Birds eye view

Arrived at Canopy Tours with my stomach in knots and wondered if I was going slightly insane for even contemplating the idea of zip lining again. The time had come to take to the air and soar high amongst the trees and ferns of an ancient forest. Higher, longer and more spectacular than the original tour. Yes, we both had zip lined 3 years ago but on that original short course only. The Ultimate has only been in existence for the last 18 months. But being us and slightly mad we decided that would be to tame and went for the Ultimate Zip Wire experience. This meant crossing three swing bridges, two of which had a handrail of sorts and the third with only the shackle sliding on a wire above your head and a strap to hold onto. Every movement of the bridge was felt, most disconcerting! Then there were the 6 ziplines ranging from 50 meters (to ease us gently into it) to 400 meters long, one of which had tandem lines so you could race your partner. A terrifying 'cliff walk' halfway along the tour and to top it all, we had umpteen stairs to climb to get to the first zipline and a further 6 flights of stairs toward the end. Oh, and did I mention the final drop to the ground by a controlled descent? But yea....we did it and another to tick off the list.

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