Cascades de Vaucoux ou d'Anglard

South of Besse, the Vaucoux waterfall, also called the Anglard waterfall, tumbles down a volcanic rock face about twelve metres high in the Bois de Champs. The Vaucoux stream plunges over it in a cool, wooded setting. It takes about ten minutes to walk there from the edge of the Compains road, and a footbridge across the stream lets you look at it. Access is open and free. A pleasant nature detour to combine with the nearby Lac Pavin and Besse.

A word on swimming, since the question comes up a lot: the waterfall is not a developed swimming spot. No lifeguards, no facilities, and a path that gets slippery in wet weather. Come for the falls and the cool of the woods, not to swim.