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Canyoning

Canyoning will give you a real buzz and involves a variety of techniques that includes walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, and/or swimming in and around canyons.

Canyoning is often done in remote and rugged terrains so it's always best to use professional instructors unless your navigational and route finding skills are great! The team at BTB can send you to a number of centres throughout the UK, across Europe and around the world. Canyoning can be added onto an existing trip to liven it up or a complete holiday can be built around this activitiy including flights, accomodation, transfers and other entertainment.

 

Canyons are normally cut into bedrock such as limestone, sandstone and granite. They can be exceptionally beautiful landscapes formed from narrow slots, drops, sculpted walls and stunning waterfalls. So you will not only have you're breath taken away by this amazing activity but by the environments too. Because there is a wide variety in the difficulty of canyons throughout the world the sport is enjoyed by participants of all ages and skill levels. 

 

Throughout the world canyoning is done in mountainous canyons with flowing water, these countries include: South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia, Turkey, Wales, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Canada and the United States.

  

The equipment required for canyoning includes climbing hardware, helmets, static ropes, wet suits, rope bags, packs and specially designed shoes, which will be available for hire at all good centres.