Frequently Asked Questions - B&aba Sports Nature Gorges du Tarn

For canyoning, you need to bring a pair of sport sneakers able to go in the water and a swimsuit.

We provide you with the rest of the compulsory equipment: neoprene wetsuit, helmet, and harness. It is also preferable to bring a towel and a change of clothes for the end of the activity.

In canyoning as in aquatic trekking, you need a pair of shoes like basketball shoes, with a good sole and which hold your feet well with laces!

Water shoes" are to be avoided for this activity because they do not protect your feet in sometimes rocky passages, and you regularly lose these water shoes in the river...

To practice canoeing, it is imperative to know how to swim.

Because the activity is practiced in a natural environment. Therefore, it is highly possible to fall into the water. The life jacket alone is not enough to move in the rapids when you fall. You must be able to turn around and swim to shore in the currents.

Yes, during the activity, you will make jumps, abseiling, swimming, slides...
You will end up completely immersed during the activity.

The group of aquatic trekking is composed of 8 to 12 people maximum for an instructor according to the chosen course.
The unroped canyon of the Dourbie is limited to 8 people plus an instructor.
The aquatic hike of the Pas de Soucy in the Gorges du Tarn is limited to 12 people per instructor.

You can also choose the private formula and have the instructor only for your small group of friends, family or even for a couple.