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We love the area though, but haven't ever stayed in the Herault Valley (except further down where it reaches the sea!)

The only problem with staying higher up the Heralut is that the valley is rather narrow, and on many sites you may get some road noise as both the river and the road (and the campsites) are in the narrow valley floor. The Herault is also one of those rivers where the river level can rise quite quickly.

We've 'done' the waterfalls, and lots of other places where you can access the river for a swim on a hot day.  We've also canoed on the Herault which is great too!

One of our first sites was in the same area, on the Vidourle river, in Sauve.  That was a Canvas Holidays site and we loved it there, but since then, sadly, they had a bad fire in willow pollen build up around one of the tents, so Canvas and Eurocamp stopped using them, and then the site went downhill.

There are loads of lovely places for a visit -  the Cirque de Navacelles, and have a coffee overlooking the falls in the very bottom, St Guilhelm le Desert but early as it gets crowded, the Pont de Diable, further down on the Vidourle (I think), and if you haven't been already, La Couvertoirade and the Knights Templar villages are all worth visiting.  There are any number of spots for some 'wild swimming' if youre into that sort of thing, and loads of (steep) fantastic walks!