The Vézère is a 190 km long river in south-western France, right tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central. It flows south-west through the following départements and cities:

Corrèze: Pérols-sur-Vézère, Bugeat, Uzerche, Vigeois, Brive-la-Gaillarde

Dordogne: Montignac, Terrasson-Lavilledieu, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Le Bugue

It flows into the Dordogne near Le Bugue. A tributary of the Vézère is the Corrèze River.

The Vézère Valley is famed for its cave systems, containing numerous cave paintings and hominid remains. UNESCO collectively designated these a World Heritage Site in 1979. Among the sites included is Lascaux.t)

Many locations along the river offer canoeing or kayaking, typically bussing clients upstream to one of several starting points (depending on the desired duration of the descent) and terminating at the location you hired the canoe. Les Eyzies has four such companies. Click to see and do for more information.