Discover and master the pleasure of powerkiting on a buggy or a mountainboard. During two days, kite pros share with you their passion and give you all their techniques for unforgettable thrills.

Course of the experience : powerkite experience in France (2 days)
This powerkite experience lasts 8 hours and takes place over 2 days
You are greeted by professional and skilled instructors
Briefing about techniques and security
Learn first how to use a kite in static mode
Then, start moving according to your progress on mountainboard and/or on buggy.
Master your techniques all along

Equipment is provided : wing, harness, helmet, buggy, mountain board

Enjoy a intensive 4-hours private course for 300 euros. In this case, please select your choice in the option section below.

Participants :
This powerkite experience is enjoyed in small group.

Conditions and restrictions
You must be over 14 years old to enjoy this experience. Parental consent required for minors
You must hold a FFVL licence (insurance you can subscribe to on site for 25 Euros a day)
You need a medical certificate less than 3 months not forbidding kiting (to deliver the licence)

Dates :
This powerkite experience is available from end of April to end of October.

Location :
Valence, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France

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Enjoy a Canyoning experience in the south of France. You will progress through the river and will discover the beautiful landscapes of the south of France. Slide, dive and swim in translucent water, jump down in waterfalls. You will be guided by professional monitors (climbing monitors and high mountain guides). Discover new sensations.

You can choose your experience between 3 different levels which are three different areas of Provence: Cramoussi, the Bollène, the Barbaira or the Maglia

Level 1
Cramassouri (The Courbaisse, Tinée’s vallon) : Very aquatic and very easy experience, perfect for a first canyoning experience
Duration : 3 hours (1,5 to 2 hours in water)
Depart : 9.00 am or 13.00 pm

Level  2
La Bollène (Lantosque, The Vésubie’s vallon) : Very aquatic with plenty of jumps and slides
Duration : One day (3 to 4 hours in water)
Depart : 8.30 am

The Barbaira (Rochetta, Italy, Nierva’s vallon) : Wonderful landscape and a typical Italian restaurant in the end.
Duration : One day (3 to 4 hours in water)
Depart : 9.00 am from the Italian border

Level 3
La Maglia  (Breil’s/ Roya) : For very sportive people and wonderful landscape.
Duration : One day (4 to 5 hours in water)
Depart : 8.30 am

Participants and guests :
This experience is to be booked for 5 people but can be shared up to 8 people.

Conditions and restrictions :
You need to know to swim
This experience takes place in most weather conditions. Rescheduling due to bad weather conditions is possible.

Dates :
This experience is available from April to October.

Location :
Côte d’Azur, PACA,  France

Price : from 50 euros

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Enjoy your first diving experience in the beautiful surroundings of Cap d’Antibes. Off the coast of Cannes, explore a different and silent world. For your first diving experience, admire the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean sea.

Course of the experience:  diving experience (20 minutes)
Welcome at the center of dive.
Briefing and theoretical explanations about the first driving experience.
Equipment testing.
Dive with a qualified instructor during 20 minutes.
Return to the base. The experience takes 2 hours in total.

Participants and guests :
This first diving experience takes place in small groups.

Conditions and restrictions :
You should not dive if you have the followings: ears problems, pregnancy, cardiac problems, pulmonary problems
A parental consent is required for minors.
You should not fly within 48 hours after diving.

Weather:
This first diving experience can be enjoyed in most weather conditions.

Dates :
This first diving experience is available from the 1st April to the 1st November.

Location :
Cap d’Antibes, PACA, France

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Take a hot air balloon trip and enjoy the stunning Alps landscape and most particularly the Mont Blanc from a bird’s eye view.

Discover from above the breathtaking and unique Mont Blanc Country. Drift along with the wind through exceptional angles, and admire the stunning Avaris range dressed with a bright orange veil as the sun rises and succumb to the majestic Mont Blanc and its beautiful snow coat.

Live a truly magical and peaceful moment. Feel nature’s strength and splendour. During winters as summers, this experience is wonderful and unforgettable.

Course of the experience :

Balloon trip duration:  one hour. Experience full duration:  4 to 5 hours.

Balloon trips are organised early in the morning, one to two hours after sunrise. Summer hours – mornings 7h30/8h00; Winter – mornings 8h30/9h00.

From the rendez-vous site, you will be driven in a 4×4 to the most convenient takeoff site according to weather conditions (wind is the main element). After inflating the balloon, the pilot will instruct you with security measures. Then take off for a splendid one-hour balloon trip. Once back on the ground you will help to put back all the equipments and share your memories with a glass of champagne before going back to the original rendez-vous site.

Participants and guests :
The nacelle can take from 4 to 7 people.

Conditions and restrictions :
If you suffer from vertigo, you will not feel dizzy in a balloon.
If you suffer from heart diseases, please check with your doctor what altitude you can fly up to. The average altitude is approx. 2000m.
Please note that passengers stand during the balloon trip.

Weather :
This experience takes place in suitable weather conditions. Rescheduling due to bad weather conditions can happen. We invite you to contact the supplier 72 to 48 hours before take off day to check weather conditions. If conditions are not good enough, you will reschedule for another time. If they are good, you will contact the supplier the day before taking off day to confirm time and location of rendez-vous.

Dates :
The experience takes place from 15 December to 31 October.

Location:
Praz-sur-Arley/Megève, Haute Savoie, France.
Access: Megève

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Learn all there is to know about wine tasting in the beautiful city of Marseille. The wine tasting session focuses on developing your senses to better appreciate the wine tasting itself. Your will be taught how to read, smell and taste wine. These wine tasting courses take place each Saturday with a professional oenologist.

Course of the wine tasting experience in Marseille :
Acquire and « master » the specific vocabulary of wine tasting.
Develop your senses to improve and enhance your wine tasting abilities: sight, smell, taste and learn how to determine their role in the tasting process.
Smelling game
Then taste: you will taste 6 different wines with the comments of the oenologist and discuss vines, assemblage as well as know more about keeping wines.

Participants :
This wine tasting experience takes place in small groups.

Dates :
This wine tasting experience is available all year around on saturdays.

Location :
Marseille, France.

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Fly a jet fighter – get on board one of the most popular jet trainers in the world: the L39 Albatros. Experience the tremendous power of this unique fighter jet.

Course of the fighter jet experience : Fly the L39 Albatros jet fighter (allocate a day)

Arrive on site in the morning
You will be greeted by your pilots. A first briefing will get you to know the plane and flight plan…
Lunch
Once suited and geared up (G suit, flyboots, helmet and gloves), get to the plane for another briefing on security and instruments
Engines on… and take off for an unforgettable experience .. duration: 30mn flight
You are filmed from a camera in the cockpit.
After the flight, debriefing with the pilot and a certificate is given to you.

The pilots: They are highly qualified with many years of experience.
The aircraft: L39C Albatros; Trainer jet fighter. Built in the 70s by the Czech, the aircraft can sustain up to 8 positive Gs and 4 negative Gs. Maximum speed: Mach 0,8.

Participants and guests :
You are the only one with the pilot in the plane. You can have one to two guests.

Conditions and restrictions :
No previous flying experience is required.
Medical certificate for aerial sport required.
You must be over 15 years old. You must also be less than 1.95 metres tall. Weight between 50 and 110 kgs.
Participants are advised to be well rested for the day of the flight and to avoid alcohol the previous day.
This experience takes place in favourable weather conditions. The experience is rescheduled in case of unsuitable weather conditions.

Dates :
This experience is available all year round.

Location :
Bordeaux, south west France

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Do something extraordinary: swim with dolphins. In the south of France, in the Pelagos sanctuary, swim with dolphins and encounter whales, turtles and other marine mammals. Once dolphins are spotted, get into the water and enjoy this unique encounter. You may also spot whales, turtles, tuna shoals and make of this day a truly unique and memorable experience.

Course of the experience : swim with dolphins : Allocate 1 day.

Arrive at the boat at 7.45am
Departure for the sanctuary: on board, breakfast, briefing, test of equipment (shorty and mask)
Dolphins are spotted by a plane, with constant radio communication with the boat.
Get into the water and enjoy this unique moment
Dolphins are wild and some species may be friendly and stay around for a while whilst others may simply leave quickly. Dolphins are wild animals and it is important to respect and protect them, it is the reason why it is not possible to touch them. They generally approach you in a distance between 2 and 10 meters, which does not allow you to touch them. Swim with dolphins is a truly magical, unique and unforgettable.
Once the dolphins have left, we look out for another shoal. The experience is repeated all day
Lunch at noon on the boat.
16H00/16H30, back to the harbour

Participants and guests :

This experience is usually done with a maximum of 8 participants.

Conditions and restrictions :

You must be able to swim. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
The observation of the dolphins and other cetacean is dependant on their own good will.

Weather : This experience is done in favourable weather conditions. Reschedule of this experience due to bad conditions may occur.

Dates : This experience is available from June to September

Location : Cannes, south of France

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Strasbourg is an attractive city. With its canal circling the town, its traditional architecture and Christmas market, Strasbourg brings many tourists in its walls. And as soon as you leave the city you will find either forests, or vineyards, as the area is home to some of the famous French white wine. They bare Alsatian names, such as Gewürztraminer, or Riesling, and are too often less regarded as the Bordeaux area. So next time you are in Strasbourg, why not taste some these wines.

Go wine tasting very near Strasbourg, in the heart of the wine region. Discover the techniques to taste wine. Learn about reading, smelling and tasting during this 2h30 wine tasting session with the guidance of a professional oenologist.

This wine tasting course will teach you about:  Tasting techniques: learn to look, smell and taste. Fun games will help to keep the techniques with you. You will also learn about the specific vocabulary. Learn about the interpretation of wine: learn from the coulours, the smell, the legs… learn about the balance of wines.  Vines: learn all about vines. This experience takes about 2h30 and is available all year round.

This wine tasting experience costs about 45 euros per person.

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If travelling to Paris, there is something extraordinary to do just 45mn north of the French capital: a jet fighter experience! Get onboard the mighty Fouga Magister, and experiment up to 5 Gs in horizontal, vertical and oblique flight. See the ground evaporate at high speed and low-level flight.

Course of the flying experience : fly a jet fighter near Paris in France (allocate half a day)

You will arrive at the airport where you will meet our pilot.
He will brief you on the flight, plan instruments, manoeuvres as well as security and emergency procedures.
You will be geared up.
Then, take-off and enjoy! Flight time is 30 minutes. The pilot can even let you fly the plane if you can handle it.
A debriefing session will be organised after the flight.
Then we will celebrate with champagne if you still have strength left to lift your glass. You will also be presented with a diploma to remember this day.

The flight will be recorded on a camera from the cockpit to immortalise this unique moment.

The pilots: They have full military and civilian credentials, with many years of experience in the French Air Force.

The aircraft: Fouga Magister. The plane is maintained in strict accordance with Air regulations.

Participants and guests :

You are the only one with the pilot in the plane. You can have one to two guests.

Conditions and restrictions :

No previous flying experience is required.
You must not have any heart problems or neurological problems.
You must be over 15 years old. You must also be less than 2 metres tall (6.5ft).
Participants are advised to be well rested for the day of the flight and to avoid alcohol the previous day. Motion sickness is possible but unlikely.
This experience takes place in most weather conditions. Rescheduling due to weather conditions is rare. A confirmation of weather conditions will be done a few days prior to flight time.

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Lyon is one of the best destinations in France for food. Renowned for its “bouchon”, small and traditional restaurants, Lyon is definitely the place to be to take a cooking lesson. Learn to cook with a talented and renowned chef in Lyon. Enter the kitchen of Aurelie Chauvin, and discover the secrets to prepare delicious and tasty meals. Aurelie shares her experience gained at well-known restaurants such as the Arc en Ciel at the Meridien, L’Art et la Manière, and the restaurant Les Oliviers. Aurélie’s cuisine is diverse and with a refined taste. A truly wonderful experience for all epicurean.

3 workshops are available depending on your requirements:

Immersion: prepare a three course diner, with starter, main course and dessert that will please your guests. A glass of wine is also included in order to fully enjoy this culinary experience. Example of recipes: Tempura of vegetables, saumon à la plancha – risotto with mascarpone, crumble with pain d’épices…This workshop is done in the morning.

Night workshops: this session is ideal for professionals and consists in the preparation of a three course diner that you will be able to take home with you. Example: Gaspacho Andalou, Tatin d’échalottes – effeuillés of spinach with saffron, lavender crème brulée…

Thematic workshops: Aurelie focuses on cooking techniques or preparations or cuisines from various countries. You can work on sushi, patisserie, cutting vegetables… This workshop is ideal to get to learn the harmonies of cuisine and techniques to prepare a truly succulent diner.

Participants and guests  - The workshops are done in small groups of 6 people maximum.

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