The Fage chasm
The Gouffre de La Fage, at the top of our top 14 list of places to visit, is a Natura 2000 listed site with a unique flora and fauna, including 14,000 bats. Just twenty minutes south of Brive-la-Gaillarde, the chasm is a great place to find out about the job of an archaeologist and to give your children a caving experience. A unique activity to keep children occupied in the only chasm in Corrèze. The La Fage chasm is waiting for you to discover all its secrets!
Goufre de La Fage: a Gaillard and responsible site!
- Discover a tourist site with protected flora and fauna, classified Natura 2000
- Take advantage of a fun and educational facility that allows everyone to discover the wonders of the underground world while respecting the natural ecosystem.
- Try your hand at archaeology by exploring the galleries of a chasm.
- Curl your moustache at the sight of Dracula's little sisters (yes, you're in a bat sanctuary!).
- Keep the kids busy with the perfect family outing.
The La Fage chasm, a varied site
The La Fage chasm is divided into two galleries. In this chasm you can admire beautiful draperies in a variety of colours, richly decorated calcite bridges, a multitude of stalactites, columns and fantastic figures, and a palaeontological deposit.
A NATURA 2000 listed site!
The tourist site is classified as a NATURA 2000 site. The chasm is home to one of Europe's largest colonies of bats. The aim of being classified as a NATURA 2000 site is to maintain biodiversity by conserving habitats for flora and fauna. There are 33 species of bat in France, some of which hibernate in the La Fage chasm. An average of 14,000 bats live in the tourist site. The Fage chasm is a breeding site for species of great heritage value, such as the Schreiber's Bat, the Great Murin and the Least Rhinolophus.
Visit the La Fage chasm
The tour lasts between 45 minutes and 1 hour and will tell you more about this tourist site and its bats. Photos are permitted during the self-guided tour.
Opening dates 2025
- From 9 April to 30 June every day from 2pm to 5pm except Wednesdays.
- From 1st July to 31st August: daily from 9.30am to 1pm and from 2pm to 7pm.
- From 1st to 10th September: 2pm to 5pm. Self-guided tours. Closed on Wednesdays.
- All Saints' Day school holidays: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2pm to 5pm. Ticket office closes at 4pm
Admission
- Adults pay €9.50.
- Children pay €6.
- Children under the age of 4 visit free of charge.
The archaeology workshop
Introduce your children to the profession of archaeologist at the La Fage chasm. Children can keep busy with a mini-caving tour, and a digging tank awaits them for a fun and rewarding visit. The cost of the workshop is €12 per child (booking essential). It's a fun and educational way to introduce them to a new profession.
Practical information
How to get there?
The Fage chasm is around twenty minutes from Brive-La-Gaillarde at Noailles. Take the D920 to reach the tourist site.
Where to park?
Free parking is available on the tourist site.
The shop
The shop at the Fage chasm has lots of treasures to buy to round off your visit to the tourist site. Minerals, natural stone jewelry and various souvenirs await you. However, the tourist site shop does not have access for people with reduced mobility.
Where to eat?
There is a takeaway bar on site. Picnic tables are available on the La Fage chasm site.
Bon plan The bats in the Fage chasm
Does Dracula scare you? Come and see his little sisters. At the Fage chasm, bats come to feed. This colony is one of the largest in Europe. As these little creatures have great taste, they have taken up residence in a place adorned with superb stone draperies, with stalactites and stalagmites rising and falling towards each other. In the past, they shared their refuge with fallow deer, chamois, rhinoceros and wolves... as several bones unearthed bear witness.
The Fage chasm
La Fage, Noailles
05 55 85 80 35
gouffre-de-la-fage.com
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