Safety Standards

Navitat Canopy Adventures makes safety our first priority. We have identified the inherent risks with close attention to detail, careful consideration, and planning encompassing all of the components of our canopy tour. These include construction, continual training, operations, equipment, staff management, and program development.

Navitat Canopy Adventures is a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited Association for Challenge Course Technologies (ACCT). We meet or exceed all ACCT standards for construction, operations and training.

Construction:

All of our courses are designed and built by Bonsai Design Inc., the leading canopy tour installer in the country
The canopy tour has redundancy built into every element.
The canopy tour is inspected daily before tours begin and periodically if we feel there is cause for a more thorough inspection (ex: wind storms, lightning.) Bonsai Design Inc. inspects the tour bi-annually.

Guide Training:

All canopy guides are required to attend a rigorous 50-70+ hour technical training and pass a written and practical test to begin guiding. Guides also must complete a 30-hour interpretive training program focused on local plant ecology, history and culture prior to guiding guests on the canopy tour.
All canopy guides must participate in an ongoing training program.
All guides are certified in First Aid, CPR, and AED use.
All training is done by certified industry professionals with years of experience.

Operations:

All equipment is inspected after every tour for irregularities.
All equipment usage is monitored and recorded after each use.
Two canopy guides and a supervisor on the ground accompany every group of eight guests maximum.
All guests are instructed on technique before the tour in orientation and Ground School, and during the tour.
Guests are always clipped into a belay safe attachment point while on the canopy tour. Guests are never unclipped during the tour.
Professional guides handle all equipment transfers on the canopy tour.

Learn more about safety standards and the Association for Challenge Course Technology here.