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by - Yoshihide, Tokyo, Japan
Bangkok Post Flight of the Gibbon Review
The Bangkok Post charges for viewing articles more than 60 days old, so we posted their article here.
Thrills in the treetops
14th March 2008
TreeTop Adventure Ecotours™ is offering an exhilarating opportunity to soar through a rainforest in Chiang Mai in the most exciting way possible. The company will take you high into the canopy using an ingenious series of treehouses, platforms, cables and “sky bridges” to cover a distance of some two kilometres and view life from a perspective previously reserved for a select group of researchers.
Mimic the way gibbons negotiate their way through the forest by taking a tour called the Flight of the Gibbon™. It’s a one-day excursion including about two hours in the canopy, one hour trekking along Mae Kompong waterfall plus about one hour for lunch and a visit to the village of Mae Kompong. Add 45 to 60 minutes’ travelling time each way.
The concept of canopy tours originated in the lush rainforests of Costa Rica where adventurous biologists devised a system of cables and platforms that allowed them to study this previously inaccessible ecosystem. It wasn’t long before this developed into a breathtaking eco-tourism activity that not only allowed people to enter and experience the upper realm of a rainforest, but raised awareness to the plight and beauty of the world’s endangered indigenous forests.
The Chiang Mai tour has been designed to be easy for all. Participants descend along a downhill network, taking time to linger and relax at special places along the way and share their impressions with each other. Old-growth rainforest has several layers, all of which can be seen on this excursion.
The firm donates 10 per cent of its profits to the preservation of gibbons.
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