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What Is a Ropes Course?

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Smiling woman climbing a high ropes-course ladder element in sunlit trees

A ropes course (adventure park / aerial park) is a set of bridges, nets, logs, and platforms in the trees or on poles. You clip in. You move. Staff run the brief and the gear.

A canopy tour that is only zips is the zip hub.

See Ropes Course vs Zip Line vs Ninja Gym.

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