The Saone in Franche-Comté
If you want to rent a houseboat on the Saone, you can look forward to a houseboat holiday with peace and quiet. You can enjoy nature on the Saone in Franche-Comté. Nowhere have I ever seen so many swans as on the Saone. In the five days of our houseboat tour we met everywhere, in every bay and every marina for swans. Well, in the marinas they were attracted by the leftover food they fished out of the water. But that couldn't be the case along the route. They greeted us at breakfast through the open door of our houseboat galley. Or they watched us wash the dishes and also ran laps over our heads.
A houseboat tour on the Saone is not only very relaxing, but also a wonderful way to see the wildlife of Franche-Comté from an extraordinary perspective.
Some pairs of swans had their solid territory and guarded this with stoic calm. Others enjoyed the last rays of the evening sun during a round on the water. And again others cleaned their plumage and then shook it out full of pleasure. We were therefore able to observe and photograph swans in all possible positions. We brought home so many photos of the swans of the Saone that we do not want to withhold them from you. That's why we present them here on a separate page. Experience with us the elegant swans of the Saone on this page.
There are other animals on the Saone
Although swans are certainly the animal species we most often on ours Houseboat tour have seen on the Saone, there are also other animals to see along the way. It's worth looking out for. We saw herons, kingfishers (unfortunately without a photo), donkeys, horses and cattle. You can see what other animals we encountered on our houseboat tour here:
These are just a few atmospheric shots of nature along the Saone. With a houseboat tour that lasts several days, there are plenty of opportunities to see wild animals and domestic animals along the way. We had a lot of fun looking out for them and watching them. All you need is enough time, and you should take it. The art of Slow Travel is to be able to do without something every now and then in order to then be able to enjoy such moments intensively. That was nature enjoyment at its finest.
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Text: © Copyright Monika Fuchs and TravelWorldOnline
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When swans fly, I find them especially beautiful! Maybe because you see it less often. Beautiful animals! Sunny greetings, Jutta
We really liked that, too, Jutta. Especially in the evening light, the swans were impressive as they flew over our heads as we ate dinner on the top deck of our houseboat during the last rays of the day. This is a scene that I will especially remember from our houseboat tour on the Saone.