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ADVENTURE SPORTS |
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| With its landscape of mountains, glaciers, deep gorges and fast-flowing
rivers, Switzerland is ideal territory for adventure sports . Dozens of
companies based in all the main resorts operate thrill-making schemes
galore, mostly in summer only (typical prices are in brackets):
canyoning (half-day Sfr100), river-rafting (the same), bungee-jumping (from
100m Sfr80; 150m Sfr150; 180m Sfr220), zorbing (where you're strapped
inside a giant plastic sphere and rolled down a mountainside; Sfr50),
house-running (where you hook a rope round yourself and run full-tilt
down the side of a tall building; Sfr70), flying fox (where you glide
down a vertical cliff on a rope; Sfr75), and more. Hang-gliding
(Sfr130), paragliding (Sfr170) and skydiving from 4000m (Sfr400) can all
be done alone or in tandem with an instructor. Two main centres for
adventure sports are Interlaken and Luzern; you generally book at the
company's office in advance, then get bussed out to their preferred site
in the mountains and back into town afterwards. Local tourist offices
always have full information. |
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