Zipline Tours
We offer reviews of the Best Hawaii Tours & Activities, browse around and take a look!Zip line tours are among the most exciting activities you can partipate in. Also known as zip wire, zip line, Tyrolean crossing, aerial runway, and the description “death slide,” this adventure is carried out on a pulley attached to a cable that is run along a fairly steep incline. The cable is run over high areas such as over forests, valleys, rivers. There is a mat or netting at the destination of the high ride for safe landings. Some setups have bungee cord arresters that slows down the pulley as it comes to the end of the cable ride. Zip lines are not new in the world of adventure. Their origins are lost in history but they were in common use among people who lived in mountainous areas of Europe for at least a couple of centuries.
In Hawaii, zip line tours are an exciting adventure. There are zip line companies that take visitors over forests so that the full panoramic beauty of Hawaii is visible. An additional bonus to ziplining is that the process is a lot more eco-friendly because people see the scenery from the air and not by tramping through the forests where they upset the flora and fauna. There are commercial zip line companies offering zip line adventures on Maui and Kauai.
Zip lines are safe and secure. The cables and other equipment exceed industry standards. Cables are typically tested for weights of more than 14,500 pounds. The staff is trained, zipliners are outfitted with customized seat harnesses, helmets, basic safety training. Tours usually set limits such as a maximum weight of 280 pounds, minimum weight of 80 pounds, and an minimum age limit of 12. People who are afraid of heights, who have back backs, knees or hips, or who are pregnant are excluded from being a zip-liner for health and safety reasons.
If you fit into the right zip liner category, wear knee-length shorts or long pants, footwear such as tennis shoes or hiking boots. Shoes have to be closed-toed and secure. The experience offers exhilaration like nothing you have ever experienced. Imagine ziplining over a tropical Kauai rain forests or a Hawaiian jungle. You set out on the tour and part of the tour involves literally stepping off a cliff. In spite of the harness, it feels like free falling as you zip over ravines. There are huge zipline experiences such as the Kipu Ranch with its seven cables that pass over rivers and waterfalls or the Princeville Ranch Adventures with eight zipline crossings.
