About us

In 2008, I was in the Pyrenees mountains, looking for a place to start the next adventure. I was searching for something a bit special. It was difficult to describe what that "special" was but I knew I would recognise it when I arrived there, as is so often the case.

At the end of a long day, I drove south from Saint Girons, along a cool Pyrenean valley, with its towering rock walls reaching up from the river bed. Fresh snow melt crashed over ancient rocks, throwing up a fine mist that drifted up to the line of Beech trees carpeting the surrounding foothills. My sense of adventure was stirred within and I was keen to push on to see what was round the next corner. Eventually I came to the neat mountain village of Seix, set out on a wide floodplain surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery.

Seix is a village that welcomes you in with its easy charm and leaves you wanting to discover more. It has, by chance or by design, attracted a type of person whose energy and passion for a life of adventure has given the village a heartbeat of its own. After a brief tour of the village, I could see how things could work here, but more importantly I could feel that Seix had that "special" quality I was looking for. It was indeed, the place to start again.

In June 2009, the Pyrenees Adventure Company was up and running. We welcomed our first school groups, explored the Chemin de la Liberte (Freedom trail) and had run our first cycle tour along La route des Cols.

Since then, the company has grown and developed and we now offer activity holidays for families and adult groups who are looking to explore the local area. Holidays range from week-long, gite based family holidays to walking le Chemin de la Liberte for 1, 2 or 3 days, bespoke low level walks, and multi-activity holidays.

- Will Burchnall