Gaspesie National Park — Hotel in Mont-Albert

This park is natural beauty at its very best, you see an untamed nature showing its most beautiful side with dollops of fresh air and clean water in unbridled rivers!

Located at a distance of 30 minutes from Saint Ann Des Monts, you first arrive at the discovery centre where you buy tickets for access to the national park, as is a constant fixture there is ample parking and clean rest room facilities at the centre. There is a small cafe and a gift shop as well, if you plan to hike it is a good idea to buy some trail mix or water in case you havent brought it with you.

Once you have bought the tickets (day tickets or season pass) you have a multitude of options in front of you from a hiking standpoint:

Different difficult levels - Easy, Intermediate, Difficult, Extreme Different options based on distance and time

Once you select a hiking trail you can easily follow the signs and enjoy the walkathon! Experienced hikers should definitely go for difficult and extreme, while newbies (and old people or parent(s) with smalls kids) should go for the easy option. As is with any hike please ensure you have the right foot wear, sun glasses, plenty of water, walking sticks etc.

The picturesque walks have been curated with a lot of thought and you will find the most scenic pathways anywhere in the world here. Take care to not disturb the flora and fauna and enjoy it as if visiting a museum or an art exhibition.

We opted for a hike that was graded as easy though gradually liked it so much that went in for the Difficult one, and boy was it difficult, the climb was steep and had rocks and pebbles all over. But the final view was worth it.

Once you are in the jungle there are no restroom facilities and signal is low, do not stray from the path crafted and take care to have bug spray as well as sun glasses for your eyes.

I would love to visit back and complete all the trails in the future, this was one of the most amazing experiences of my life, thanks to Sepaq for crafting and maintaining this wonderful...

Great hiking trails! Many were even accessible for our two place chariot stroller. Park employees are friendly and they didn't forget us when we missed the last shuttle back to the main building after returning from Mount Jacques Cartier's summit.

We thought we would have to walk the 4 km back there with tired kids, but after what seemed like 600 or 700m we saw a nice lady coming towards us with her personal vehicle. We happily fitted the six of us in it and thanked her many times. She told us she would have come back a few other times until the end of her working shift and would have sent a rescue team if we were still missing by then. That is reassuring!

We stayed in a Huttopia tent at the Mont Albert campground. I highly recommend it if you travel with kids or even if you want to travel light. We didn't need a trailer to haul our camping gear, we only needed our clothes, sleeping bags, towel and personal hygiene items. The tent is huge, we can eat at the table inside if need be, it doesn't get soaked up, the mattresses are on a platform about 20 inches higher than the floor, there are pillows, a mini-fridge, a small electric fan heater that we turned on every night (even in July), a camping stove under a canopy, and every cookware and dinnerware necessary. What a luxury! We were handed extra dish towels because we stayed for a week. You can use the extra outlet to plug in whatever you need (say, like a CPAP machine, or your phone which can be used as a clock or a camera through most of the park).

Sepaq recommends bringing a cooler, and I suggest you bring a small stove or burner for more versatility. We didn't think of that so we had sandwiches for lunch a couple times.

We will definitely go...

REVIEW FOR DOG OWNERS:

TL;DR: This park is not dog friendly at all

I do not recommend you visit this park if you want to bring dogs. Online there are resources indicating that some trails are dog friendly. However, those trails are 1% of what the park has to offer. Unless you're happy with going to this park and having a 40 min hike then leaving, you shouldnt bother stoping here. I'd recommend much more that you visit Forillon park which has no limitations on dogs.

It is a shame that the park doesn't do a good enough job explaining how little you can explore with your dogs. I felt a bit misdirected by their online map which shows long green trails, these are actually just paths you are allowed to have your dog in the car with you, not real trails. The only real trail is a 40 min small ( and beautiful) hike.

The park is extremely strict. It is filled with multiple large "No dog allowed" signed at every corner. Making it very clear that dogs are not welcomed.

P.S. Don't even try sneaking them in because there are fines and potential park expulsion for bringing your dogs to an...