Tree climbing

Getting close to nature

Picture 1 Tree climbing

With some very simple equipment, tree climbing allows you to discover a magical universe in amongst the branches and leaves. When you are there up close to the tree, you experience things you have never felt before and that is not down to being high up in the sky.  Feel like branching out and trying this for yourself?

Tree climbing... another form of adventure trail? No, not at all. In the beginning tree-climbing was the basis of all the activities that are carried out today up in the trees. Accessible to anyone over the age of 7, it involves discovering the world of tress by climbing up into the branches. Because it can be done with all sorts of trees and does them no harm, this is a sustainable activity, which can be carried out in many places around Brittany.

Plant life

In the land of redwoods, yews and beeches, I am the King!  At the foot of the tree, I put on the harness and I turn into a kid again, as I am so eager to climb up the branches. To start off with, you imagine you’re going to climb all the way to the top, but as the wind whispers through the leaves and you see all the insects climbing along the trunk, you want to discover other things along the way. This is a truly magical universe, which opens up in this exceptional adventure, where you leave the ground behind you.    

Your first steps

Before you begin, there is a short 30-minute briefing to allow you to get to know the equipment and do a few exercises to warm up. After a look at the techniques involved, the tree is presented to you and you learn about its characteristics and what species it is. Before taking your first steps, there is a little ritual: You greet the tree that you’re about to climb. This is a way for you and the tree to introduce yourselves to each other.  You must not forget when you are doing this activity that this is after all a living organism. Everyone can interpret or express their greeting in their own way before that exciting climb up the tree.

Did you know?

Tree-climbing is an activity that can be adapted to your requirements: a morning or afternoon to start out or a longer expedition with a bivouac and night spent in a hammock. This rather unusual activity is attracting more and more enthusiasts. If you have spotted a fine specimen or if you want to try it yourself on your own property, that too is possible.