Over the canopy, across the canyon
Six ziplines, a 70 metre canyon swing and a skybridge above Mele Bay, half an hour from Port Vila. We collect you from selected hotels and from the cruise ship on the Port Vila seafront.
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Rain or shine
Raining? You can still have a blast
Wet days are some of our most popular. The rainforest comes alive in the rain, and flying through it is a different kind of fun. Zipline guests get a rain jacket, and we run every tour in the rain.
Only high wind or lightning stops us. If that happens, we move you to another time or refund you.
Safety and construction
Australian-built, Swiss-designed, engineered for the canyon
The zipline course
The course was built by owner Mike Thompson, an Australian mechanical engineer, and runs on Saferoller, a continuous belay system designed and made by Kanopeo in Basel, Switzerland. You clip on at the start and stay attached the whole way round, so you can't unclip by mistake between platforms.
The Skybridge
Our 120 metre suspension bridge was designed and built by Abseil Access of Wellington, New Zealand, with engineering calculations by MNCE Ltd to the New Zealand standard for outdoor visitor structures. It hangs on two 32 mm galvanised steel cables and is designed to carry 20 people at a time.
Always improving
No adventure activity is free of risk, and we don't claim to be perfect. We review our equipment, our procedures and every incident, and we keep upgrading. If anything worries you on the day, tell your guide.
Meet the owner
Mike Thompson
Mike built the Jungle Zipline, the Skybridge and the Canyon Swing, and he still runs them. He is a mechanical engineer by training, with a degree from the University of Queensland, and served seven years in the Australian military: first as a marine engineer in the Royal Australian Navy, then as an infantry officer after passing selection for the Army's commando regiment.
He served on operations three times: as second in command of a commando company supporting counter-terrorism for the Sydney 2000 Olympics; in East Timor with the United Nations, as a company second in command and signals platoon commander with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment; and in Iraq, as second in command of the security detachment protecting the Australian mission in Baghdad. He left the Army as a Captain.
Islands are in his blood. Mike was born in Papua New Guinea and grew up there until he was 11. He chose Vanuatu for the same things he loved as a boy in PNG: tropical islands and a safe, outdoor island life. After leaving the Army he moved here with his wife and two children. He founded the Mele Beach Bar and in 2011 began building the zipline course, putting his engineering and military climbing skills to work. The 120 metre Skybridge, built with Abseil Access of New Zealand, followed in 2019, with the Canyon Swing beneath it. When Cyclone Pam struck in 2015, he closed the park for three months, kept the staff employed and put the team to work on relief in the villages.
Exploration and volcanoes are his passion. He has helped expeditions make the 420 metre descent to the lava lake of Marum volcano on Ambrym, and was chief engineer for the access on an expedition to the lava lake of Masaya volcano in Nicaragua.
His approach to safety comes from that background: use good engineers, buy proven equipment, and keep improving. If you have feedback after your visit, he wants to hear it.