Canyoning
Basque Country

Canyoning in the Pyrenees 64 is a sport that is practiced in white water and consists of descending rivers, torrents, streams or gorges, alternating between swimming, hiking and climbing, depending on the route. The latter can present waterfalls, basins, caves... and passages without necessarily permanent water.

Today, canyoning 64 has evolved thanks to the popularisation of climbing sports such as mountaineering or caving. Benefiting from a new image and a whole range of equipment developed especially for this sport, canyoning counts more and more practitioners each year.
Compared to other climbing disciplines, canyoning basically relies on the same principle: to make a path by accommodating natural relief. But it is also the relief that makes canyon exploration unique. Yes, the specificity of this sport lies mainly in the natural environment.

Canyoning France allows you to dive into the heart of nature in places where the human presence has not yet (or very little) altered the environment. You will have a front row seat to contemplate waterfalls, torrents, rivers, pools, creeks, rious, caves and cliffs.

To progress on our canyoning courses, you will use several methods:

• An approach walk to get to the start of the canyon, by the river.
• Swimming on the back ("floating") on the surface, advancing with the currents by letting you slide on the water or on the bed of pebbles at the bottom of the river.
• When the water level allows, ventral swimming
• Jumps, the majority of the time optional in deep water basins.
• Abseiling (canyoning with ropes)
• For the equipment, our canyoning instructors will equip you with thick wetsuits to cope with the freshness of the river.