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Abbafrida - Luesu

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Near the village of Perdasdefogu there are the famous cascades of Abba Frida and Luesu, joining into one single stream. I'm sorry: photographs and video cannot show how grand is the beauty of the place: Luesu cascade seems to come from an alien world (IMHO is among the icons of Sardinia), while Abba Frida falls down deep and powerful.

Downstream the valley tightens into a canyon featuring more sparkling cascades and big emerald pools surrounded by wild impassable mediterranean forest and bush, far from everywhere.
The cascade of Abba Frida and the downstream canyon make a wild, not easy and rather long canyoning trail.

Name	Abbafrida - Luesu
Area	Sardegna, Salto di Quirra
Nearest village	Perdasdefogu
Entrance altitude (above sea level)	450 m
Exit altitude (above sea level)	170 m
Length	4 km
Longest rappel	65 m
Rock	Meta-sandstone, gneiss
Rating	6
Shuttle	Needed
Explored by	Michele Angileri, Guido Biavati, Elisabetta Pinna, Andrea Pucci: april 16 2010

I remember ...

Rocks and walls surrounded by dense unpassable woods of mediterranean bush, as far as you can see. Rare abandoned cartways ruined by the rain, and far empty roads under a deep blue sky. At sunset the only lights that light up are the stars.

Silence, beauty, awfulness: this is Sardinia I love.

Photos and video by Michele Angileri, Guido Biavati and Andrea Pucci

Photographs in this website show ultralight ropes (6 mm ropes made of high tenacity fibers). Read multimedia book Ultralight ropes canyoning technique to learn how to use them.