Whether it’s a short walk to clear your head or a longer hike to truly take a break, these trails offer an ideal setting for silence, introspection, and reflection.
As you walk through varied landscapes, the hike also becomes an opportunity to admire nature, to marvel at it, and to reconnect with a more natural rhythm. With no pressure to perform, these trails invite you to slow down, refocus, and allow the essential questions to emerge: finding meaning in life, reflecting on a life stage, or deepening a spiritual quest—all in an atmosphere conducive to inner peace and listening to what your heart is trying to say.
Mountain trails, forest paths, country roads, and more—walk fromthe Ermitage du Lac-Bouchette to Quebec City.
Focuses on roads and excludes mountain trails and forest paths. The options are clearly indicated each time. To get to Québec City, start in Saint-Félix-d’Otis or Rivière-Éternité.
It connects mountain trails and forest paths—sometimes via a road, sometimes via a bus route. For example, choose the Saguenay-Charlevoix Fjord Trail or the Notre-Dame de Québec Trail.
Depending on the hikers’ choice, by combining one or the other section of the route on roads with one or the other mountain trail or forest road. For example, from La Malbaie to Quebec City via roads and trails in the Caps de Charlevoix region; from Saguenay (La Baie borough) to Saint-Siméon via Sépaq roads and trails; or from Saint-Siméon to the Monastère de la Croix-Glorieuse or to Quebec City, via roads and trails of the Traversée de Charlevoix and the Caps de Charlevoix.
Here are three shorter but equally interesting hikes: fromthe Ermitage du Lac Bouchette to the city of Saguenay; from Saguenay (La Baie) to Saint-Siméon, off the trails; and from La Malbaie to Quebec City, off the trails.
If you’d like to go on a short pilgrimage, here are six suggestions: from the Ermitage du Lac Bouchette to Alma, from Jonquière to La Baie (round trip), from Saint-Joachim de Montmorency to Quebec City, from Quebec City to Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (round trip), from La Malbaie to the Monastery of the Glorious Cross (round trip), and finally, from Saint-Urbain to the Monastery of the Glorious Cross (round trip).
There are other options available, depending on your interests and availability for a hike on the KAPOAH-Québec (Canada) Camino pro-Compostella. Be sure to check out the three sections on the “Choose Your Kapoah Hiking Route” page: by starting city, by accessibility level, and by trail. The six easy access points to the trail can also help you plan your hike.
Now move on to the second step, and select your hiking routes