Cypress Valley Overview

CYPRESS VALLEY ADVENTURES - OVERVIEW

We have three tours, the Canopy Tour, the Canopy Challenge, and the Sunrise Birding Tour. For guests seeking something more, guests can choose to stay in the trees. To learn more, see the Lofthaven.
 

	The Canopy Tour The Canopy Tour is an hour and a half exciting and beautiful tour through our Cypress lined creek ravine. We have taken people from 8 to 80+ on the tour and everyone in between. Guests traverse the ravine on zip lines and sky bridges. It is a great family outing and one of the few things teenagers will actually want to do with their family. We always feel blessed when at the end of a tour we see a family all smiling and joking with each other, perhaps in a way they haven't done in years because their interests are usually so different. Learn more about the Canopy Tour.
	The Canopy Challenge The Canopy Challenge is available for people who have successfully completed the Canopy Tour, and want more. They can do the Canopy Challenge the same day, or come back at another time. The Canopy Challenge takes about two hours and is in a different part of the creek ravine. There are a few longer faster zip lines, and a longer, narrower sky bridge with wider gaps between the wooden planks. After these, guests enter a grove of trees where there are three paths to choose between, one hard, the second harder and the third hardest. Guests work to challenge themselves emotionally and physically to complete this portion of the course. They will need to work through fear, maintain their balance and use their own strength all at varying levels. Learn more about the Canopy Challenge.
	The Sunrise Birding Tour The Sunrise Birding Tour takes people through the canopy tour at sunrise with a local wildlife biologist. The tour takes time to sit and listen to the chorus of birds calling forth in the morning tour. Tour time lasts about 2-3 hours. Learn more about the Sunrise Birding Tour.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

When you arrive at Cypress Valley you will park your car, and walk under the Water-Wheel House to the lakeshore. There you will be greeted by Cypress Valley Staff you can set up your picnic blanket or chairs, and relax next to the water until it is your turn to fly through the trees. Next we will provide you with a detailed orientation specific to the event you have chosen along with information about your equipment and guides. We will also answer any questions you may have. Then you will take off to soar high in the cypress canopy on a Canopy Tour, Canopy Challenge, or Sunrise Bird Watching Tour.

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YOUR CANOPY TOUR GUIDES

Each group of approximately six guests is accompanied by two certified guides. Our guides have been well trained on the equipment and risk management procedures and are CPR certified to provide you with a comfortable and exciting tour. Guides also receive continued training about the local flora and fauna. They will be able to answer your questions about the local wildlife and to point out various interesting aspects of the hill country during your tour. Guides will tailor the tour to your interests and bring new and changing information to each tour depending on the season and wildlife encountered.

YOUR ZIP LINE EQUIPMENT

You will be strapped into quality climbing and technical gear designed specifically for canopy tours, then attached to a ½ inch steel cable to fly through the trees. Most zip lines traverse from tree to tree and land in platforms high up in the canopy.

Cypress Valley Canopy Tours® has been designed and constructed by some of the best technicians in the Ropes Course and Zip-line industry. The steel zip-lines, all rigging, and attachments are routinely tested. For your protection we conduct daily inspections and log daily the condition of lines, platforms, and equipment. We follow a rigid set of risk management standards, guidelines, and checks. In addition, Cypress Valley Canopy Tours® hires an outside company to periodically certify our course and equipment. The course was designed to meet or exceed ACCT (Association for Challenge Courses) standards.