These guys provided top notch service from beginning to end, giving great info and being accommodating with times due to my train from Sydney.
The trip was exceptional and if you want to truly see the BM you need to get "in them" via the canyons! Matty my guide was slick and adapted to my ability keeping the trip exciting.
Pick a level of difficuilty to match your experience to get the best enjoyment.
Cheers guys!

WOW. A word which finds itself uttered time and time again by all members of the group as it progresses through Yileen Canyon. And the biggest 'wow' factor doesn't even arrive until the canyon is done and all that awaits you is a stunning abseil down a waterfall.

The day started early, leaving Sydney at 6.00 a.m. for the 90-minute drive into Katoomba. Then it was a case of getting fitted up for wetsuits, packing your daysack with dry clothes, gloves and a windbreaker and fixing up your packed lunch with a selection of meat, cheese and salad made available to you. The group set out at 9.00 a.m. for the 45-minute drive out to the canyons.

Our guide, Paddy, was fun, friendly and supremely knowledgeable, comfortably talking us through the fauna, flora and geology of the Blue Mountains. The beautifully fragrant tea tree plant, the razor-sharp sword sage and the intelligent little trigger plants – Paddy knew it all and relayed his knowledge brilliantly.

The route included a 30-minute walk toward the canyon and then a wetsuit-clad wonder down into the canyon. Then there are two abseils, a lengthy walk through ankle-high water and a few patches which require a short (2-metre or so) paddle. It is challenging, it is exciting and it is absolutely beautiful.

Exiting the two-hour canyon route opens the group up onto a view straight over thousands of acres of foliage. This is the top of the daunting sixty-metre waterfall abseil. To say that anything preceding this becomes worthwhile when you embark on this descent is an understatement of offensive proportions – the abseil is absolutely breathtaking. Lean back, relax and enjoy the real wilderness of the Blueies. When the overhang comes, turn around and just look out over the valley. It is astonishing.

What follows is a tiring 90-minute walk out of the canyon over a rough-and-ready 'path'. This includes sliding down rocks, climbing over fallen tree trunks and accepting the fact that bare legs will be scratched, tickled and cut by the undergrowth – though there is nothing in there that gives any cause for concern.

I booked with Blue Mountains Adventure Company as opposed to local competitors because Dylan and Kieron were exceptionally helpful throughout, offering up knowledge, advice and leeway in order for me to delay booking the trip until just 36 hours beforehand. The staff here are second-to-none and Dylan and Kieron's hospitality and helpfulness was followed through perfectly by Paddy and Eric.

Do it. If this is an activity in which you are interested or a company with whom you are considering heading into the Blueies, know that both warrant a fervent recommendation. Trekking Yileen Canyon with the Blue Mountains Adventure Company was one of the best expedition days one could hope for.

My friend Pauline and I were able to do a 1/2 day canyoning tour with Blue Mountains on our trip to Australia. We are both adventure girls and definitely like to enjoy our time when traveling. We lucked out in that we were the only ones on the tour with Paddy, our guide. This was our first experience canyoning. Customer service was great and they gave lots of options based on our needs vs sticking with the set tours etc. Paddy was great, very knowledgeable, friendly, easy to talk to. He was patient and would make sure we were feeling comfortable. To have an awesome guide to really show us how canyoning is so beautiful and make it a great experience, was incredible. It was probably one of the best adventure excursions I've ever done in all of my travels.

excellent rockclimbing's instructor by far the best I have ever had