Go Ape launches adventure after dark!

Experience forest after dark on an unforgettable Sundown Session. The night is the best time to adventure at Go Ape! When the sun sets your other senses just get sharper. Feel the blood pumping in your ears as you navigate the treetops and breathe in the fresh autumn air as you step off the zip platform into the night.

These limited-edition adventures are available at twenty selected Go Ape locations across the UK. Sundown sessions are ideal for all ages from young adventurers to more seasoned thrill seekers looking to swap their pjs for a harness.

Rob Medlicott, site manager at Go Ape Battersea, explains: “Sundown Sessions offer something completely different to people looking to switch up their Autumnal evenings. Instead of a staring at a TV, you can have an adventure while you watch the sun set behind a treeline horizon. Whether you’ve had a good or a bad day, a sundown session is guaranteed to be a highlight of your week.”

Find out more about the Sundown Sessions on offer:

  • Zipline Experience – Skip straight to the zips and enjoy the rush of adrenaline as you take a step into the dark, zoom across treetops and valleys and take in the unfiltered views. Illuminated by sparse lighting you’ll be able to enjoy silhouetted and sunset backdrops of mountains and moorland and forests

Exclusively available at Go Ape Aberfoyle, Aberdeen, Dalby, Glentress Forest and Peebles.

  • Treetop Adventure – Enjoy a nocturnal birds-eyes views across forests, mountains and moors as you traverse wobbly crossings and then prepare for a spine-tingling thrill as you zip through the crisp autumn evening. This is an ape sized adventure for all adventurers over 1m tall.

Exclusively available at Go Ape Battersea Park, Coventry, Cannock Chase, Chessington, Crawley, Dalby, Delamere, Forest of Dean Beechenhurst, Grizedale, Leeds Castle, Moors Valley, Normanby Hall, Sherwood Pines, Southampton, Thetford Forest, Wendover and Wyre Forest.

  • Treetop Challenge Xpress – Hone your stealthy skills on a shortened Treetop Challenge course with a daringly dark twist! With no sunlight to guide you, you’ll head straight up to the canopy and loop your way around the treetops. At Go Ape Alexandra Palace and Coventry, the Plummet will also send you back down to earth with a grin on your face!

Exclusively available at Go Ape: Alexandra Palace, Battersea Park and Coventry.

  • Treetop Adventure Plus – Have all the fun of fun of Treetop Adventure at a higher level! There’ll be higher platforms, more challenging crossings and even longer, solo zip wire ton conquer.

Exclusively available at Alice Holt, Battersea Park, Black Park, Coventry, Forest of Dean Beechenhurst, Grizedale, Leeds Castle and Moors Valley.

  • Forest Segways – Put your steering skills to the test with a Segway adventure in the dark! This fun-fuelled, two-wheeled tour offers fresh and spectacular views of our woodlands. With only a headtorch and the sounds of the forest to guide you, this sense heightening experience adds a whole new level of thrill on the ground.

Exclusively available at Go Ape Cannock Chase, Sherwood Pines and Thetford

  • Nets Adventure – Younger explorers won’t miss out on after-hours fun on this Go Ape favourite. Let them leap for the stars and try to catch the moon in their hands as they bounce around to their hearts content. It certainly will tire them out for bedtime (no matter their age!)

Exclusively available at Black Park, Moors Valley and Sherwood Pines

  • Axe Throwing – Feel like a warrior of old as you line up your throw and aim for that bulls-eye – in the twilight! Starting at £15, Axe Throwing is exclusively available at Go Ape Matfen (Newcastle) and Coventry (Coombe Abbey). Top tip, it’s all about skill rather than strength!

Exclusively available at Go Ape: Coventry (Coombe Abbey).

  • Zip Trek – With seriously high-level tree-top platforms and kilometres of incredible zip wires, this sundown adventure is sure to get your pulse racing! It’ll be difficult to choose where to look between the sky, the forest and the mountains at this outstanding Lake District location. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to nail that zip-landing and strike a pose mid-flight.

Exclusively available at Go Ape Grizedale.

There are a limited number of sessions available so intrepid adventurers are being urged to book ahead and secure a space.


Head to www.goape.co.uk/sundown for more information, prices and dates available.

Posted on 05 October 2021

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