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Canyoning
Experience a unique adventure with Aventure Pyrénéenne!
The Pyrénées Orientales is a real destination for canyoning. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced canyoneer, Aventure Pyrénéenne offers you a range of adapted routes. A professional, state-certified guide will accompany you throughout, ensuring your safety and adapting to your pace. During your descent, the instructor will teach you with a smile how to progress: jumps, slides, abseiling, river walking and river swimming.
There are several routes to choose from!
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Canyon Le Petit Taurinya
From age 6
Difficulty: easy
Duration: 1/2 day
Canyoning with young children is easy!
On this outing, young and old alike will discover the low-lying obstacles in the lower reaches of the Taurinya. No jumping or abseiling is required. All the waterfalls can be bypassed if you don't want to go over them.
More experienced canyoneers will enjoy the bucolic scenery of this wild river descending from the Canigou.
The programme:
On this outing, young and old alike will discover the low-lying obstacles in the lower reaches of the Taurinya. No jumping or abseiling is required. All the waterfalls can be bypassed if you don't want to go over them.
More experienced canyoneers will enjoy the bucolic scenery of this wild river descending from the Canigou.
The programme:
- - 20-minute approach walk
- - 1h30 to 2h descent
- - 2 abseiling descents of 2 to 4 metres
- - 2 jumps of 2 to 3 m
- - 4 slides of 2 to 4 m
- - 5-minute return walk
Canyon Le Molitg
From age 8
Period: July and August
Difficulty: easy to medium
Duration: 1/2 day
The Molitg is an ideal way to discover canyoning. The low obstacles in the first section allow you to learn the techniques of jumping and abseiling in a river without stress.
On this course, you can adapt your progression. Some obstacles can be bypassed. The brave and the not so brave will return home with a smile on their faces.
On this course, you can adapt your progression. Some obstacles can be bypassed. The brave and the not so brave will return home with a smile on their faces.
On the programme:
- 5-minute approach walk
- 1 h 30 to 2 h of descent
- 2 abseils of 4 and 9 m
- 2 slides of 2 to 4 m
- 4 optional jumps of 2 to 6 m
- 20-minute return walk
- 5-minute approach walk
- 1 h 30 to 2 h of descent
- 2 abseils of 4 and 9 m
- 2 slides of 2 to 4 m
- 4 optional jumps of 2 to 6 m
- 20-minute return walk
Period: July and August
Canyon Le Llech
From age 12.
Period: May to October.
The most athletic visitors should choose the spring when the water flows are greatest.
Difficulty: medium
Duration: 1/2 day
A series of giant slides, jumps and abseiling descents make the Llech a must-see canyon in Europe. Nowhere else can you find such a series of natural slides in such an attractive natural setting.
Le Llech is located in the Caniou massif, the major canyoning spot in the Pyrénées Orientales.
Discover the Llech canyon on video
The programme:
- 35-minute approach walk
- 2 to 3 hours descent
- 12 slides from 3 to 15 m
- 4 jumps from 4 to 9 m
- 3 abseiling descents from 6m to 15m,
- 40-minute return walk
Le Llech is located in the Caniou massif, the major canyoning spot in the Pyrénées Orientales.
Discover the Llech canyon on video
The programme:
- 35-minute approach walk
- 2 to 3 hours descent
- 12 slides from 3 to 15 m
- 4 jumps from 4 to 9 m
- 3 abseiling descents from 6m to 15m,
- 40-minute return walk
Period: May to October.
The most athletic visitors should choose the spring when the water flows are greatest.
Canyon Le Grand Taurinya
From age 16.
This canyon is reserved for sports enthusiasts with previous canyoning experience on more challenging routes (e.g. Le Llech or Le Gourg des Anellles).
Discover the Grand Taurinya on video
Programme:
- 1 hour 30 minutes approach walk
- 3h to 4h descent
- 20 waterfalls from 5 to 50 m
- 5 natural slides from 5 to 10 m
- Jumps not compulsory up to 10 m
- 45 min. return walk
Difficulty: medium to difficult
Duration: 1 day
Located in the Canigou massif, the Grand Taurinya is a one-day canyoning trip on a wild and fun course. The final section features a 50-metre waterfall to abseil down.This canyon is reserved for sports enthusiasts with previous canyoning experience on more challenging routes (e.g. Le Llech or Le Gourg des Anellles).
Discover the Grand Taurinya on video
Programme:
- 1 hour 30 minutes approach walk
- 3h to 4h descent
- 20 waterfalls from 5 to 50 m
- 5 natural slides from 5 to 10 m
- Jumps not compulsory up to 10 m
- 45 min. return walk
Period: From May to the end of September, depending on water levels.
Practical information
Equipment provided
- A full-body neoprene wetsuit
- A helmet
- A pair of neoprene socks
- A harness with protection for sliding down the slides
- Shoes (sizes 36 to 46)
What to bring
Conditions
- A swimming costume
- Sports or hiking shoes
- Energy food (cereal bar, dried fruit, etc.)
- Bottle of water
Conditions
- Ability to swim - ability to immerse in water
- No medical contraindication to canyoning.
- Accept the potential risks of the activity
The price includes :
- Supervision by a state-certified professional
- Equipment specific to the activity
- Souvenir photos or videos of your canyon
- Insurance for supervised activities (professional civil liability)
