Le Grand Défi A GIANT aquatic course for young and old in Vendée!

Opening hours

Temporarily closed

Useful information

Location : In the countryside

Province : South Coast & Poitevin Marshes

Services

  • Cash
  • Chèques vacances (holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • Disable access
  • English spoken
  • Groups
  • Parking
  • Pets welcome
  • English
    • THE BIG CHALLENGE – Have fun in the largest aquapark in the West

      Experience a water adventure in the largest treetop adventure park in the world!

      Located in the heart of the forest, the GRAND DÉFI Aquapark offers a GIANT water fun course for young and old !

      The 2760 m² inflatable aquatic structure is made up of more than 80 interconnected modules with different obstacle courses: giant slides, human catapults, climbing walls on the water... or even a 4-meter-high mega Mountain!

      • From 6 years old (adult and responsible adult on the structure required for children under 11)
      • Allow 1.5 hours (30 minutes of equipment + 1 hour of activity)
      • Free course
      • Online booking recommended (open from June 22 to September 15, 2024)
      • Swimsuit required
      • Secure and monitored area


      A new aquatic area for the whole family

      The new aquatic zone of the LE GRAND DEFI leisure park also offers you the chance to discover (or rediscover) numerous water-based activities such as stand-up paddleboarding or pedal boats.

      Stand-Up Paddle

      • From 6 years old (adult companion on paddleboard for children under 11)
      • 30 min or 1 hour
      • Life jacket mandatory
      • Know how to swim


      Pedalo

      • From 2 years old (adult companion on the pedal boat for children under 11)
      • 30 min or 1 hour
      • Life jacket mandatory


      The park also offers many fun and sporting activities:

      • Treetop adventure course
      • Paintball
      • Outdoor laser game
      • Escape Game in the forest
      • Orienteering
      • Disc Golf
      • Pony ride
      • Quick Jump
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Traveller Reviews Le Grand Défi

4.7 sur 5 11441 reviews

  • Hakima Chebri

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Hakima Chebri on 16/11/2025

  • Audrey Moreau

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Audrey Moreau on 15/11/2025

    A superb family day out, a pleasant, shady and safe location

  • marie nayagom

    4 sur 5 Reviews posted by marie nayagom on 15/11/2025

Traveller Reviews Le Grand Défi

4.7 sur 5 1305 reviews

  • "Great family day out, value for money"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by kaffeee (Shrewsbury, United Kingdom) on 02/09/2025

    Had a great day out, better than we were expecting. We paid for the high ropes and paintballing. Staff fit your harness, you then watch an instruction video (English subtitles) and have a practice...

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  • "Fantastic activity centre good value for money would return, reasonably priced"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Tourist558014 on 15/08/2025

    Visited here from staying at local campsite La Guyonnière, great 10% discount for campsite customers. Did aqua park - great value and good variety of obstacles, loved the fact someone goes round...

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  • "Brilliant two days!"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Jo F on 26/08/2024

    What a brilliant couple of days at this park! It has something for everyone and very reasonably priced! We always prefer these types of activities in France as so much better than the UK offering. We...

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Le Grand Défi

Address

40 rue de l'Étoile
85150 Saint-Julien-des-Landes

Contacts

Phone : 02 51 98 79 02

GPS coordinates

46° 38'46.08"N, 1° 42'53.98"W

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