Umbria Experience

Umbria Experience offers you a wide range of sports to practice in the splendid natural Umbrian scenery. Here are the three large areas from which you can choose or which you can combine together to obtain an interesting and customizable adventure package.

• Land sports: wonderful trekking and mountain biking routes on over 300 kilometers of marked and equipped paths also for down hill, cross country and, where it is possible to practice orienteering.
• Water sports: try rafting, canoeing in its various specialties, rowing in Piediluco, canyoning, hydrospeed and tubing, a different way of tackling the river with special inflatable "doughnuts" and paddles.
• Adventure sports: climb the rocky walls, especially those of Ferentillo or choose the interior of the mountains, their rocky heart which allows you to discover speleology (in the area the caves that can be visited are around three centres!), and again, let yourself be passionate about the adventure park, a different way to do outdoor sports and have fun.

Valnerina is a land of great resources and with a great landscape richness, ideal for those looking for an active holiday, to be experienced in a sporting way and in contact with the environment.

Umbria Experience invites you to enjoy a day or a holiday where nature, culture, history, traditions and physical well-being can be combined, in an environment where the human dimension of living is very strong.

Umbria Experience Canoa offers you to participate in Canadian canoe navigation!

We assure you that the simplicity of the stretch covered and the immediate learning of the paddling technique allow everyone to both have fun and spend the day in maximum safety. The canoe descent has as its backdrop the Nera river in its stretch between Ferentillo and the town of Arrone, the arrival point and lawn of the school center on which Umbria Experience is based.

A guided excursion of approximately 4 kilometers that will end comfortably at the venue, so that you can immediately find a hot shower and a structure open to pleasant moments in company, such as a nice barbecue or lunch.

You will be the protagonist of a guided excursion which represents a different and fun way to rediscover the river and its environment.

The Arrone office belongs to the well-trained group of the Terni Canoe Center which will guide all phases of your activity with the great competence and professionalism that has always distinguished its instructors.

Umbria Experience Canoa promises you an unforgettable experience with your family or friends! Come and visit us, we will make your free time wonderfully fun!

Umbria Experience Canyoning offers you a different experience to liven up your holidays or free time: canyoning in the surrounding environment of the Marmore Falls!

The canyoning descents that Umbria Experience offers you are of different types and include different aspects of the practice of canyoning: from basic descents to abseiling, from canyons without water to routes that involve swimming parts.

When going down, if necessary, ropes are also used, the management of which in absolute safety remains the sole responsibility of the guide.

However, a common characteristic of all the descents is being totally immersed in an uncontaminated natural environment, inaccessible to normal tourist flows: an absolutely spectacular environment.

Umbria Experience invites you to experience on board the raft one of the most passionate sections of the Nera river for this sport, which is located downstream from the highest waterfall in Europe, the Marmore waterfall.

In this stretch the river travels quickly due to the currents and, thanks to rocks and differences in level, it creates rapids up to the fourth degree (the rapids are calculated on a scale of levels that starts from level 1 and reaches level 6).

It is important to point out that no particular experience or skills are required to engage in rafting, except the ability to swim, which is essential, and normal-good health conditions.
The equipment and clothing are provided by the Rafting Center.

Furthermore, we assure you of the presence for our descents, on each dinghy, of a guide authorized by the F.I.Raft (Italian Rafting Association) who will manage the crew, of a maximum of six participants, during the hour in which we will be engaged in the water .

Umbria Experience Rafting also has a variant: soft rafting.
This second type of aquatic discipline is open to everyone, even children and those who cannot swim. in this case the descent is organized in the Nera River Park, in an easy-to-follow stretch of the river about five km long.

All river rafting excursions are managed by the qualified staff of the Le Marmore Centre, certified instructors and guides.

Umbria Experience Hydrospeed offers you the opportunity to try this new discipline in the most impressive waterways of Umbria, in the stretch of the Nera river that flows at the base of the Marmore Falls!

If you don't know what it is, we'll explain it to you right away, you'll see why you'll want to come and try it!
Hydrospeed allows you to experience an exciting adventure in the water but in a new way, distinct from other sports that challenge the current, such as, for example, rafting, as it allows you to be autonomous in managing your own descent.

The activities will be carried out thanks to the management of the Centro Le Marmore staff, who will also provide you with everything you need for the activity, from the wetsuit to the fins, as well as, obviously, the bobsled which is used to tackle the rapids of the river.

It is not a sport of great difficulty nor does it require great strength or training to be practiced, the water lines will transport you, we will teach you how to use them correctly, for a fun and absolutely "safe" descent.
Organized Hydrospeed descents last approximately two hours; the only essential condition for making the descent is the ability to swim.

Umbria Experience Hydrospeed is completely available to inform you about all the curiosities that come to mind.

Umbria Experience Trekking recommends everyone to take part in our walks to discover the Umbrian territory.

There are many possibilities offered by the Negra River Regional Park to trekking lovers, which also vary in theme, allowing the hiker to find the route that best suits his interests.

There are itineraries of historical interest such as routes for those who have a greater interest in the naturalistic or zoological field or "mixed" routes capable of offering all these aspects to the hiker.

All the proposals take place in environments with a perfect combination of natural environment and human spaces, so we can walk together through the streets of the ancient villages or discover ancient places of worship and seats of power such as castles which are now the fulcrum of the archaeological interests of the area.

Umbria Experience Trekking wants to introduce you to the wonders that are just a few steps away from you, come and see what we have discovered!

Umbria Experience Climbing invites you to experience free climbing with us! We guarantee it will be an unforgettable experience!

The proposed approaches to sport climbing by Umbria Experience take place on climbing walls which can be made of natural material or made up of artificial routes, all specially equipped.
The beginner is secured from above for the entire time of the experience with a rope and finds himself in a situation in which it is impossible for a fall to occur.

Thanks to this complete protection you will be able to experience all the steps in balance under the assistance of your instructor.
Participation is possible from the age of fifteen and for people who are in good physical condition.

The discipline of sport climbing will allow you to get closer to nature and enjoy all its most beautiful sights. Come and enjoy the Umbrian landscape from above.

Umbria Experience Speleology offers you a different experience than usual. We know that everyone's dream since childhood was to put on a helmet and go on an adventure: come and visit us, because with us it can become reality!

For all enthusiasts of this sporting-scientific field, we have created a series of exploratory routes that move along ravines, or deep inside fascinating caves and karst-type cavities.

From the simplest to those requiring rope descents or more demanding passages, located, as in most of the events of this type present in the Marmore area, close to intensely urbanized areas.

The excursions are open from ten years of age, clearly accompanied) and can be carried out by anyone in good physical condition.

In the more technically demanding passages it may be necessary to move using the rope, which will always be managed by a qualified guide.

All clothing and technical equipment are provided by the organization.

Umbria Experience Speleologyrecommends you take a break from hectic everyday life and come and explore caves and hidden places. You will be pleasantly surprised by the peace and wonders that nature reveals to us little by little.

Umbria Experience MTB offers you to come and try its routes, developed in the most complete variety, to allow all two-wheel enthusiasts to find the concrete answer to their needs and open up the possibility of experiencing your mountain biking experience to everyone.

The itineraries aimed at expert cyclists find their perfect realization in the Valnerina mountains, which represent an environment full of challenges and great attraction for the enthusiast who finds little-frequented and uncontaminated paths on these reliefs.

Take part in walks and mountain bike excursions in Valnerina, the area has a network of cart tracks and mule tracks spanning over 300 kilometres, within the lands of the Nera River Park.

There are many possible excursions that you can do with our bicycles:

• explore and discover fascinating paths in the heart of Valnerina
• share with us one of the many historical-artistic itineraries such as Spoleto, Norcia, Cascia
• regenerates the religious spirit through visits to ancient Franciscan Speci
• visit the Roman ruins of ancient Carsulae
• get to know Piediluco, an enchanting lake and an established international rowing centre

The Umbria Experience MTB excursions are guided by a Federal Instructor. We put all the comforts at your disposal to make your mountain bike trip an unforgettable experience!
You will have a men's/women's changing room with hot showers, a mountain bike wash, a small emergency workshop, a storage room for equipment, a park on the banks of the Nera river complete with tables, fireplaces and bars, as well as a Beach Volleyball.

Umbria Experience Adventure Parks invites you to discover all the activities promoted and designed for you in the Nahar Park! This is the first operational structure in Umbria about 8 kilometers from the Marmore Falls in Valnerina inside the Nera River Park.

Adventure trails and tarzaning are a widely practiced sport in Europe and are starting to become a consolidated reality in our territory too, thanks also to the wealth of environments suitable for establishing the practice.

The physical and psychological advantage of an activity such as the acrobatic course is that of having a widespread action in the development of the ability to concentrate and in the sense of balance even on subjects who do not have training or particular physical prowess at the moment in which they compare with practice.

The park is located in Terni and has three routes:

• Briefing course - designed for absolute beginners, it allows you to practice with the various tools at a basic level. The instructors follow you along the route to show you how to tackle the tests, a fundamental moment that will be useful in subsequent routes, when the instructors will monitor you but from the ground.
• Yellow Route - for children or adults (very simple) - is a particularly fun route that does not involve difficult passages,
• Brown route "Sensations" - more complex and with a higher height from the ground.

Umbria Experience is waiting for you to experience this new adventure together!

Umbria Experience Orienteering offers you the opportunity to have fun with a discipline that combines sport and adventure to discover the magnificent Umbrian territory, which can be practiced both in groups and individually.

It is possible to practice this activity both on a hiking and competitive level, in the first case the practice can have different levels of difficulty, but they share the common feature of moving over an area in search of signs (lanterns) that designate the unknown route only with the help of a topographic map and a compass.

Even outside of the competition context, orienteering presupposes the objective of reaching the arrival point in the shortest possible time: a way to stimulate one's ability to orient oneself and above all to evaluate the conditions (terrain, obstacles, etc.) present along the route and exploit them to your advantage.

If you feel like an explorer, you want to find the right path among extraordinary nature trails, this is the one for you!

Umbria Experience offers you a magnificent and unique activity, paragliding ! In Castelluccio there is a well-known paragliding school that has been operating in the area for years to spread the passion for this sport. We are talking about free flight, a beautiful activity that will help you get rid of stress and relax. In fact, flying is something that cannot be explained in words, it is only to be experienced 100%!

For about 25 years in Castelluccio di Norcia there has been a national free flight school that is completely dedicated to this discipline and which organizes paragliding courses. This activity is present in the tandem option, that is the tandem flight in which you will be accompanied by a highly qualified and experienced pilot. The paraglider takes advantage of the updrafts of the wind and is a safe means that is maneuvered directly by the pilot. If you have never experienced the thrill of free flight, now is your moment! What are you waiting for?

The flight must be lived and loved! Our instructors will pass on all their love for this sport to you!