For a true adventure, your little climbers will love being above the treetops on a high ropes course. These local high ropes courses are all on or near the North Shore and will keep your monkeys clambering for hours while building confidence, strength and agility.
Whether you’re looking for an activity to do with your kids at the weekend, during the school holidays or even a super fun birthday party, a high ropes course is lots of fun! Here are the closest high ropes courses to Sydney’s North Shore:
- Treetops Adventure, St Ives Showground
- Treetops, West Pennant Hills
- Wild Ropes Course, Taronga Zoo Mosman
- Treetops Adventure, Central Coast
- Trees Adventure, Blue Mountains
High ropes courses near the North Shore
1. Treetops Adventure, St Ives Showground
This high ropes course officially opened in November 2021, and features eight different high rope courses offering fun-filled and exhilarating challenges. Over one kilometre of cables span the designed area hosting more than 95 aerial obstacles, including ziplines, wobbly wooden obstacles, tight ropes and nets – all suspended between each platform to create a maze of activities for a unique outdoor experience. Find out more.
- Address: St Ives Showgrounds, 450 Mona Vale Road, St Ives
- Cost: 2.5 hour sessions (ages 3+): $51 | KidZip (8-12 years): $55
- Website: treetopsadventure.com.au
2. Treetops, West Pennant Hills
Secretly hidden amongst the tall pines of the Cumberland State Forest, you’ll find one of our most magical tree ropes parks. Treetops Adventure The Hills is located only 30 minutes from Sydney CBD, and is the perfect quick forest retreat for city slickers. With 9 different tree ropes courses to choose from, family members of all ages can experience the fantastical serenity of this park.
- Where: The Hills, Cumberland State Forest, 95 Castle Hill Rd, West Pennant Hills
- Cost: Junior 3-7yrs old: $28 | Tree Ropes Course: Kids (8-17): $41, Adults $51
- Website: treetops.com.au
3. Wild Ropes Course, Taronga Zoo
Currently closed for renovation and due to reopen Christmas 2022
You can visit Wild Ropes without Zoo tickets, or you can combine both into one day of adventure! The program has four courses with 60 challenges to try, all set against the spectacular backdrop of the bushland surrounds of Taronga Zoo and Sydney Harbour. If you’re eagle-eyed, you may spot koalas, kangaroos, emus and wallabies during the 90-minute outdoor activity.
- Address: Taronga Zoo, Bradleys Head Road, Mosman. Look for Wild Ropes sign inside the Zoo
- Cost: To be updated when it reopens
- Website: taronga.org.au/sydney-zoo/wild-ropes
4. Treetops Adventure, Central Coast
Leave the city behind and travel north to this New South Wales’ flagship park, Treetops Adventure Central Coast. Nestled amongst the great eucalyptus trees of the Ourimbah State Forest you can spend a few hours or up to a whole day hanging around. They have an array of swinging, flying or bouncing adventures to suit all ages.
- Address: Ourimbah State Forest 1 Red Hill Rd, Wyong Creek (cnr Yarramalong Rd) NSW 2259
- Cost: Junior 3-7yrs old: $28 | Tree Ropes Course: Kids (8-17): $41, Adults $51 | Networld (3+ years): $22 | Early Bouncers (1-5 years): $15
- Website: treetopsadventure.com.au
5. Trees Adventure, Blue Mountains
Trees Adventure is Australia’s premier eco-adventure experience feature exciting and challenging courses high in the tree canopy, that will have all the family swinging, leaping, climbing and flying through the forest allowing thrill seekers and nature enthusiasts to experience the trees like never before
- Address: 200 Springwood Road Yarramundi NSW 2753
- Website: bluemts.com.au