Kipu Falls Zipline Trek

The Zipline is designed, built, and operated according to the highest safety standards as set by the ACCT (the Association for Challenge Course Technology). The setting is magnificent: a 1/4 mile foot trail through the jungle leads to a step valley at the confluence of two streams, with a 150ft waterfall tumbling over fern-covered black basalt boulders on one side and a lazy 80ft wide tropical stream on the other. The steep terrain allows for a ground-level launching platform that wraps a huge Banyan tree with a 30ft diameter trunk.

Participants (Zippers) are outfitted with mountain climbing harnesses and helmets and walk through a labyrinth of aerial Banyan roots to arrive at the gated take-off area. A protocol is followed in which the Outfitters Kauai guide runs through an equipment checklist and attaches a tether from the Zipper's harness to a two-wheeled trolley that rides on the zip cable.

The gate opens, the Zipper takes a giant step and zooooom! Forget about all your earthly limitations as you are sail 50 ft above ground, over rivers and waterfalls, and through the treetops at a speed of about 35mph. Hooting, hollering, and ear-to-ear grins seem to be standard operating procedure.

Working your way back to the starting point is half the fun! You'll cross streams and waterfalls on a foot trail that leads to a Swiss Family Robinson style system of aerial platforms and starts that take you back to the launching pad to do it again!