{{Short description|Park with recreational activities}} {{Citations needed|date=August 2023}}thumb|Forest Aerial Adventure ParkAn '''adventure park''' is a place which can contain a wide variety of elements, including but not limited to, rope climbing exercises, obstacle courses, bouldering, rock climbing, target oriented activities, and zip-lines. They are usually intended for recreation.
== Related outdoor activities == A ropes course can be considered a challenging outdoor personal development and team-building activity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Swank |first1=Jacqueline M. |last2=Weaver |first2=Jo Lauren |last3=Tozzi |first3=Matthew |date=2020-07-02 |title=Challenge Course Activities and Orientation for Master's Level Counseling Students: A Qualitative Exploration |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15401383.2019.1699219 |journal=Journal of Creativity in Mental Health |language=en |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=353–363 |doi=10.1080/15401383.2019.1699219 |s2cid=213555386 |issn=1540-1383|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Stewart |first1=Kelsea L.W |last2=Carreau |first2=Jeremie |last3=Bruner |first3=Mark W |date=2016-02-03 |title=Team Building Using a Challenge Ropes Course Experience in Youth Sport |url=https://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/article/view/1606 |journal=PHEnex Journal |volume=7 |issue=3}}</ref> Some parks offer both - a recreational section and a team building section.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
A canopy tour is a specific type of ziplining where a person is harnessed to a steel cable and propelled by gravity from platform to platform high up in the trees of a thick forest canopy. Although these have previously been used for civil and even scientific uses, it has since become a popular activity for the recreation and tourism industries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 1, 2015|title=How the jungle canopy zipline was invented in Costa Rica, and then became very big business|url= https://ticotimes.net/2015/08/01/how-the-jungle-canopy-zipline-was-invented-in-costa-rica-and-then-became-very-big-business|access-date=March 11, 2024|website=The Tico Times|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230926201049/https://ticotimes.net/2015/08/01/how-the-jungle-canopy-zipline-was-invented-in-costa-rica-and-then-became-very-big-business|archive-date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>
== Safety systems == The safety equipment for each participant consists of a harness, a lanyard and a belay device.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hansen |first1=Marcus |last2=Fyall |first2=Alan |last3=Spyriadis |first3=Thanasis |date=2020-07-02 |title=Adventure or amusement? Image and identity challenges for the aerial adventure industry and implications for positioning and policy |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13032917.2020.1741408 |journal=Anatolia |language=en |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=423–435 |doi=10.1080/13032917.2020.1741408 |s2cid=216522250 |issn=1303-2917|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Helmets or gloves can also be used.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Balla |first1=Béla József |last2=Boros-Balint |first2=Iuliana |date=2019-09-30 |title=Forest Adventure Parks of Romania: New Possibilities to Develop the Human Physical Capacity |journal=Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai - Educatio Artis Gymnasticae |volume=64 |issue=3 |pages=77–88 |doi=10.24193/subbeag.64(3).24 |issn=1453-4223|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cristian-Corneliu |first=Drăgoi |date=2014 |title=ATTRACTIVE ADVENTURE TOURISM ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE A STRONG IMPACT ON THE YOUNG GENERATION |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331733186 |journal=Gymnasium |volume=15 |issue=1}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery widths="200" heights="200"> Image:Leonhard-Eißnert-Park 06.jpg|Forest adventure park Image:Hochseilgarten Isselburg.jpg|Adventure park on Poles File:Indoor-Kletterpark.jpg|Indoor Adventure park in a shopping mall File:Rope park in the Leningrad region, Russia. Starting tower.jpg|Rope park in the Leningrad region, Russia. Starting tower File:Park visitor on stage.jpg|Park visitor on stage. Leningrad region, Russia </gallery>
== See also == * Ropes course * Zip-line * Via ferrata
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