Embark on an unforgettable intermediate canyoning tour in Ticino and challenge yourself with varied obstacles in the canyon of Val Grande!
This canyoning tour is designed for those seeking a step up after a basic canyoning experience. If you're looking for a sporty canyoning excursion in Ticino, Val Grande offers the perfect opportunity to push your limits.
Val Grande is a dream canyon located just minutes away from Locarno, Ascona, and Lake Maggiore. Immerse yourself in its unique beauty, featuring luminous pools, wild vegetation, breathtaking waterfalls, and an abundance of jumps and special rope-slide combinations. This canyon is nestled in the heart of the Valle Maggia, allowing you to explore the valley's hidden treasures off the beaten track.
Accompagnied by professional guides during the whole tour, you will be in safe hands for your canyoning excursion in Ticino. The guides know the Val Grande canyon perfectly and will be able to help you when needed.
The canyoning tour in Val Grande will begin with a leisurely 40-minute ascent through the ancient chestnut forests of Valle Maggia. First, you'll climb uphill and then, at the highest point, you'll descend carefully, using fixed ropes to make the descent easier.
After the safety briefing (in which your guides will remind you that jumping and sliding are always optional and never compulsory), abseiling training, a first trial jump and a fun slide, you'll march off to the first abseiling point. This is the ideal preparation for the next waterfall, the highest and most powerful of the whole tour. However, the rest of the tour remains exciting, Val Grande is a wonderfully playful canyon, a slide here, a jump there and incredibly beautiful rocky landscapes and narrow sections to admire. After conquering the last waterfall, it's just a stone's throw back to the car.
Don't miss out on the chance to be enchanted by the breathtaking beauty and playful nature of Val Grande. Book your intermediate canyoning tour in Ticino now and create memories that will last a lifetime!
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Practical information
Join a sporty excursion in the canyon of Val Grande and enjoy the thrills of canyoning in Ticino!
- 25 meter waterfall called also Little Niagara Falls from the locals (82ft).
- 3 optional slides and a lot of sliding-rope combinations.
- 5 optional jumps, some of them you can repeat. Highest jump is 10 meters (32.8ft).
- 8 abseiling points, longest abseiling point is 25 meter (82ft).
Please allow 4 hours in total for this activity, including 2hrs in the Val Grande Canyon.
- Meet directly in Gordevio.
- Begin the tour with a leisurely 30-minute climb through the enchanting chestnut woods of the Valle Maggia.
- Ascend first, and then descend with care at the highest point, utilizing fixed ropes for added safety.
- After a comprehensive safety briefing, which emphasizes that jumping and sliding are always optional, engage in abseiling training, a test jump, and a fun slide.
- Proceed to the first abseiling point, preparing you for the highest and most powerful waterfall on the tour.
- Experience the thrill of navigating Val Grande, with its playful nature, offering slides and jumps amidst breathtaking rocky landscapes and narrow passages.
- Overcome the last waterfall, and it's just a short distance back to the car.
Previous canyoning and abseiling experience are advantageous, but not necessary to take part in this excursion.
However, you must have good swimming skills, a good fitness level, and no fear of heights to participate.
A minimum number of 2 participants is required to run this activity.
Due to unpredictable weather conditions, your guides reserve the option to change the canyon and start time if necessary.
Contact lenses or glasses are no problem with canyoning. If you wear glasses, please bring glasse cords and a waterproof case to transport the glasses in the canyon, if necessary.
- Certified guides
- Special equipment including helmet, life jacket, neoprene socks, and wetsuit
- Tour pictures
- Food and drinks
- Swimwear
- Closed shoes suitable for getting wet
- Change of clothes and cap
- Food and drink for before and after the tour
- Waterproof sunscreen
- Towel