Canyoning

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

Understand
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
There are several kind of techniques in a canyon, which are also features of a specific canyon: Plus trivial techniques which are used in virtually every canyon with water: walking, swimming, climbing to large stones.
 * 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)

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.

Indonesia

 * Bali

Vietnam

 * Dalat

Australia

 * Blue Mountains (available from Wentworth Falls)

New Zealand

 * Queenstown

Austria

 * near Salzburg
 * near Salzkammergut

Bosnia

 * near Banja Luka

Croatia

 * near Omiš

France

 * Alpes Maritimes
 * Pyrenees, though shorter than in Spain
 * Vercors


 * Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
 * Hautes-Alpes
 * around St-Clément-sur-Durance

Germany

 * Bad Reichenhall
 * Kempten (Allgäu) in Bavaria

Greece

 * Acheron (available from Paramythia)
 * Enippeas in Larissa Prefecture, Thessaly

Slovenia

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

Spain

 * Alava


 * 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

 * Interlaken

Turkey

 * near Kaş
 * Yazili in Isparta Province

United Kingdom
Wales:
 * Brecon Beacons

Mexico

 * Monterrey

United States
California:
 * Los Angeles

Brazil

 * Cassorova Valley in Bahia (from Brotas)
 * São Paulo:
 * Fortaleza Mountain (available from Caconde)


 * Chapada dos Veadeiros

Ecuador

 * near Baños

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

Italy

 * Canyoning guides Lake Garda Italy