Zipline Safari

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Zipline Safari is a zip-line course in Florida. It is the only zip-line course in the state, and is claimed to be the world's only zip-line created for flat land. [1] Zipline Safari opened on 16 January 2009 in Forever Florida, a wildlife attraction near Holopaw, Florida. [2] The zip-line cost $350,000 to build, [3] and consists of nine platforms built up from the ground and traveled between by zip-lining. [1] Forever Florida built the course to promote ecotourism and interaction with the natural environment of Florida. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bevil, Dewayne (14 January 2009). "Central Florida's Zipline Safari takes riders atop the trees". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  2. Pitman, David (16 January 2009). "Florida's First "Zipline Safari" Opens at Forever Florida in Osceola County". NPR . Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. "Attraction to launch aerial nature ride". Bizjournals. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  4. "Zipline over the wetlands of Central Florida". Newsday. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.

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