Look Out Below! Canyoning in Interlaken

Our good friends recently moved back to the US after having lived in London for a year and a half. Like us, they travelled a lot while they lived here. So on their last night, we asked them what the best trips they took were and both said canyoning in Interlaken. And that's how it was added to our bucket list : )

We checked it off in Switzerland last weekend, and here are the photos to prove it. Our group went to the Saxeten Canyon which is at 3,6191 feet. There were 10 of us, 2 guides and a photographer.

We first got dressed in our wetsuits, shoes, helmets and harnesses, and then drove to the canyon. After hiking in a ways, we reached the water and practiced an initial "jump" in. I'm convinced this jump is only to get the initial shock of the water temperature out of the way - it is so cold! The wet suit keeps you pretty warm but our face and hands were exposed.

Then we made our way down for the next hour and a half: climbing over rocks, walking through the water, rappelling down the rocks, using a rope to swing across two rocks. jumping into water pools and falling down the waterfalls. Aaron did a flip into one of the pools. And at one point we walked underneath a huge waterfall which was really cool. The current was pretty strong in some areas but at no point did I feel unsafe.

The whole experience was really neat and the setting was gorgeous. The pictures, while beautiful, don't do it justice. Canyoning was exciting and challenging at some points, but yikes, the glacier water was cold!