Top 3 Canyoning in the Jura with a Guide
Canyoning in Saint-Claude : the Grosdar | adventure
> Discover canyoning in Saint-Claude
2 departures each day at 9am or 2pm (from April 1st to October 31st)
It is one of the two most playful canyoning sites in the Jura. You can make jumps of progressive heights up to 6 meters high. They are never compulsory, and offer a fun canyoning activity in the Jura, allowing you to gain confidence as you go along. In case of high water level, the canyoning site becomes fantastic. It is the ideal site of canyoning in family in the Jura. Note that the access to the start is a 20 minute walk. Your Guide will offer you a souvenir photo!
Canyoning in Foncine-le-Bas : the Gorges of Malvaux | adventure
> Discover canyoning in Foncine-le-Bas
2 departures each day at 9am or 2pm (from April 1st to October 31st)
It is the most playful canyoning site of the Jura. It is located in the Lake District. Numerous jumps and some slides mark out this descent in canyoning of the Jura. The heights are progressive up to 7 meters. There is also a magnificent siphon to cross by apnea. This passage is not mandatory because it can be easily bypassed. The canyoning site, sculpted by erosion within a compact limestone, is magnificent under a beautiful sun. In case of high water level, it becomes fantastic. It is a site of canyoning adapted to discover the activity and to come in family in the Jura. The access to the start is a 5 minute walk. Your Guide will offer you a souvenir photo!
Canyoning at Coiserette near Saint-Claude | sport
> Discover canyoning at Coiserette
2 departures each day at 9am or 1:30pm (from April 1st to October 31st)
It is the most beautiful site of canyoning of the Jura. All the ingredients of canyoning in the Jura are gathered here: jumps, descents on rope, within this stone cathedral well hidden at the bottom of the valley of Tacon: the hidden treasure of the Jura. It is a must for people who already have experience of canyoning, in the Jura or elsewhere. A good physical condition is essential to enjoy one of the most beautiful canyoning sites in the Jura and in France. The return journey is a 20-minute walk. Possibility to take a souvenir photo!
Canyoning in the Jura (France), with a guide
Levels of the canyoning sites in the Jura
Canyoning in the Jura with children
Fun and water activities are accessible to most children. That’s why we recommend families to choose the adventure canyon in the Jura. Moreover, the choice of the canyoning course in the Jura is made according to the weather conditions, the flows, the experience of the child and his age. It is therefore essential to contact us by phone to choose together the most suitable canyoning trip in the Jura.
It is essential to know how to swim to go canyoning: the Jura canyons are accessible from 8 years old.
The adventure canyon is perfectly adapted to initiate you to the activity of canyoning in the Jura and to discover new sensations. It was historically called aquatic hiking in the Jura. The name of aquatic hiking has been abandoned to avoid confusion with other outdoor sports activities in the Jura (walking, hiking, caving, climbing, via ferrata). It is thus a site of practice of aquatic and ludic canyoning of the Jura. It offers the possibility of jumping into the magnificent basins, whose heights are progressive. We evolve in a green natural environment typical of the Jura. It is particularly suitable for discovering canyoning in the Jura with friends, family or in a group.
The sport canyon offers the possibility to discover all the facets of canyoning in the Jura. It is a site allowing to realize some crossings of cascades on rope in abseiling to cross the highest obstacles, jumps and sometimes toboggans or a tyrolienne. It offers a varied playground in the middle of nature, in the heart of the Haut Jura Regional Natural Park. The canyoning activity takes place in a preserved natural environment. A good level of physical condition is essential to enjoy a sporty canyon descent in the Jura.
Location of the canyoning sites in the Jura
The canyoning sites of the Jura are located near the cities of Saint Claude and Foncine le Bas.