# A summer day in the lower Aran: rafting on the Garonne, signature cooking and caviar in Les

In the morning, ten kilometres of rafting on the Garonne to the border; at midday, the Er Occitan menu in Bossòst; in the afternoon, the Caviar Nacarii sturgeon farm, in Les, with a tasting.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/aran-valley/itineraries/rafting-caviar-and-signature-cooking · Revisado: 2026-11-13

## El día
- 07:00 · Salida: 2 h 15 by car (via the N-230 and the Vielha tunnel)
- 10:30 · Rafting on the Garonne, from Les to Pont de Rei (Altisport Aventura · Les – Pont de Rei stretch · €42 · you change at its Vielha centre) · Altisport Aventura, From €42 per person
  - 15 min by car, 16 km
- 14:00 · Er Occitan (€56 menu · booking: the website does not publish hours) · Er Occitan, €€€€
  - 8 min by car, 5 km
- 16:00 · Visit to the Caviar Nacarii Fish Farm, in Les (tour with tasting, €40 · confirm the time on 973 64 00 87) · Caviar Nacarii, From €40 per adult
- 17:45 · Vuelta (in Lleida around 20:00)

The lower Aran, from Vielha to the border, is the part of the valley that is best used in summer: the Garonne passes through Bossòst and Les before entering France, and on its banks there is room for a morning's rafting, a long lunch and an unusual visit in the Pyrenees, to a caviar fish farm.

## From the water to the table, hour by hour

7:00 · Set off. From Lleida on the N-230, the Noguera Ribagorzana valley and the Vielha tunnel. Reach Vielha with time to change.

10:30 · Rafting. You meet at the Altisport centre, in Vielha, they give you a wetsuit, water shoes, helmet and life jacket and you go to the river. The stretch from Les to the Pont de Rei is ten kilometres of medium grade, from age 6, for €42: an hour and a quarter on the water almost to the border. You must be able to swim.

14:00 · Lunch at Er Occitan. On Carrer Major in Bossòst. The €56 menu lets you choose a dish from each part, with produce from Aran, the Ribagorça, the Pallars and the south of France; if the whole table is up for it, the tasting menu costs €80. Book: the website does not publish hours.

16:00 · Caviar Nacarii. Five kilometres away, in Les, beside the Garonne. The guided visit to the sturgeon farm lasts about 50 minutes, €15; with a tasting of caviar of several ages, €40. Confirm the time when booking: the last published calendar gave the tasting from Wednesday to Saturday at 16:00.

17:45 · Head home. Via Vielha and the tunnel. In Lleida around eight.

## With children

Rafting admits children from age 6, and at the fish farm they pay €7 from 6 to 10. If yours are younger, swap the morning for Aran Park, on the Portilhon road, above Bossòst: bears, wolves and marmots, €13 for ages 3 to 11.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
From Lleida, about two hours twenty to Vielha on the N-230. From Barcelona, the A-2, A-14 and N-230, about four hours. Between Vielha, Bossòst and Les there are about twenty minutes.

## Consejos

### Book all three things
Rafting runs with a minimum of three in low season, Er Occitan gives no hours and the tasting has set days.

### Bring dry clothes
You change in Vielha, but you go back to the car with wet hair.

### Choose between Wednesday and Saturday
That is when Nacarii's last calendar scheduled the visit with tasting.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does this day in the lower Aran cost?
About €140 to €200 per person: rafting, €42; menu at Er Occitan, from €56; visit with tasting, €40.

### Can children go?
To the rafting, from age 6. With under-6s, swap the rafting for Aran Park.

### When can you go rafting on the Garonne?
In spring and summer; the family stretch is the one from Les to the Pont de Rei.