Xploria La forêt à explorer le temps Go back in time and discover nature in a different way!

Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Tuesday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Wednesday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Thursday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Friday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Saturday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 am - 07:00 pm

Opens at 10:00 am

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Province : Ariège - Cathare lands & Ariège Doors

Services

  • Groups
  • Open all year round
  • Parking
  • open 7/7
  • English
    • Immersion, confrontation and strong emotions are guaranteed!


      Xploria is a space for fun and scientific adventures, designed to offer you a unique experience: learning about nature while having fun!

      Enter the Time Corridor, pass through the time gates and wooden walkways, discover our life-size reconstructions of extinct animals to confront, our botanical spaces, including our world vegetable garden, and our giant illustrations... and dive into the history of the Earth!

      From dinosaurs to giant prehistoric mammals, from the first plants to delicate orchids, from the first jellyfish to the Dodo of the Ice Age...

      The touch-and-feel displays (real fossils and high-quality casts like in the biggest museums), the paleontological excavation workshops, the footprint beach, the face games or even the Xploria animal discovery area... will allow you to spend at least 2 hours on the site or the whole day if you also want to picnic and take the time to enjoy yourself! Especially since we have thought of adults and children alike with displays and fun activities suitable for everyone!

      Everyone should find something in their interest.

      Children, parents, grandparents, teachers, curious people, enthusiasts, tourists...! The dinosaurs or the giant mammal climbing game will delight children while the botanical spaces, the scientific quality of the exhibition or the treatment of current issues will appeal to adults.

      The Xploria tour is punctuated by climatological and geological markers that allow you to understand what the Earth looked like during these different periods. You will discover the events and elements that have marked its appearance and history. Different areas are dedicated to specific periods of evolution (Carboniferous, Jurassic, Paleolithic, etc.) and are systematically designed with interactive content to create parks within the park.

      Thus, by following the thread of a path in the forest, you set off to discover the history of the Earth, Evolution and Biodiversity.

      Thanks to links accessible to all between living species of yesterday and today, everything is imagined to see, interact and understand the environment that surrounds us.

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Traveller Reviews Xploria La forêt à explorer le temps

4.5 sur 5 656 reviews

  • Patricia Royo

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Patricia Royo on 09/08/2025

    The welcome is excellent, the staff are very committed to sharing the mystery of prehistory with young and old alike, the park is very clean, the excavations for young children are very fun and educational, and the reproductions of prehistoric animals are exceptional and impressive. To be repeated.

  • Laura Sagnes

    3 sur 5 Reviews posted by Laura Sagnes on 09/08/2025

    Lots of things to discover, friendly staff, but extremely dangerous in a stroller, not at all suitable, do not follow the information on the website. My little one and I had a fall with his stroller the day of our visit, he got a bad black eye, it could have been worse...

  • Chloé Lassalle

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Chloé Lassalle on 08/08/2025

    We had a perfect afternoon! The manager is incredibly kind and passionate; we loved chatting with him for a while. We also attended the excavation presentation and activity, which was incredible and so interesting, thanks to the instructor, who was also very friendly. The trails are pleasant and well-maintained, and benches are regularly provided; it's great. We'll be back with pleasure (and maybe, who knows, we'll one day discover a book illustrated by the owner 😉)

Traveller Reviews Xploria La forêt à explorer le temps

4.4 sur 5 82 reviews

  • "Fantastic family day out"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by carried35 (Stafford, United Kingdom) on 26/08/2024

    We visited here whilst on a weeks holiday in La bastide. The welcome was very pleasant and informative by Florian, who clearly has a passion for the ancient history of our planet and its dinosaurs...

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  • "Fabulous for kids who like dinosaurs and pre-history"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Elnagh (Whitehead, United Kingdom) on 21/07/2017

    We visited with two children aged 6 and 9 and both they and ourselves really enjoyed our visit. We spent 6 hours here! The staff were really friendly and spoke good English which was especially...

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  • "Visit at Xploria"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by jonathanjameson (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) on 24/07/2016

    Visited it with the family, extremely happy, you can feel that it is ran by people whom are passionate about it. We can only but recommend it

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Xploria La forêt à explorer le temps

Address

Route de Sabarat
Forêt de Castagnies
09290 Le Mas-d'Azil

GPS coordinates

43° 4'45.37"N, 1° 22'36.47"E

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