Activities with children in La Garrotxa and Ripollès, two very familiar counties and with several possibilities for young and old to enjoy what the environment has to offer!
In la Garrotxa we have several possibilities to enjoy different activities with children:
In Ripollès, in the Pyrenees region, we have several activities to enjoy with children:
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Discover canyoning near Barcelona and yes, in 1 hour or 1 hour and a half we have many canyons that will do us a lot enjoy and for all levels!
Gurn Canyon, Vall d'en Bas (Garrotxa). Nice canyon of initiation for all those looking for a first contact. Also suitable for children from 7 years. We will find abseiling, jumps, slides, siphon, ... all optional. Located in an incredible environment such as the Vall d'en Bas, lots of vegetation, very green, very cool.
Forat Negre Canyon, Vallcebre (Berguedà). Initiation. Limestone rock canyon a lot narrow. Nice formations and very cool abseils, we will end up being some cracks of the abseil! Suitable for children from 8 - 9 years.
Gravet Canyon, Rupit (Osona). Medium level Canyon. Incomparable environment. Near the spectacular Salt de Sallent (100m waterfall), we find the Torrent del Gravet, a fenced corridor that suddenly opens into a spectacular and aerial abseil of 30m. Ideal in spring. We will do several rappels. From 14 years approximately.
Estrets de Sant Aniol Canyon, Sadernes (Garrotxa). Nice initiation canyon where we will enjoy the jumps as we have jumps up to 8m (always optional) and abseiling. Crystal clear waters and very well formed rock formations, it is a canyon similar to the style of canyons that exists in the Sierra de Guara in Huesca. Suitable for children from 7 years.
Freser Inferior Canyon, Queralbs (Ripollès). Initiation canyon. High mountain environment. Granite walls and blocks in cool water and with a very beautiful color. Jumps and abseils. Suitable for children from 8 years.
Núria Inferior Canyon, Queralbs (Ripollès). Medium level canyon where in an incomparable High Mountain environment such as the Vall de Núria area, we will enjoy a canyon with abseils of up to 20m and several jumps and slides up to 7m (always optional). Recommended for children from 14 years.
Estrets del Freser Canyon, Queralbs (Ripollès). Medium level Canyon. It is a canyon where we will enjoy its slides, jumps and abseils in a very beautiful and quiet high mountain environment located within the Natural Park of the Heads of the Ter Freser. Recommended for children from 12 years.
Anelles Canyon, Ceret (France, just past Figueres). Beautiful canyon that will not leave us indifferent! Close to the Coast, it is a real mountain canyon! It starts with a spectacular 28m abseil and then, we will find several abseils, jumps and slides up to 7m (optional). Medium level. Recommended for children from 12 years.
Núria Integral Canyon, Queralbs (Ripollès). The canyon of the Catalan Pyrenees par excellence! Advanced level, will require that we have done a few canyons before entering it and is that, its launcher slides up to 15m will make us take adrenaline to dojo! 12m heart attack jumps. That if, icy waters that will do us not love slide by slide! Ideal in summer, when it is very hot. From 16 years and necessary experienced.
Sant Aniol Canyon, Sadernes (Garrotxa). One of the most beautiful and complete canyons in Catalonia. 30 and 40m abseils, 7m jumps and all, surrounded by large limestone walls and turquoise waters. The Canyon located within the Area of Natural Interest of Alta Garrotxa. Ideal spring and early summer. Advanced level, previous experience required. From 16 years. Also, we will need good legs, as we have 3 hours of approach, 4 hours of ravine and 2 hours of return but for those who want to enjoy more of the activity, and it becomes THE BEST CANYON we have the opportunity to do the approach and return by jeep 4x4, thus enjoying the best places of the Alta Garrotxa, that rough and bad footprint where a few years ago so many people lived and that today we find, mostly, abandoned. A land of smugglers, coal miners, shepherds and ranchers, among others, and roads of exile. A land that collects many stories that when you hear them, will not leave you indifferent, the Alta Garrotxa.
Canals or de les Comelles Canyon, Sadernes (Garrotxa). On a personal level, our favorite canyon is that, taking it with water is difficult, there must be continuous periods of rain (spring), but when it is achieved and the day is sunny, we will enjoy one of the canyons with the most crystalline waters there are. Paradise in the middle of mountains and oak forests. Abseils and many jumps, more than his older brother Sant Aniol. Similar features and also option of Jeep 4x4, as the approach and return are the same length as those of Sant Aniol. An essential also of advanced level.
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These months of September - October we have trained as Guides of Natural Park of Volcanic Zone La Garrotxa. A very interesting course, taught by historians, geologists, volcanologists and biologists, among others, great connoisseurs of La Garrotxa.
We have been able to deepen our understanding of the environment in which we live, focusing on all the important aspects that make it up:
Thus, we start from the base, entering with the rocks that form the region, with a predominance of Sedimentary Rocks such as the sandstones of the Transversal Range and the Limestone of Alta Garrotxa. However, with a large influx of Magmatic Rocks of Volcanic origin, in La Garrotxa we have the best volcanic landscape in the Iberian Peninsula, with about forty volcanic cones. Volcanism in La Garrotxa began 700,000 years ago and the last eruption we had was 11,500 years ago with the eruption of the Croscat - Santa Margarita - Pomareda system. It is not ruled out that there may be a new eruption in the area and that the geodynamic conditions of La Garrotxa have not changed and therefore volcanism is not extinct in the area. In La Garrotxa we find volcanic cones formed from strombolian eruptive activities, as is the case of the Croscat Volcano, Montsacopa, ... we also find craters formed by phreatomagmatic activities, such as the case of the Santa Margarita Volcano and then, also , effusive activities, which give way to lava flows (such as the lava flow under the Fageda d'en Jordà, from the same Croscat) and dam lakes (such as the Vall d'en Bas). We can also find lava flows in sight where we can see their different formations of columns and slabs such as the flows of Sant Joan les Fonts or the spectacular basaltic cliff of Castellfollit de la Roca.
From the rocks we move to the natural environments, the coating that gives color to the landscape and that here in La Garrotxa, makes it special, especially in times like autumn and spring and we have a great abundance of deciduous forest. We have learned to identify the most important species of trees and shrubs in the different natural environments that we find in La Garrotxa such as: the beech, with the predominance of the imposing Beech, the humid oak, important and characteristic of the Olot area, with the Roures Pènol, the dry oak grove with the Roures Martinencs, the riparian forest, the mountain holm oak grove, the most extensive in the whole region and finally, the coastal holm oak grove, where we find few areas with this atmosphere and, la Garrotxa, is a humid and cold region, with an Atlantic climate and for this reason, we have natural environments more typical of Central Europe than of the Mediterranean climate.
Once we have analyzed the landscape we find, we have delved into human evolution about this landscape, how we have inhabited and transformed it, from the first men to the present day. Thus, we have known where they lived or where the first men passed in La Garrotxa, which was specifically in the Vall del Llémena during the Lower Paleolithic, then the Mesolithic and Neolithic, where for the first time, La Garrotxa experienced a considerable occupation of the territory especially in the area of the Vall del Llierca, but also in the Vall del Fluvià. Later, the Ages of Metals and then the evolution towards the Iberians, where in La Garrotxa we find, for example, the village of Boscarró in Sant Joan les Fonts and the possible Olotssitani? We also find evidence of the passage of the Romans still preserving the Via Annia. The Medieval Age in La Garrotxa is the period in which we find the most footprint. From many buildings such as the large number of Romanesque hermitages, to really important events, such as the REVOLTA REMENÇA, the first organized social revolt of the European peasantry and which began in La Garrotxa, with the main center in the Vall d'Hostoles, with Francesc de Verntallat at the head, born in the Vall d'en Bas. We continue with the Modern Age, with mythical characters such as Joan Sala i Ferrer, Serrallonga, born in Les Guillaries but who also acted in the area of La Garrotxa, to end with the Contemporary Age, where the Wars had a strong impact. Carlines but also the Pictorial School of Olot with the Vayredas. In the twentieth century, with the Civil War, until today, that we are part and evolution of all this history, and that when you analyze, you realize that it has not changed so much, made up and modernized, we continue to repeat canons of the past which should not be repeated.
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Some of you already know us, but for those of you who don't know us yet, we introduce ourselves.
We are Esteve and Raquel, two people from Osona living in La Garrotxa, between beeches, rivers of turquoise waters and volcanoes. We ended up in La Garrotxa because we liked it and today, we still like it a lot more.
Esteve, born in Vic, was taken to the mountains by his parents when he was very young. A lifelong family of hikers. Who passed his passion and admiration for the mountains.
Raquel, from Sant Martí de Centelles, was born and raised on a farm. Between animals, trees and mountains and on weekends, during farmers' time, they also made some excursions with their parents to climb some mountains in the Eastern Pyrenees.
After adolescence, the interest in mountain activities gained importance, and apart from the mountain biking and hiking that we had always practiced, little by little, we became fond of canyoning, via ferrata, rock climbing, snowshoeing, downhill skiing, mountaineering, ... looking to go a little further.
Until we make our passion, our work. We both studied mountain sports technicians and here we are, forming Guies Ama Dablam.
The mountain is our life, our day to day. When we have finished working, we look for which peak we can climb or which canyon we can go down. Or if it's cold, we take off our mountain skis or ice axes.
Responsibility and Sustainability
In the mountains, no matter what the activity, we are happy. Breathe fresh air, listen to the silence, observe the immensity of the landscape... be part of the environment.
That is why we always try to instill the values of sustainability and responsibility with nature, of the importance of caring for what we have. To be respectful of the environment. In 2019 we were accredited with the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism, of which we are very proud and which gives meaning to our way of doing things.
Our specialties are canyoning, rock climbing, via ferrata, snowshoeing, hiking, orienteering. If you want to do some activity with us, contact us, we will be happy to guide you, teach you everything we know and above all, make you have a special day!
Activities throughout Catalonia, Southern France and the region of Aragon, among others, but where do most of them is the area of the Garrotxa, Ripollès, Osona, Southern France and Eastern Pyrenees.
The age to participate is from 6 to 7 years. We have activities of different levels, to unload adrenaline to the maximum or to simply enjoy the nature spending a pleasant time. Activities for groups of friends, couples, bachelor parties, as well as for families, ideal team building activities for companies and schools activities! We adapt to each group and situation.
Thank you for your trust,
Salut i muntanya!
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