Canopy Zip Line Tours in Florida

Canopy zipline tours are an outdoor adventure ride in which participants get a birds-eye-view of the earth below. Ziplining was developed by scientists in Costa Rica as a way to navigate between trees while studying the forests and canopies. What began as an invention of convenience has since evolved into a high-thrill amusement ride. Some canopy ziplines travel at low speeds for sightseeing, while others travel up to 100 miles per hour.

  1. EBL Florida EcoSafaris

    • This two-and-a-half-hour zipline tour in St. Cloud, Fla., combines canopy ziplining with safari touring. A network of cables will take you to heights of 55 feet while you zip past at speeds up to 25 miles per hour. Along the tour, you will pass over flatwoods and forested wetlands, which are home to some of Florida's most famous natural wildlife. Don't be surprised to look down and see alligators, deer, bears and the Florida Panther. EBL Zipline Tours also offers special starlight and moonlight safaris for those who wish to safari under the night sky. During the holiday season, you can take part in a special Holiday Lights Zipline Safari.

      Florida EcoSafaris

      4755 N. Kenansville Road

      St. Cloud, FL 34773

      866-85-4EVER

      floridaecosafaris.com

    Adventures Unlimited

    • Adventures Unlimited has three zipline adventures for a canopy tour of beautiful Northern Florida. The first tour, Forest Flight, consists of nine ziplines that cross the Spring Hill Dam, the Schoolhouse Inn and ends on the roof of the Adventures Unlimited Store. After completing Forest Flight, you may elect to continue with the Soaring Stream tour, with an additional five ziplines. The lines lead to two 60-foot towers and provide a spectacular view of Coldwater Creek. You will walk the sky bridge, where you can see canoes, tubes and kayaks on the river below. The third tour, The Ultimate Zip Adventure, takes you over Wolfe Creek and Big Coldwater Creek. Although the ziplines are only one-mile long, the entire tour takes five hours to complete because there are also 14 observation platforms and two sky bridges to traverse. If you climb the spiral staircase to the aviary, you can experience a bird's-eye-view from Hawk's Nest Tower to Ox Box Lake and Coldwater Creek.

      Zip Adventures

      8974 Tomahawk Landing Road

      Milton, FL 32570

      800-239-6864

      floridazipadventures.com

    Considerations

    • While ziplining is a fun adventure, it also a type of thrill ride, which means that this activity may not be suitable for people in poor health or women who are pregnant. If you are scared of heights, you may want to avoid ziplining not only because the ziplines are high in the air, but also because there may be steep climbing involved in order to get to launch points. Before you take a canopy tour in Florida or elsewhere, call the touring company ahead of time to see if there is availability and if they require a minimum number of tourists per tour.