What an Adventure! Historic Banning Mills' Exciting Tree Flight Zip Line Canopy Adventure Tours.   As Featured on WSB-TVs, Georgia's Hidden Treasures!!

Look for Eagles Flight! Our new

2000ft zip line with one of the world's

highest timber pole towers. Coming for

the fall of 2008! Like stepping off a 29

story building. A ride of a lifetime!

Now, you don't have to leave the country to Experience a True Zip Line Canopy Tour. And if you think that you have experienced this at some other place, Think Again!!

You've climbed up the 60-foot observation tower and are now standing on the first platform as you get checks, practice and rechecks on your equipment. You look at your Canopy Guide, who smiles and gives you the "thumbs up" and you hear "ARE YOU READY?" Are you ready to challenge yourself on one of the longest and highest canopy tours in the world? With over Two miles of Ziplines, cable bridges and several places over 200 feet high, the phrase "Tree Flight" definitely applies. You will zip line and traverse the cable and lily pad bridges from tree platform to tree platform as well as crisscross up to seven times over beautiful Snake Creek Gorge.

We offer this fun and challenging adventure for groups as small as 2 to over 100 people. This is an ultimate fun and safe experience of a lifetime.

Reserve Your Tree Flight Zip Line Canopy Tour Today!
Please call for times. RSVP is required. Participants must be at least 10 years old, and weigh between 100 pounds and 250 pounds for the ladies and 100 and 285 pounds for the guys. During the hot days of summer, we must hold the upper weight limit to 285 pounds) ,sorry. Please note that each participant could be weighed at check in. A minimum of 2 participants are required to open the course. Time needed for tours is 2 to 4 hours depending on tour chosen and the number of people in your group. Children under 18, who are not with a scheduled group, must have parent or guardian present.

We are Members of ACCT and are inspected only by ACCT approved inspectors. Some restrictions apply for participation (see below)

The cost is $65 per person for the "Pattern" Tour. Add $20 per person to continue on with the "Pattern Plus" Tour. The Extreme Tour is a total of $129 per person. Call for Details and Group or Nonprofit rates. Groups are considered 10 participants or more.

Pattern tour: Can take up to two hours and includes our two 1000ft zip lines and a series of cable and wood bridges and shorter zip lines that will keep you in the air from 50 to 200ft high the whole time.

Pattern Plus: Can take 2 to 3hours. This is the pattern tour and our really long 1500 ft zip line called the Big Daddy! You will then do a short zip (Little Daddy) to the ground and walk back to the main lodge on our beautiful trails, some of which are the old town roads and old water raceways of the ghost town of Banning.

Extreme: Can take up to 4 hour. This is the pattern plus tour and then you will continue on by criss crossing back and forth over the gorge on long and high cable and wood bridges. The heights vary from 50 to 90 ft in the air. Breath taking views!

Sue Griffith on one of the extreme bridges

*All three tours require a moderate amount of physical exertion. On the pattern plus tour and extreme tour, you should be able to climb normal stairs in two different 60 ft towers, walk a half mile on unpaved trails with a couple of fairly steep inclines and have good balance capabilities. Each participant must be physically able to control the speed of their travel along the zip lines by grasping the cable with leather gloves. Participants must also be able to pull themselves along the zip cable a few feet in the event they lose their momentum before reaching any given platform. Please feel free to call us if you are not sure. This is not recommended for those with moderate to severe respiratory problems, heart problems, back problems or those who are in their mid to last trimester of pregnancy.

**Please note and understand that our staff and management have the right to refuse anyone participation rights if they do not meet the above requirements or if it is deemed unsafe for them or anyone else in the group.

Staff has the final say on participation.

Once you Experience our exciting Tree Flight Zip Line Canopy Tour, you'll want to come back to enjoy the thrill of a lifetime again!

What to wear and bring

Do not wear sandals, flip flops or open toed shoes or shoes with no backs of any kind!

You will not be allowed to go on the course and there is no refund for not having the right shoes on!

You may wear shorts but short shorts are not recommended due to the gear you will need to put on. If you have anything loose, leave it in your room or vehicle or have a zip or velcro type pocket or "fanny pak". If you bring a camera, make sure it has a wrist or neck strap attached.  If you lose something at 200 ft in the air, you are not going to get it back!

Contact Us
We are here everyday and welcome you to contact us at 770-834-9149 or send an email when you are ready to plan your weekend getaway, group event, family adventure vacation or corporate retreat.

Cancellation policy

To ensure a quality experience, tours are offered by reservation only. When you book a tour, we schedule Guides and other support staff to be available to make your Tree Flight adventure as wonderful as possible. For this reason, we require a cancellation notice of 48 hours for individuals and 7 days for groups, 10 or more, that have scheduled . If you fail to meet your appointment, we still incur all the same expenses and may have turned others away. Therefore, those guests who fail to show for a reservation or cancel without proper notice will be charged 50% of the tour price per person that was scheduled. A Credit card hold is necessary to make a reservation unless other arrangements are made. We do take cash and credit cards as payment. Thank you for your understanding.

Weather: We will not run tours in storms, high winds, or "close in" lightening (3 miles). It is important to remember that foul weather in your area does not necessarily mean foul weather at Banning Mills. Please call first if you have concerns about the weather. We will call only if we are certain your tour will not run. In some cases, tours may be postponed to allow for some weather systems to pass. Sometimes tours might end up being on hold from 45 to 60 minutes due to weather pop ups. When you are planning a tour with us, please take this into consideration.

Times: Please be at Banning Mills at least 30 minutes before your scheduled event. We do try to leave as promptly as possible and if you are very late, you may miss your tour time. We cannot guarantee you a place on the next tour. If you miss your tour time, there will be no refund given. Please understand that we DO NOT guarantee that you will go out promptly at your scheduled time. We have no control over weather pop ups or how any guest will react to the course. Some guests will take longer than others and so extend the estimated course time that they are out. Make sure you TAKE THIS into consideration as you plan your tour with us. Please be patient, especially with others, because you are going to be glad you did!