Zip world under the ground

THE company that brought us superfast zip lines and giant trampolines in underground caverns is now going to combine the best of both attractions for the latest thrill.

Entrepreneur Sean Taylor created the 100mph Zip World in Bethesda in 2013 before opening Zip Titan and Bounce Below at Blaenau Ffestiniog last year.

He is now undertaking the latest instalment in this all action series – Zip Below. This will see underground zip lines speeding people through the caverns of Llechwedd quarry in Blaenau, interspersed with an adventure ropes course.

On top of this new development, Bounce Below is set to expand with more slides, tunnels, nets and routes, while 2015 will also see the opening of Junior Bounce, designed to offer an adventurous bounce experience for children aged three to six).

Sean, commercial director of Zip World and Bounce Below, said: “We’ve got the world’s longest and fastest zip wire, the world’s biggest zip zone and the world’s only underground giant trampoline like activity.

“Now a new world first, Zip Below, will be opening before the summer, consisting of a number of zip lines interspersed with adventure ropes course elements like rope bridges, tunnels and stretches of via ferrata (Italian term literally translated as “iron road” designed to assist soldiers crossing precipitous mountain passes), all set in a vast series of historic mine chambers and associated tunnels.

“I think it’s fair to say we are fast becoming the most fun place on earth.”

On developments at Bounce Below, he added: “The surreal experience of Bounce Below cannot be matched as there’s nothing like it anywhere else on earth. It’s essentially a gigantic underground playground and an amazing way to experience a subterranean world. The best thing is you can do it all year round.

“A dults emerge from Bounce Below grinning from ear to ear. It literally brings out the kid in everyone.”