Just off the Rhône Valley, basking in a perfect Mediterranean climate, the Luberon has, over the centuries, kept its assets - both cultural and natural - perfectly intact.

The Luberon, which has been a listed area (Parc Naturel Régional) since 1977, offers a wide array of quality offerings to satisfy the discerning tourist.

In the south of Provence, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Camargue is a unique environment of marshlands bounded by two branches of the Rhône and the Mediterranean Sea. The mighty Rhone river meets the Mediterranean Sea in a huge delta where earth and water are deeply mixed.

With an area of over 930 km² (360 sq. miles), the Camargue is western Europe's largest river delta, with exceptional biological diversity, and home to unique breeds of horses and bulls, and to more than 400 species of birds including pink flamingos.

Camargue horses form distinct breed, which, like the Camargue bulls, live in semi-liberty. They are used in rounding up Camargue bulls. They are never stabled, but well able to survive the humid summer heat and the biting winter cold.

The Camargue is one of the oldest breeds in the world, closely related to the prehistoric horses whose remains have been found elsewhere in southern France.

Come with us to discover this land with our horse riding tour from Luberon to Camargue.

The Lure Mountain to the north as a protective climatic barrier, and the Luberon to the south form the frontiers of Haute-Provence.

The Forcalquier area nestles between these two sleeping giants, with its enchanted hills and valleys where narrow shady roads wind along, adorned with Romanesque chapels. In June and July, the hills are covered by lavender fields and you ride in the incredible scents of these millions of flowers...

In Roman times the Domitian Way crossed this fertile agricultural land. In the Middle Ages the Forcalquier area was an independent county. This was the period during which the typically Provençal perched villages developed.

This is a piece of countryside with an easygoing lifestyle, under a cloudless azure sky. You can enjoy it all year along by Haute Provence horseback adventure.