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Zipline Park Adventure Monte Tamaro

The zipline park Parco Avventura Monte Tamaro is really popular. It also features the Final Tamaro Jumping, offering a free fall from about 13 meters high.

The rope park itself consists of fixed and movable obstacles stretched through the branches of centuries-old beech trees. You should allow at least 2.5 hours for one run.

Three courses (mini, medium, large) are tailored to the minimum age of the participants. Each course consists of a wide variety of exercises. In total, Parco Avventura has 63 obstacles with different levels of difficulty for the whole family.

Gross Course

This course is open to individuals who are at least 140 cm tall and 9 years old. You will tackle various difficulty levels that gradually increase. The course winds through the entire forest at heights ranging from 3 to 13 m. The grand finale features the Final Tamaro Jumping from about 13 m high.

Medium Course

This course is available for children who are between 120 cm and 150 cm tall and at least 7 years old. It focuses mainly on safety exercises at heights of 3 to 8 m. A new “Extreme” level awaits those who are brave enough at the end of this course.

Mini Course

Children aged 4 and older can participate if they are no taller than 130 cm. This course is specially designed for kids and features exercises from the higher courses at a height of about one meter. The various difficulty levels can also be practiced and mastered by the youngest participants.

Safety in the Rope Park

All exercises in the Parco Avventura Monte Tamaro are secured using a Clic-it carabiner system. This prevents accidental unhooking of the safety lines. Safety ropes are provided on all courses.

The rope park provides personal protective equipment (PPE) for each participant.

Location of the Monte Tamaro Rope Park

You can reach the adventure park via the Monte Tamaro Cable Car from Rivera. It is situated in the forest near the middle station of the cable car and can be accessed via a gravel path.

Gordola Adventure Park

The Gordola Adventure Park features several courses of various difficulty levels. You can complete 75 challenges across nine difficulty stages. 1,100 meters of ropes are suspended between the trees to create aerial courses.

There are also floating platforms made of wood and ropes, along with cables and pulleys installed. Here, you can practice balance exercises or concentration challenges. Jumping from tree to tree is possible throughout the entire area.

Difficulty Levels at the Adventure Park

  • 1 Practice Course
  • 1 Tyrolean Course (yellow)
  • 1 Easy Course (green)
  • 1 Medium Course (light blue)
  • 1 Medium Course (blue)
  • 1 Hard Course (red)
  • 1 Challenging Course (black)
  • 1 Extra Challenging Course (black PLUS)

Additionally, there are 9 Tyrolean lines and a Giant Tyrolean line (150 m).

Certifications of the Adventure Park in Gordola

  • Safety in Adventure
  • Swiss TS

Location of Gordola Adventure Park

From the Gordola train station, the Gordola Adventure Park is just 800 m away. It's situated close to the Verzasca River next to the sports facility “Campo Sportivo Roviscaglie”.

Frequently asked questions

Rope park Ticino region · answered by our editorial team

What preparation and equipment do I need to visit a rope park?

When visiting a rope park in Switzerland, no special previous knowledge is necessary. The only equipment you need to take with you is sturdy, closed shoes, robust clothing and a bit of courage. Once you have mastered the tasks in a rope park in Switzerland, it won't let you go and you will certainly want to do it again. It's less about the right climbing technique and more about overcoming your own fears and doubts

What is a rope park anyway?

A rope park or ropes course is an obstacle course constructed primarily of ropes stretched between poles and/or trees. As an additional element, rope parks often include bridges, ramps, platforms and tubes. Depending on where and at what height the ropes have been installed, one speaks of a forest park or forest ropes course, a high ropes course, a low ropes course, an adventure park or adventure park, or a climbing course. In Switzerland there is the association Swiss rope parks.

How safe are rope parks in Switzerland?

Every rope park in Switzerland is subject to strict tests and standards. These concern the safety precautions and safety-related requirements, the equipment used and the training of employees. They are regularly subjected to careful tests, checks and examinations by inspectors from approved certification bodies for leisure facilities

So you'll be supervised all the time by experienced professionals who also use a variety of innovative safety systems. With belay runners, intercommunicating pulley carabiners and safety nets, the rope parks in Switzerland are state-of-the-art to prevent accidents. In addition, each visitor is instructed in the safety systems before using the obstacles.

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