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Camping in the Vallée de Joux

In order to allow as many people as possible to stay in the Vallée de Joux in good conditions, the region has two campsites with facilities by the lake, as well as parking areas where camping-cars are permitted.

Camping places with facilities (showers, WC, services)

Lac de Joux Campsite
Le Sentier

Lac de Joux Campground

Overviewing the lake from Le Rocheray, the Lac de Joux Campground offers campers a breath-taking view.

Camping à la Ferme
Les Bioux

Farm Camping

Camping on the farm in Les Bioux is a privileged site in an exceptional setting.

Campers who stay in one of these two official sites and pay the tourist tax benefit from the many advantages offered by the ValPass guest card.
 

Official car parks for motorhomes

When the official campsites cannot meet the demand, different possibilities are offered to holders of motorhomes and vans.

From Easter to October

  • Parking area "Terrain de foot" - Les Crettets - 1343 Les Charbonnières - Closed until further notice due to works
    • GPS: 46.666014, 6.316852
  • Parking area "Chez Colas" - 1344 L’Abbaye
    • GPS: 46.651788, 6.323944
  • Parking area "Fontaine Froide" - Route du Marchairuz (à 5.5 km du Brassus)
    • GPS: 46.559361, 6.250338
  • Parking area "La Sauvagère" - En Groenroux - 1344 L'Abbaye
    • GPS: 46.642384, 6.307348
  • Parking area "Téléski de L’Abbaye" -Route de l’Hôtel de Ville - 1344 L’Abbaye
    • GPS: 46.647998, 6.317160


All year round


These car parks cannot be reserved in advance.

Current rates

On these lots, parking a van is limited to 3 consecutive nights.
A fee of CHF 8.- per person per night is charged (children: free up to 16 years old). 
Payment points: QR code (TWINT app) on site / Tourism Office in Le Sentier / Grocery shop Le Petit Marché in Le Pont / Alpine pasture Le Pré de Bière

Dumping area

Free and accessible all year round

Zone de vidange
Vallée de Joux Tourisme

Forest sites for vans and tents

These sites in the middle of nature are equipped with mobile toilets.
  • Risoud forest "Mézery", access via Le Brassus - Grandes Roches - Mézery (5.5 km away from Le Brassus) - Open from June to September - Equipped with dry toilets
    • GPS: 46.568194, 6.165125
  • Risoud forest "Le Solliat", access via Le Solliat - Cantine du Solliat (1 km away from Le Solliat) - Open in July & August - Equipped with chemical toilets
    • GPS: 46.624105, 6.227672
  • Les Esserts "L'Orient", access via Les Fûves - Les Esserts (4 km away from L'Orient) - Open in July & August - Equipped with chemical toilets
    • GPS: 46.592104, 6.258552
These car parks cannot be reserved in advance.

Current rates

On these lots, parking a van or sleeping in a tent is limited to 3 consecutive nights.
A fee of CHF 8.- per person per night is charged (children: free up to 16 years old). 
Payment points: QR code (TWINT app) on site / Tourism Office in Le Sentier / Grocery shop Le Petit Marché in Le Pont / Alpine pasture Le Pré de Bière

Tent site

  • Watersports center "Altitude 1004" – Les Tâches – 1346 Les Bioux
    • GPS: 46.620768, 6.265310
Toilets and a washbasin are available for campers. 
Firewood can be purchased on site.
Various leisure facilities are available free of charge (table tennis, trampoline, petanque, etc.)

Current rates

On this lot, sleeping in a tent is limited to 3 consecutive nights.
A fee of CHF 8.- per person per night is charged (children: free up to 16 years old). 
Payment points: caravan of Altitude 1004 or QR code (TWINT app) on site  

Wild camping and bivouacking

In the canton of Vaud, wild camping in tents or bivouacs (without tents) is not permitted.
It is only tolerated in the following three situations:
  • Sleep one night (not in a group) in the mountains, beyond the forest limit
  • Sleeping on private land with the owner's permission
  • Emergency bivouac

General bans exist for nature reserves, federal free districts and wildlife tranquillity zones.