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TREETOP
EXPLORATIONS
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Treetop Explorations
specializes in providing access to the forest canopy for researchers,
students, photographers, film crews, birdwatchers, ecotourists,
and others. Our work consists of the construction of canopy walkways,
observation platforms and other canopy access systems, as well
as instruction in climbing and safety techniques for visiting
and working in the canopy. |
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Aerial view of the ACEER Canopy Walkway. |
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We have worked in temperate
as well as tropical environments, but our area of particular
emphasis is in the tropical rainforests of Central and South
America. Working with local crews, we have constructed two canopy
walkways in the rainforests of Latin America - the 250 meter
long Rainmaker Mountain Canopy Walkway
in Costa Rica and the 450 meter long ACEER
Canopy Walkway in northern Peru. The ACEER walkway, the world's
longest, is located at the Amazon
Center for Environmental Education and Research on the Rio
Napo near Iquitos. |
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Birding from the ACEER Canopy Walkway. |
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Aside from the canopy
walkways, we have also constructed dozens of canopy observation
platforms in the rainforest canopies of the Manu
Biosphere Reserve and the Tambopata-Candamo
Reserve of southeastern Peru, and the Mbaracayú
Forest Nature Reserve of eastern Paraguay. |
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Wildlife film crew on canopy platform in the
Manu Biosphere Reserve of southeastern Peru. |
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Working closely with
ecotourism lodges in the Amazon Basin, and participating in numerous
rainforest workshops, we have taught thousands of visitors to
use climbing gear and helped them to safely climb into the forest
canopy on ropes. |
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Children's Rainforest Workshop participant learning
to climb. |
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Dedicated to protection
of the environment, Treetop Explorations puts a strong emphasis
on ensuring that our work has a minimal impact on the forest. |
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Paraguayan biologist Miguel Morales ascends
into the forest canopy of the Mbaracayú Forest Nature
Reserve. |
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Treetop Explorations also offers private
rainforest birding tours for individuals
and small groups with an interest in spending time birding in
the forest canopy. |