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Activity description
Experience the descent of the Baoussous canyon in Céret in the Pyrénées-Orientales with Tendances du Sud!
Located at the foot of the Pyrenean mountains, the Baoussous canyon in Céret is one of the most accessible canyons in the Pyrénées-Orientales for beginners. Ideal for the initiation to canyoning, the Baoussous canyon is accessible to all, whether you are with family or friends. Come and discover the wild gorges of the Baoussous canyon through jumps, abseils and slides!
After an approach walk to reach the gorges, you will be equipped by your instructor and made aware of the basic rules of canyoning through a briefing. Ideal for a good start, your first obstacle will be a 5 meters abseil. You continue with a superb 10 meters abseil and then arrive at the best part of the course : 6 meters slides and 4 to 5 meters jumps that you can repeat at will ! You continue your adventure with a series of slides of 3 to 5 meters and a small abseil of 6 meters. Finally, you enter a magnificent gorge with a succession of three pools and abseiling slides of 17, 6 and 12 meters.
Come and discover one of the most amusing canyons in the Pyrenees-Orientales!
- Meeting point at the Parking du Canal - Rue de l'Astrabol - 66400 Céret.
- Approach walk of 25 minutes.
- Installation of the equipment by the instructor.
- Progression in the undergrowth and in the river.
- Briefing by the Tendances du Sud instructor to make you aware of the basic rules of canyoning.
- First rappel of 5 meters.
- Second rappel of 10 meters.
- Succession of slides of 6 meters and jumps of 4 to 5 meters that you can repeat at will.
- Succession of slides from 3 to 5 meters and abseiling of 6 meters.
- Succession of three pools and abseiling slides of 17, 6 and 12 meters.
- Return walk of 15 minutes.
It is imperative to be able to swim and to be in good physical condition to do this activity.
Special terms
The activity is subject to the weather and can be cancelled by the instructor in case of risk.
You must be at least 1.20 m tall to do this activity.
- Suits
- Helmets
- Harnesses
- Shoes
- Swimsuit
- Towel
- Spare clothes
- Cereal bars
- Water
