Zip-line
Canopy Exploration:
Amazonia
Expeditions has the longest zipline canopy system in all
of the Amazon. Guests are hoisted one hundred feet above
the ground into a large, emergent tree. Then, strapped into
a rapeller's harness, attached by carabiner to a tandem
zip line of stainless steel aircraft cables, you are able
to to travel through the air from one tree giant to another.
The speed of one's flight can be controlled by the user
to soar rapidly, slow down, or stop to take pictures. In
all, several old-growth emergent trees are used, with wooden
platforms to allow one to stop and rest, studying the tree
top life.
It
is a system similar to that seen in the movie "Medicine
Man" starring Sean Connery. Amazonia's new "Zip Way Canopy
Adventure" is one of the few of its kind in the Amazon basin.
The
system was constructed by Canopy Construction Associates
of Amherst, Massachusetts. The construction team consisted
of scientists, arborists and construction specialists. They
used galvanized and stainless steel aircraft hardware capable
of supporting over 12,000 pounds. In traveling through the
trees people are hooked onto the zip-line cable as well
as a secondary safety cable. Every precaution has been taken
to ensure a safe ride.
All
guests of Amazonia Expedition's award winning lodge are
allowed unlimited canopy access (weather permitting) at
no extra charge.
