Parc le Trou de la Fée — Attraction in Saint-André-du-Lac-Saint-Jean

Amazing 360 degrees, multi-senses multimedia presentation at the beginning, beautiful landscapes and walking trails, and a nice cozy hole in the ground.

Downside is, you must be in peak physical shape to even make it to the main attraction, as you have to climb down a mountain, cross the river, then climb back up another mountain, visit the hole, and do the entire thing again in reverse... and there's only an actual walking trail during the first half; the climb up is genuine rock climbing with no handrails or anything... my 70+ years old grandma didn't exactly appreciate the ordeal. And if you make it to the hole but are even slightly overweight, or have knee issues or something, you'll be unable to visit the darn thing because of how treacherous it is. And of course, none of this is advertised; no warning or anything.

There's not even bathrooms, drinking fountains or a gift shop to buy a water bottle at, and the staff looks dead inside for the most part.

Despite all this sham, I recommend going there if you're physically able to, and well prepared in advance, as the area itself is beautiful, and it's worth the entrance fee for the multimedia...

The trail leading to the place where the three falls converge is not suitable for everyone (definitely not for the elderly, even if fairly fit, nor for small children). I read the comments here saying all trails are very easy and suitable for everyone and now I can say that is simply not true. What's more, the view there was also quite underwhelming, imo. Stick to the paths where the trails are better kept and sort of paved/decked and you'll be good. I was a bit disappointed that I followed the advice given by the people by the entrance but one of the paths they'd mentioned (the 500m one looping back from after the suspended bridges to the entrance) was unfortunately closed, so we had to walk all the way back. Would have been nice if they had warned...

We arrived at 3pm to visit the cave. After spending $$$ for one adult and 2 kids to visit the cave and 1 adult to walk the paths with 2 kids too small for the cave, we were given cave tickets. At no point were we told that our tickets were for a certain tour time (it stated it on the other side of the cave ticket, but we didn't examine all sides of the tickets). Instead, young children climbed to the cave only to find out our cave tour was for 6pm, three hours after we arrived. They should have stated at the ticket counter the time of the next cave tour so we could decide whether or not to spend the money. But they didn't and also didn't refund our money for the cave tour portion. The rest of the walk is very pretty, but not worth the...