A long weekend or a week away with your partner, friends, family, sports team or colleagues. Depending on the location you drive to the Jura, the Vercors or the French Pyrenees and stay at a campsite, cabin or hotel nearby. That is where your holiday begins.
The special part: the canyoning, a sport where you jump, slide and rappel your way through a gorge full of water and normally pay quite a bit for, is free. So you get an affordable holiday, with plenty of time to explore the area between descents.
What is the catch?
You are led by a guide in training, with an experienced instructor present. The guide in training is in charge; the instructor watches over your safety and theirs. This is how our guides prepare for their exam. The guide in training gets room to learn, so you may sometimes wait a little longer than with an experienced guide. It does not take anything away from the fun.
How does it work?
You are placed in a small group with your friends or family. You do 4 to 6 different canyons, each time with a different guide in training. The rest of the time is yours, and the evenings are sociable with the other participants.
Included
- 4 to 6 canyoning descents nearby, worth around €300
- Guiding during the descents
- Group equipment: ropes, bags, dry kegs
- Personal equipment: wetsuit, helmet, harness
At your own expense
- Travel there and back
- Campsite fees and tourist tax
- Food kitty, if you want to eat with the guides
- Contribution towards equipment wear: €15 per descent
Interested? Email canyoningschool@canigououtdoor.com and we will let you know when we are looking for participants again.