Go-Ape

Where: Mallards Pike, Forest of Dean, Gloucester. GL15 4HN

What's on offer:

Go Ape is an award-winning high wire forest adventure course of rope bridges, Tarzan Swings and zip slides up to 40 feet up in the trees. Appealing to a wide age range, customers are fitted with a climbing harness, given instructions, and then trek from tree to tree high above the forest floor.

Go on.. Go Ape and live life more adventurously!

There are 12 courses around the UK, so take a look at their website to find your nearest location.

Minimum age is 10 years; Minimum height: 1.40m/4ft 7in; Maximum weight; 130kg/20.5 stone

Opening Times:

10 - 25 February; 23 March - 2 November (plus weekends throughout November)

How to get there:

M5, Junc 8, take 2nd exit onto M50, at roundabout take 1st exit onto A40 (signposted Gloucester) Entering Ross on Wye. Roundabout take 2nd exit on to A40, bear left on on A40, entering Weston Under Penyard, speed cameras along A40.

Turn right onto the B4224 (signposted Micheldean) continue forward at T-junction turn right, Roundabout turn right onto New Road A4136, continue forward entering Plump Hill, then High Street, entering Brierley, at Mireystock crossroads turn left onto New Road B4234 (signposted Lydney), at crossroads continue forward on the B4234 turn left onto Fancy Road, entering Park end and look for brown signs for Go-Ape.

Prices:

Gorillas (18 years plus) £25; Baboons (10 - 17 Years) £20

Review:

This is definitely for people with lots of energy and to a degree of fitness, and also you need to be quite brave as you climb some 40ft high above the ground.Go-Ape is a fun assault course where you almost swing through the treetops. The most important thing is that it is safe and fun. Everyone is given a safety harness and the staff go through thoroughly how to use the site and make sure that everyone knows how to clip them selves safely to each obstacle.

Adults are also responsible for supervising under 18's by making sure that they are clips onto each obstacle safely and correctly before they move off the platforms. This high wire adventure course has rope ladders which you have to climb to start off each section to reach the starting platform and each section consists of cargo nets, rope bridges, tarzan swings to name but a few and to finish you go down great zip slides; by far the best bit!

There are also different routes for each section, depending on how brave you feel, from an easy route to a more challenging one. It roughly takes about 3 hours to complete and at the end you receive a certificate and stick on badge.

Muscles ache that we forgot we had but all in all it was a really great day out and lots of fun.

Booking is essential to avoid disappointment, as this is a very popular activity. Car parking costs £3 for the day. Review by Roni Skye, Lauren Murray, Ben and Aimee Keitch