Located near the town of Hyères, a popular destination for sunny vacation on the French Riviera, the La Londe les Maures animal park attracts many visitors every year. Here you can observe numerous species of animals on six hectares of land and escape to a tropical zoo renowned for its many varieties of cacti and succulent plants. Children will also appreciate the mini farm, where they can approach donkeys, goats or peacocks. The zoo of La Londe les Maures is home to many species of tropical birds that come from all over the world. Visitors can observe, among others, the Sulawesi hornbill, native to an Indonesian archipelago, the lilac-crowned amazon, which comes to us from Central America, multicolored macaws that live in the Amazon jungle, or the black-casqued hornbill, whose ruffled feathers on its head give it a special charm. In all, several dozen species of birds await visitors. Une publication partagée par cauvigny (@cauvigny) le 17 Nov. 2019 à 9 :01 PST Une publication partagée par Doris Storck Fotografie (@dost_210) le 5 Nov. 2019 à 11 :52 PST Une publication partagée par cauvigny (@cauvigny) le 17 Nov. 2019 à 9 :00 PST Une publication partagée par cauvigny (@cauvigny) le 17 Nov. 2019 à 9 :03 PST Did you come as a family? Your children will love the mini farm, which will certainly be the highlight of the visit. They will be able to get close to the different animals such goats, peacocks or donkeys, every day, at 4 p.m. Children and their parents can take part in the feeding of the miniature goats and donkeys. This convivial moment is a unique opportunity to share a privileged moment with the family. The Zoological Park of La Londe-les-Maures is only 3 kilometers from the beach. You can enjoy the beaches, leisure and water activities of the seaside resorts of Hyères-les-Palmiers and Fréjus or discover the harbor of Toulon. You will also easily find quality accommodation nearby: bed and breakfast, hotel, campsite with swimming pool, etc. Une publication partagée par Ancelluse (@monique.castel) le 1 Avril 2020 à 9 :57 PDT parts of France and Italy saw heavy rain and flooding over the weekend two people have died as a result of severe flooding in the south east of the country One man was drowned after his basement flooded in La Londe while the other victim was swept away in flood water in his vehicle in Pierrefeu who is believed to have been sleeping in his boat in La Londe Particularly badly hit was the department of Var in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in south eastern France La Londe-les-Maures and Le Lavandou – which is about 40km from Toulon – were worst affected Le Luc and Flassans have also been affected Precautionary evacuations took place in Les Arcs Puget-sur-Argens as levels of the Argens river rose rapidly There are also concerns about the le vels of the river Gapeau Emergency services also had to airlift around 150 people to safety after their homes were flooded in La Londe and Lavandou were left without power and around 50 roads were blocked The floods occurred in France after heavy rainfall which was particularly bad on Sunday 19 January 2014 With similarities to the situation in the south of England the ground is so saturated in areas across south east France that any further rain could well result in more severe flooding Some areas of Var saw between 120 to160 mm of rain on Friday 17 January This amount is greater than the average total amount of rain seen in January in the area A state of natural disaster is expected to be declared by the government on Monday a move which would release state funds for flood relief Northern Italy also saw huge amounts of rainfall over the weekend La Stampa reports that St Mark’s Square in Venice is udner 15cm of water The River Secchia has overflowed in areas just outside Modena Around 100 people had to be evacuated from their homes in Bastiglia one man was injured and another missing after they were swept away in flood water The body of the missing man has since been found Emergency workers had been looking for a man who reportedly took a boat on a canal amid the heavy rain in order to help some people who had become stranded The emergency services found the body of the man earlier today He was a doctor who had been visiting a patient in the area The heavy rain has also caused landslides in Nervi and La Spezia in the area and Viareggio is said to be under 50cm of water Some residents have been evacuated from their homes in Pietrasanta and Alta Versilia Sources: Le Monde; La Stampa Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList BORMES-LES-MIMOSAS, France (AP) — Backed by planes dropping water and fire retardant, more than 1,000 firefighters battled wildfires Wednesday that billowed smoke into the sky over France’s southern Cote d’Azur coast and forced the evacuation of 12,000 people. Large swaths of Mediterranean forest have been left bare and blackened after three days of fires. About 250 trailer homes, a hangar, an atelier and several vehicles were burned in the blazes but no one so far has been injured, according to the prefect of the Var region. The residents and tourists were evacuated early Wednesday after a ferocious fire whipped by strong Mistral winds spread from La Londe-Les-Maures to around the picturesque hilltop town of Bormes-Les-Mimosas. About 60 people were evacuated by boat from nearby Cap Benat. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was traveling to Bormes on Wednesday night to fly over the devastated region and meet with firefighters and evacuees staying in gyms and other public spaces. Dozens spent Tuesday night on the nearby La Lavandou beach. Further south of the French mainland, flames ate through 2,000 hectares (4,950 acres) of forest on the northern end of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, in what was the largest blaze in France. Fires were also blazing across parts of bone-dry Portugal and Italy. As thick black smoke billowed above the crests of hills, Col. Eric Martin of the Var firefighting unit told BFM-TV that French crews were trying to contain the flames that had run through 1,300 hectares (3,210 acres) around Bormes. Four planes and a fire-fighting aircraft dropped water and retardants on the blazes. The airport in Toulon, a city 30 kilometers (18 miles) from La Londe, was briefly closed on Wednesday, as well the Fort de Bregancon, which sits on a rock off the coast of Bormes. The wildfires began raging along France’s Mediterranean coast on Monday, forcing smaller, scattered evacuations as flames reached a corner of Saint-Tropez. Since noon Tuesday, French firefighters had conducted about 100 operations. Further east, another 400 firefighters were battling a blaze in Artigues that burned up to 1,700 hectares (4,200 acres) of forest. In addition, a fire that was contained Tuesday evening in La Croix Valmer after burning two homes and leaving one firefighter seriously injured restarted on Wednesday, the Var prefecture said. Firefighters said they were exhausted and needed more manpower and equipment. Hundreds of reinforcements were sent in from around France but the president of the Provence-Alpes-Cotes d’Azur area, Renaud Muselier, said on BFM-TV that “we don’t have enough means.” France asked the European Union for more firefighting planes and Italy provided one on Tuesday. Still, a pilot of a Canadair firefighting aircraft said there were not enough planes in the sky. Marion Manent, whose husband’s trailer homes were burned, was suspicious about the origins of the fire around La Londe. “Someone is certainly responsible … for me, he is a killer,” she told BFM-TV. France’s Mediterranean coast is particularly vulnerable to fires, with its massive back-country forests, often dry in the summer, and hot Mistral winds blowing across the sea to fan the flames. In central Portugal on Wednesday, billowing smoke was making visibility too poor to use water-dropping aircraft on the region’s flaming dense pine and eucalyptus forests. More than 2,300 firefighters with over 700 vehicles were battling 13 blazes, with flames driven by powerful winds. The worst-hit areas are 200 kilometers (125 miles) northeast of Lisbon, where the fires briefly forced the evacuation of some hamlets and the closure of a section of highway. Portugal’s peak fire season, which usually occurs after July 1, began early this year amid a severe drought. Last month, 64 people died trying to flee a forest fire in Portugal. In Italy, where wildfires have raged for weeks, firefighters responded to 26 requests for water and fire retardant air crops on Tuesday throughout central and southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia, Lazio and Puglia. The Coldiretti agriculture lobby said 50 billion bees were destroyed along with their hives in fires on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Coldiretti said another 20 percent of the bee population is estimated to have become disoriented by all the smoke and died as a result. Hatton reported from Lisbon. Elaine Ganley in Paris and Colleen Barry in Milan contributed to this report. as plumes of smoke rise from a nearby wildfire on July 26 French authorities ordered the evacuation of up to 12,000 people around a picturesque hilltop town in the southern Cote d’Azur region as fires hopscotched around the Mediterranean coast for a third day 2/12 A plane drops fire retardant over a forest near La Londe-les-Maures in the French Riviera 3/12 A man inspects the damage following a wildfire in Bormes-les-Mimosas 4/12 An aerial view shows plumes of smoke from wildfires in the outskirts of Bormes-les-Mimosas 5/12 Firefighters battle a blaze in Bormes-les-Mimosas 6/12 Men try to extinguish a fire in Bormes-les-Mimosas 7/12 Residents hose down hot spots following a fire in Bormes-les-Mimosas 8/12 A man inspects the damage to a burned-out house in Bormes-les-Mimosas 9/12 People try to extinguish a fire in Bormes-les-Mimosas 10/12 Residents inspect the damage to a home following a wildfire in Bormes-les-Mimosas 11/12 Wildfires continue to ravage the hillside in Bormes-les-Mimosas 12/12 Evacuatees take refuge on the beach on July 26 as a wildfire rages in the forest in Bormes-les-Mimosas Print Reporting from PARIS — Wildfires blazing across the south of France have forced the emergency evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists The French authorities said they had moved to safety around 12,000 people — most of whom are vacationing on its Mediterranean coast in camping sites and holiday homes — as flames swept through forests and firefighters struggled to stop them from spreading French officials said that more than 4,000 firefighters were mobilized to tackle the fires as they raged around the Côte d’Azur at the height of the tourist season Fires broke out along the popular seaside area on Monday forcing a few scattered evacuations and causing a scare on the edges of the celebrated seaside resort of Saint Tropez The latest and most serious conflagration started around the hillside town of Bormes-les-Mimosas on Tuesday and quickly spread across swathes of pine forest aided by strong winds and dry ground conditions caused by an ongoing heatwave On Wednesday four tracker planes and several water-dumping aircraft were dispatched to the region as billowing black smoke filled the sky Tourists and local residents used Twitter to share photos and videos from the region Emmanuelle Kremer of Bormes-les-Mimosas posted: “Fire still going on since midnight...this seems endless.” 15:50 - The planes are FINALLY back in #BormesLesMimosas #wildfires #var #France pic.twitter.com/ElizRNvlpX Colonel Eric Martin of the local Var region firefighting unit told French television nearly 600 staff were trying to stop the blaze spreading It has already destroyed more than 3,500 acres of forest in the region The evacuated were given temporary shelter in local town halls was briefly closed Wednesday but has reopened France’s Mediterranean coastline is vulnerable to seasonal wildfires because of its inland forest fringe that becomes a tinderbox in the dry summers said several firefighters and police had been injured but no residents or holidaymakers have been hurt Devastating summer fires also broke out on the island of Corsica where nearly 5,000 acres of forest to the north of the holiday isle were consumed ‘For Charlie, it’s too late’: Parents of British baby abandon legal fight to get treatment in U.S. How an L.A. native learned to stop worrying and love — OK, tolerate — India’s monsoon Another victim of Venezuela’s unrest: Caracas’ once-renowned zoo 11:35 a.m.: This article was updated with staff reporting and the latest figures on acreage burned and firefighters deployed. 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World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Sunbathers are evacuated from a beach in Le Lavandou on the French Riviera Link copiedShareShare articleBacked by planes dropping water and fire retardant more than 1,000 firefighters are battling bushfires billowing smoke into the sky over France's southern Cote d'Azur forcing the evacuation of at least 12,000 people Large swaths of Mediterranean forest had been left bare and blackened after three days of fires an atelier and several vehicles were burned in the blazes Residents and tourists were evacuated early on Wednesday (local time) after a ferocious fire whipped by strong mistral winds spread from La Londe-Les-Maures to dense forests around the picturesque hilltop town of Bormes-Les-Mimosas About 60 people were evacuated by boat from nearby Cap Benat An aerial view shows plumes of smoke on the outskirts of Bormes-les-Mimosas "There will be more fires tomorrow," Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said flew over the devastated region and met with firefighting personnel Firefighting aircraft made more than 500 drops of water or retardant on Wednesday and only three fires remained active in the Var region out of dozens that started on Wednesday flames ate through 2,000 hectares of forest on the northern end of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica A woman and her daughter look at the smoke from fires in Bormes-les-Mimosas was among the evacuees awakened in the middle of the night who found shelter in a sailing club near Bormes Dozens of people initially spent the night on a beach but public spaces pressed into service as emergency shelters were filling up which hit at the height of the summer season challenged regional governments with economies that depend on tourism The town of Bormes tweeted a call for donations of towels for the evacuees staying in the local gymnasium Fires in other countries, such as Portugal, have killed dozens. In central Portugal on Wednesday, billowing smoke made visibility too poor to use water-dropping aircraft on the region's flaming pine and eucalyptus forests. More than 2,300 firefighters with more than 700 vehicles battled 13 blazes, with flames driven by powerful winds. The Coldiretti agriculture lobby said 50 million bees were destroyed along with their hives in fires on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Coldiretti said another 20 per cent of the bee population is estimated to have become disoriented by all the smoke and died as a result. CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)