Tips if you are going to do Canyoning in Cuenca
Do you love water, nature and adrenaline? If the answer is yes, canyoning in Cuenca will be the best option and will make you to have a great time. This is a complete activity, specially designed for days with great climate conditions (from Spring to Autumn), so you can take a dip in rivers’ crystal clear waters at the Sierra of Cuenca, at the same time you descend its ravines.
Canyoning characterizes because it’s carried out in unique surroundings, where you can see the beautiful sights that nature gives us. Rocky places, flora, fauna, and transparent waters, will be the scenarios where the activity is enjoyed.
Like the name says, this is an adventure where the course of river is followed by descending its ravines through fun ways, because we will need to jump from different heights. It all normally starts with 2-meters jumps, and even sometimes from 20-meters, is crazy! Sometimes, we will need to descend natural slides, that will make you go down at high speeds. There will be also trekking trails, jump into some pond or even dive a little bit to pass under a rock. And the only thing that is never miss during a canyoning activity, is the fun times.
Look at these video to know what is waiting for you if you decide on enjoying a canyoning adventure with us:
Canyoning is divided into skill levels, a detail that makes this activity suitable for everyone since it is based on age, physical condition or previous experience. You will be able to choose between a ravine or another. Here, you can see all the canyoning offers in Cuenca.
One of the canyoning virtues, is that it adapts to each participant since you can choose the skill-level difficulty, if you prefer to jump or not through a natural slide since there is the option that you can go walking next to the ravine or if it is necessary, go rappelling. Is an activity designed to carry out with a partner, with friends, or with the family, with workmates, and even individually, by joining an already arranged group.
In Cuenca, the zones where the ravines concentrate are Enguídanos, Villalba de la Sierra, Uña, Poyatos or Buendía.
El Ventano del Diablo, is the most popular ravine at Cuenca, because its beauty, plus it is an initiatory-level canyon, so anyone that does not have any experience or families, just love this one. Even though is one of the easiest ravines, is a really fun experience since you will face jumps, rapids, ponds and natural slides throughout the tour. Take a look to this offer to go canyoning in Ventado del Diablo.
Other initiatory-level ravines that you can locate in the province of Cuenca will be, Los Cortados del Júcar, Río Blanco, Chorreras or Hondo. But, if you are looking for a medium-level activity, we recommend the Portilla’s ravine. And if you want a medium-high level one, you can choose between Arroyo de la Dehesa o Santa Cristina, located in Hoz Somera (it has a 20-meters of height jump).
We have some ravine to offer that are specially designed for scholars, they are easy to complete and suitable for minors. In the Enguídanos Natural Park, or in the Guadiela River, that crosses Buendía, you will be able to enjoy an activity for groups of kids.
And if you are in a company’s group, looking for a team building activity, or a group of friends that would like to celebrate a bachelor party, you can complete the activity with horseback routes, canoeing, quads, paintball, caving, paddle surf, climbing, archery or hiking.
Also, if you are looking on enjoying a different weekend, you can book a package voucher with accommodation. You can stay in a rural house, rural hotel or even in a treehouse. Are you ready for the adventure?
