For a panoramic view, climb to the top of La Roche d'Oëtre (the Oëtre Rock) in the middle of alpine Suisse Normande (Swiss Normandy).

Or for a close-up of the local flora and fauna, draw on expert knowledge at the River & Countryside Centre, at Ségrie-Fontaine.

Sir Lancelot is supposed to have hunted here, in the Andaines Forest.  It, and the Ecouves Forest, with its famous star-shaped crossroads, are just two of Orne's majestic oak and beech woodlands, all of them an open invitation to adventure …