"Flight of the Toucan"

One of a number of tours involving trees, steel cables,
hoists, and harnesses, the Flight of the Toucan allows one
to zip between ridges and trees, from one platform to
another. There is also tree climbing, canopy platform
viewing, overnight jungle camping and more at Baru.

 

Back at headquarters,
Georgie and the other guides
prepare us for our 'flight'


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You must have your helmet,
harness, caribiners, gloves,
and connection lines, as well
comfortable hiking pants to
do this exciting and fun
activity without being
killed in a most painful
and bloody manner.


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Our guide explains how
it will all work.


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With helmet and gloves on,
Marisol locks in...


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...and jumps off the
platform...

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.. and zips through the trees
at a moderately impressive
velocity.

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Not to be outdone, Jon locks
in and prepares to zip to
the next platform as well...

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..and jumps off of the
platform...

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...and off he goes, zipping
away into the canopy...


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...and as I quickly reposition
my camera angle, Jon
zips through the forest
straight at us...

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...and with both feet
outstretched, kicks me
so hard in the abdomen
that he had to donate one
of his kidneys to replace
mine in an operation
performed later that week.


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