Go Ape getting bigger
An Aberfoyle forest adventure company will double in size to mark its 10th birthday.
Go Ape is based within Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.
The investment has allowed the site to significantly increase capacity, in order to meet demand, with the addition of two giant Tarzan swings, two high speed cross-valley zip lines and a skateboard zip wire.
A company spokesman said they had experienced year-on-year growth in Scotland, with both a three per cent increase in footfall and a three per cent rise in turnover to £1.2 million in 2016.
With its grown-up version of nostalgic childhood adventures such as climbing trees, Go Ape is seeing an increasing trend of adults heading to the forest.
Figures from 2016 show that adults aged over 18 accounted for 76 per cent of customers with the rest children aged 10 to 17 .
Twelve years ago, 68 per cent of customers were adults.
Jerome Mayhew, managing director of Go Ape, said:“It was a very successful 2016 season in Scotland, with a rise in visitor numbers and we’re looking forward to celebrating a decade of encouraging people to live life adventurously in Aberfoyle.“
The Aberfoyle course has two of Britain’s longest zip wires, each stretching over 400m, flying people 150 feet above the ground and over a 90 foot waterfall.