Flying Fox Outbound

Flying Fox is the activity where someone slipped a rope from a certain height to the ground floor, the action comes from the military activities which later developed into one event in otbound. In the last three years this activity became the Flying Fox activities that can be enjoyed by society at large in Indonesia because it is typically provided in a place where recreation.

Safety factor in the Flying Fox should really be considered a routine inspection of equipment used. Please note that the equipment used is usually permanently installed certain places affected by heat, rain and weather everyday. The highest risk is to break the string of transportation, and will cause someone to fall. Recent accidents caused by Flying Fox in the area around Borobudur Temple in Magelang and cause a user’s death. Police suspect it was caused by equipment that Flying Fox poorly maintained and have experienced damage due to weather. Please carefully of this…

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To develop a means of Flying Fox was not so expensive when it is available land, cost about 300 USD to 500 USD; equipment usually includes the main tower, ropes transport, harnessing, carabiner, rope navigation, etc.. Because cost is not too expensive so now many places recreational activities provide the Flying Fox. This is a fairly popular service market because the average visitor is favored by children, with only pay about 2 USD to 5 USD, you are able to perform activities of Flying Fox.

Almost all resorts in Indonesia which have the outbound events are usually equipped with Flying Fox activities. Parents generally support the event because of the Flying Fox judged very positively to test their courage and their children as well as entertainment for children. Average transport length of the string using the height of 100m with the main tower about 8 to 12m. Recreation areas equipped with Flying Fox, among others: Sukabumi, Cibodas, Borobudur, Bali, Ungaran, etc.. In Semarang, Bandungan Flying Fox have the highest main tower in Indonesia, which its height of about 70m.