Rio Selvano is certainly the most interesting and complete torrent we can find in Tuscany. It offers a fun and varied descent in an exceptional natural setting. The route features a series of waterfalls and pools with alternating jumps, natural slides and some rope descents. A real concentration of canyoning.

Practicable throughout the entire season, the canyon offers a perfect descent for a sporting day in beautiful nature. Once the technical material has been distributed, it is necessary to organise a shuttle bus a few kilometres to the parking area upstream of the canyon. It is also possible to reach the starting point on foot with a half-hour walk among the chestnut trees. Before starting the river descent, you will receive all the necessary information on safety and progression in the torrent.

The descent begins with a few small waterfalls until quickly finding the first spectacular passage, a rope abseil down a steep slide.

From here, small and large slides alternate with abseiling and walking areas. Halfway down we find the highest and most impressive abseil. The next part is perhaps the most aesthetically pleasing: the torrent becomes more pronounced and we proceed between magnificently sculpted by the flowing water. The last succession of small pools and waterfalls leads us to the old bridge that marks the end of the route. There still remains, for the most daring, the possibility of a final 10-metre jump into the final pool. From here it takes five minutes to reach the parking area downstream of the canyon.

Just one hour from Lucca, Pisa and Florence, the Garfagnana offers many sporting and tourist possibilities, from rafting to climbing, from wine and food tours to visiting art cities such as the splendid nearby Barga.

If you feel like repeating the experience, we can offer you the magnificent descent of Rio Lerca, in Liguria.