Canyoning (or: canyoneering) is about going in a bottom of a canyon, which is either dry or full of water.
Understand edit
Canyoning combines elements from swimming, climbing and jumping--but requires relatively little training or physical shape to get started (compared to rock climbing, scuba diving or alpine skiing, for example).
See also: Rock climbing.
Techniques edit
There are several kind of techniques in a canyon, which are also features of a specific canyon:
- sifons (dive-under)
- vertical rappeling (or abseiling)
- horizontal abseiling: moving over a rope above a river from one side of canyon to another
- jumps
- slides (toboggan in Spanish)
Plus trivial techniques which are used in virtually every canyon with water: walking, swimming, climbing to large stones.
Other characteristics of a canyon are length, duration, altitude difference; time to get in to a canyon start and to get out from its finish.
Destinations edit
Asia edit
Indonesia edit
Vietnam edit
Australia and New Zealand edit
Australia edit
- Blue Mountains (available from Wentworth Falls)
New Zealand edit
Europe edit
Austria edit
- near Salzburg
- near Salzkammergut
Bosnia = edit
- near Banja Luka
Croatia edit
- near Omiš
France edit
- Alpes Maritimes
- Pyrenees, though shorter than in Spain
- Vercors
Germany edit
- Bad Reichenhall
- Kempten (Allgäu) in Bavaria
Greece edit
- Acheron (available from Paramythia)
- Enippeas in Larissa Prefecture, Thessaly
Slovenia edit
Spain edit
- Andalucía:
- Sierra Nevada
- Serrania de Ronda
- Aragon:
- Sierra de Guara (available from Alquezar)
- Pyrenees (available from Alquezar)
- Asturias
- Burgos
- Cantabria
- Extremadura:
- Sierra de Gredos
- Valle del Tietar
- Galicia
- Guipúzcoa
- León
- Mallorca
- Navarra
- Vizcaya
- Cuenca
- Madrid
- Barranco de Somosierra
Switzerland edit
Turkey edit
- near Kaş
- Yazili in Isparta Province
United Kingdom edit
North America edit
Mexico edit
United States edit
South America edit
Brazil edit
Ecuador edit
- near Baños
International operators edit
Below is the list of operators which organize canyoning in other countries than the clients they serve:
Italy edit
- Canyoning guides Lake Garda Italy
Austria edit
Netherlands edit
- Team Fokiwa. Based in Netherlands, organize tours to France and Italy.
Spain edit
- Vertientes Aventura. Based in Spain, organize tours to France and Slovenia.