Canyoning (or: canyoneering) is about going in a bottom of a canyon, which is either dry or full of water.
UnderstandEdit
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.
TechniquesEdit
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.
DestinationsEdit
AsiaEdit
IndonesiaEdit
VietnamEdit
Australia and New ZealandEdit
AustraliaEdit
- Blue Mountains (available from Wentworth Falls)
New ZealandEdit
EuropeEdit
AustriaEdit
- near Salzburg
- near Salzkammergut
Bosnia =Edit
- near Banja Luka
CroatiaEdit
- near Omiš
FranceEdit
- Alpes Maritimes
- Pyrenees, though shorter than in Spain
- Vercors
GermanyEdit
- Bad Reichenhall
- Kempten (Allgäu) in Bavaria
GreeceEdit
- Acheron (available from Paramythia)
- Enippeas in Larissa Prefecture, Thessaly
SloveniaEdit
SpainEdit
- 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
SwitzerlandEdit
TurkeyEdit
- near Kaş
- Yazili in Isparta Province
United KingdomEdit
North AmericaEdit
United StatesEdit
South AmericaEdit
BrazilEdit
EcuadorEdit
- near Baños
International operatorsEdit
Below is the list of operators which organize canyoning in other countries than the clients they serve:
ItalyEdit
- Canyoning guides Lake Garda Italy
AustriaEdit
NetherlandsEdit
- Team Fokiwa. Based in Netherlands, organize tours to France and Italy.
SpainEdit
- Vertientes Aventura. Based in Spain, organize tours to France and Slovenia.