking lot to two visitor centers for a total of about 6 minutes! There is nothing at the visitor centers except for a small souvenir shop. We saw people hanging around at the souvenir shop and leaving; nobody asked them if they paid park access fees. We also saw people parking their cars in the parking lot and heading to the trailhead right away- there was nobody to check if they have paid park access fees. Overall

Best place to do hiking . Once you are on the top there is no words to describe the beauty. Best time to hike and reach the top is early in the morning. Just be careful black bears might come on your way but it's a rare chance (the park guide told us)

Greats trails and greats views. Be careful to read on sepaq site the correct entrance coordinates as they are wrong on Google maps. When they say that Pioui trails is hard, well it is hard. It is doablebut you got to be careful. It definitely worth the effort.

Amazing scenery. One of the most beautiful park in Quebec. The view from the summit are amazing. I went there during fall and it was Whaouuu". It is a little far but definitely worth the trip.."

Beautiful park. We went camping and the camp site was clean and peaceful and only a small walk from the parking.There are a lot of hikes to chose from and they were not too crowded for a nice Saturday morning in July which is a big plus.Dogs are allowed on some trails.The staff were very nice and helped us a lot with recommendations for hikes and swimming.Would definitely come back again!