'''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:
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)
Plus trivial techniques which are used in virtually every canyon with water: walking, swimming, climbing to large stones.
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.
Destinations
Asia
Vietnam
Dalat
Australia and New Zealand
Australia
Blue Mountains (available from Wentworth Falls)
New Zealand
Queenstown (see also Nine days in New Zealand's South Island)
Europe
near Salzburg
near Salzkammergut
near Omi?
France
Alpes Maritimes
Pyrenees, though shorter than in Spain
Vercors
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
* Hautes-Alpes
**around St-Clement-sur-Durance
Germany
Bad Reichenhall
Kempten (Allgau) in Bavaria
Greece
Acheron (available from Paramythia)
Enippeas in Larissa Prefecture, Thessaly
Slovenia
near Bled
Bovec (Su?ec stream, other canyons)
Spain
Alava
Andalucia:
*Sierra Nevada
Aragon:
* Sierra de Guara (available from Alquezar)
* Pyrenees (available from Alquezar)
Asturias
Burgos
Cantabria
Galicia
Guipuzcoa
Leon
Mallorca
Navarra
Vizcaya
Switzerland
Interlaken
Turkey
near Ka?
Yazili in Isparta Province
United Kingdom
Wales:
Brecon Beacons
United States
California:
Los Angeles
South America
Brazil
Cassorova Valley in Bahia (from Brotas)
Sao Paulo:
* Fortaleza Mountain (available from Caconde)
Chapada dos Veadeiros
near Banos
International operators
Below is the list of operators which organize canyoning in other countries than the clients they serve:
Austria
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Netherlands
<listing name="Team Fokiwa" alt="" directions="" address="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.fokiwa.com/" hours="" price="">Based in Netherlands, organize tours to France and Italy.</listing>