- Adventures -

1. Try your luck at catching dinner
Fishing season is open and it's a great way to escape and connect with nature. The Jura mountains area has various water surface options with a number of rivers,  ponds and lakes where you can try your hand at fishing. In most cases you'll need a fishing permit whether on the Swiss or French side so checking regulations is important. To give it a try without needing a permit, you can try float line fishing with a floater and simple fishing hook at the lakes of Joux, Brenet and Ter in the Valley de Joux.

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If you don't feel confident to try it out on your own at first, check out beginner fishing workshops offered by Ecole de Pêche Concept.
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2. Take a unique blossom hike
Head up to the mountain pastures and get to enjoy the spring blossoms embellishing the fields. A particularly impressive blossom experience is to catch field filled with wild narcissus (also called daffodils, daffadowndillys and jonquils). 2 hiking spots to live this experience in the Jura mountains are:

* Le Plateau de Retord above Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (F)
* La Combe des Vaux above Damvant in the Jura canton

Note that wild narcissus are protected in Switzerland and must not be picked.
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3.  Learn how to identify and the Jura fauna
The "Nuit des musée" is coming up on the 18th of May and the Espace des Mondes Polaires  is taking part with special workshops and self-guided visits of their temporary exhibition "Poils, plumes, crottes" that explores how to identify the fauna found in the Jura mountains.

4. Celebrate Nature
The 9th edition of the "Fête de la nature" is held from the 24-26th May and offers plenty of adventuring options. Some of our favourite outdoor ones are:

* Learn the art of building the pasture dry-stone walls found in the Jura mountains, La Cure (Vaud)
* Nature through the senses, Saint-George (Vaud)
* The Story of Trees, Le Noirmont (Vaud)
* All about the truits of the Doub, Soubey (Jura)

All these are accessible to adults and children but are not stroller-friendly. You need to registration to take part and some activities have a sign up deadline.

5. Mountain bike at the most chilled "race" ever
If you've ever considered entering a mountain bike race for the experience rather than trying to get onto the podium, this may just be the perfect race for you. Most of the organisers even shy away from calling it a race and use the term "randonnée", that is trek. The "Jura de Haut en Bas" offers 4 distances from 100K to 30K. 

6. Experience yoga on a hike
Hiking isn't just a great way to be physically active it also helps reduce stress and improve your mood. Combine the yoga to this and you get the added sense of retreat from your daily life. Hiking out into nature and pausing for a yoga session provides a glimpse into what it's like to fully disconnect and break free from daily stresses. A micro adventure with a high ROI. Join one of our sunrise yoga hikes to experience it yourself.