It is said that necessity is the Mother of all inventions; So, cable cars and pulleys were invented to deliver food, equipments and other items for people working on the side of an obstacle like across a river or in case of construction of a high-rise. With new technologies, this tool became redundant but was lapped up by lovers of adventure sports and thus, was born the Flying Fox.
Flying Fox is actually a cable car, often propelled by gravity and operated as play equipment. The cable is fixed at both ends and runs through one or more pulleys attached to the car, which in turn consisted of anything from a handle for the passenger to grip, or a bucket for sending small wares to massive construction materials.
In India, the sport is quite popular in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra (Lonavala and Khandala). In abroad Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia are well known.
Like all other sports, flying fox has some important techniques like Rappelling, Fox Tree, Zip Line and Aerial Rope slide.
Among the companies and sites offering Flying Fox Adventure Packages the foremost is the flyingfoxasia. It offers four major packages:
Neemrana Fort Palace- A two hour adventure flying along five zip wires and 1250metres in the Aravalli hills above the fort palace.
Mehrangarh Fort Palace – A one and half hour adventure comprising of 1150m of flight along six zip wires with views of the spectacular Mehrangarh Fort
Shivpuri, Rishikesh– This trip allows to fly 750metres along two zip wires upto 70metres high over rapid waves of the River Ganga.
The Kikar Lodge, Punjab– The longest zip tour in South Asia comprising of 1450m along five zips around the largest private forest reserve and beautiful jungle resort.
There are other number of sites offering flying fox packages like riverraftingrishikesh.comthrillophillia.com360 global adventures with details regarding packages, costs, places to be seen, duration and allied other benefits.
