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traveling in canyons using a variety of techniques
Travel topics > Activities > Sports > Canyoning

Canyoning (or: canyoneering) is about going in a bottom of a canyon, which is either dry or full of water.

Understand

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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

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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

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Asia

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Canyoning in Gitgit, Bali, Indonesia

Indonesia

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Vietnam

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Australia and New Zealand

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Australia

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New Zealand

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Europe

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Austria

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Bosnia =

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Croatia

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Slovenia

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  • near Bled
  • Bovec (Sušec stream, other canyons)

Spain

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Switzerland

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Turkey

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United Kingdom

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Wales:

North America

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Mexico

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United States

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California:

South America

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Brazil

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Ecuador

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International operators

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Below is the list of operators which organize canyoning in other countries than the clients they serve:

Italy

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Austria

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Netherlands

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  • Team Fokiwa. Based in Netherlands, organize tours to France and Italy. 

Spain

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