Go Ape

The experience was everything my daughter and I were hoping it would be, it was 4 hours of fun and the guides were along the course to answer any questions (and they took some excellent pictures us too :) Go Ape ! ~ Family Funday

This was as fun as it was challenging! I went with a group of friends in October as part of my 30before30 adventures, and we had such a blast. You can make some choices throughout the course in terms of levels of difficulty so if there’s a part of the course that you’re intimidated by, you can choose an easier path — or take on the challenge and soak up the feel goods when you impress yourself! If you have any doubts about your capability to complete the course — my group of friends ranged in age from late 20s to late 50s and we all did just fine. A few bumps and bruises the next day and mild soreness — but that was just from being super active, no injuries!

Want something new and unusual to do in the outdoors? Get to GoApe! I’ve been 4 times! My husband, who is sensitive to heights, even completed the course! I’ve been with my dad and my sister as well. My first visit was with my work team!
You sign up on their website for a scheduled time slot. Once you’re there, you fill out the waiver paperwork and proceed to the training area with your group to take a short safety/​training course as well as getting outfitted with your harness. (Always Stay Attached!) Then you are allowed to proceed onto the course and go at your own pace.
Each course is a series of rope obstacles high in the trees! Each one ends in a zipline bringing you back down to the forest floor. The Tarzan swing at the final course is the BEST part of the experience in my opinion. The first time you do it is a bit terrifying as you free fall for just a split second. It’s still hard to do after you’ve been there several times as I have! It’s just against your instinct to step off that ledge but also so worth it and fun!
If you go back for a return trip, don’t forget to take the coupon from your first completion certificate to redeem for a free shirt or water bottle! I’ve already got 2 shirts and 1 bottle!
GoApe is always opening new courses across the country so I’d like to try them out and get even more amazing views from the trees!

Rare opportunity to challenge yourself. Empower yourself. And feel great in accomplishing it!!! The Tarzan swing was the toughest for me. But man. What fun!!!
The team there were awesome and made you feel
Safe and secure.

Holy smokes. This was a freaking blast. I’m not a fan of heights but with a little crash course from the instructor I felt 100% safe. Its a good workout, challenging and a whole lot of fun.

Had an amazing time! Was able to go through the entire course twice. Great staff, very friendly.

Took my three teen plus older boys on a mini vacation to Indianapolis and our first stop was at Go-​Ape. They loved it!
Plenty of different activities: Walking across wires, using metal rings to get across, picking your choice of easy or difficult ways to go and the ziplines — it is a place for all ages!
Take a trip that way — you won’t be disappointed!

Do it! Just do it! I waited until I found a friend to go with me but now I regret it! I regret it because I should have just gone by myself and then took all of my friends! So much fun! Am I using enough exclamation marks for you? I will say, the price kind of put me off for a bit but it’s worth it. I wanted to go again right after I did it.

This was my first time trying ANYTHING like this and the staff made it amazing! Kevin — our instructor– took his job very seriously but also had me laughing! Everyone was very friendly and helpful! I will be recommending this 0lace to everyone I know!

Just because I can’t do ten stars! I purchased a groupon a month ago and got to do it yesterday! Thrilling experience, the least to say. Bravo to the very professional staff who helps you through out the course and make sure you are well aware of how to be safe. This is a dangerous and high risk activity but Go Ape has mastered the safety and made sure this is a very enjoyable experience.
Discovering the canopy of eagle creek at the height of almost 3 or four story building is the best possible adventure you can do! The zip lines (4 total) are absolutely amazing. The Tarzan jump made my heart stop briefly but gosh it was so cool! The equipment is great and everything is very well set up.
I highly recommend this to all the young and healthy adults who are not scared of heights and enjoy the nature. I can’t wait to do this again, and btw second time adventurers get a t-​shirt or a water bottle if they bring their completion certificate!

Incredible.
You won’t believe you are Indiana. I always hear about people zip-​lining through the Amazon or Swiss Alps, but this is an incredible zip-​lining experience that you can do in your own backyard.
It isn’t only zip-​lining either. You go through a series of high ropes courses to get to the different zip-​lines. There are a ton of different obstacles and challenges in the air and as long as you don’t mind heights– you will love this as much as I did.
The training is also very impressive and there are staff monitoring you from below at all times. Not once did I feel unsafe or unprepared.
This is also a great birthday gift to give a friend because it is a very unique and rewarding experience. Now go do it!

Such a blast — it was a little outside of my comfort zone, but I’m so glad I did it!
I never was able to master the art of not landing on my backside and dragging my heels into the mulch as a «dismount» from the ziplines. My advice would be to wear dark clothing and to tuck your shirt in if possible, or you’re going to end up with mulch all up in your underwear. Not that I have any experience with that. ;)
I work out fairly regularly, but I still felt challenged by some of the obstacles. Climbing the ladders while attached to the stop-​fall device added a bit of extra resistance, so you might be sore the next day.
When you’re given the option of the normal or the extreme route, go with the extreme! You’ll regret not trying it if you don’t. The Tarzan swing was by far the most terrifying, but also the most exhilarating. I would definitely go back again, even at $ 55!

Best birthday gift ever from my husband! Had great time hanging out in the trees :-D
I would highly recommend this for a great outdoors activity!

My boyfriend and I went on a date here this weekend and had SUCH A GOOD TIME! It took us about 2 hours to complete the course but it flew by and didn’t feel like it took that long at all. It was a little scary at first being that high up and walking across rope ladders and obstacles, but after 10 – 15 minutes that fear disappeared completely as it became second nature. Also, you are completely safe up there which helped make me more at ease. I loved that we weren’t followed around by instructors and were able to go at our own pace. The zip lines and tarzan swing were by far the scariest and most fun! You just have to close your eyes and take the leap! We will definitely be going back soon and bringing more people with us! Worth every penny! Oh and definitely bring climbing gloves for those rope ladder!!! They’re killer on your hands.

If you’ve been considering doing this, stop considering, and DO IT! I went with my husband and brother and it was absolutely thrilling! They both moaned about the price at first, but once we were done said it was totally worth every penny. Of course the zip lines were the most attracting obstacle, but completing the four high ropes challenges was extremely rewarding and empowering! You can have up to about ten people in each time group, but only three people can be on any platform at one time. So, I was glad it was just the three us making it easy to stay close and work together throughout.
Be sure to search for discount codes.
was offering one when we signed up!

My manager organized a team outing for us while she was in town. We wanted to do something fun and away from our desks as a way to get to know each other better and have a good time, so we decided to go to Go Ape.
They have great customer service — the staff is friendly and energized, so you know they are excited to be there. We had a staff member run us through a practice round of learning how to properly attach our carabiners for the various obstacles we were going to do. There’s a mini course you go through to practice everything a few feet off the ground before they let you go through the self-​guided course. There’s staff members walking the course below you in case you need help.
Everything is very clean and safe — as someone who loves hiking but doesn’t particularly seek out opportunities to test my fear of heights, I had no problem doing the obstacles once I went through a few of them. There’s a tarzan swing at the end where you have to jump off the platform and free fall for a few moments, and that was the most scary (and also the most fun) part of the course. There are 5 zip lines on the course, as well. After each zip line you climb a rope ladder to start the next segment of the course.
It took us about 2.5 hours to finish the course, and by the time it was over I was already wanting to go back and do it again. If you are looking for a fun activity to do with a team or a group of friends, this is a really great gem in Indianapolis!

For my husband’s birthday, I wanted to do something fun and out of the ordinary. I typed «adventures in Indiana» into Google, and came across Go Ape! I’m so glad I did! We had such a great time completing the course — it took us about three hours. For 3 hours of outdoor fun, I’d definitely say the price ($ 55/​adult) was worth it.
Our instructor at the beginning was very helpful and informative, and we felt very comfortable going into the course «alone.» (There are instructors wandering the grounds at all times, but you’re not directly supervised once you get going). Our «group» had 11 people, including my husband and I, so at times it was a bit slow waiting for the people in front of you to move ahead. No big deal, though. You’re outside, enjoying the fresh air, and most the time you’re up in the trees! Waiting isn’t too bad when you’ve got such a great view!
We’ll definitely be back again — next time with friends/​family I’m sure. I’m so glad to have discovered Go Ape!

I was looking for an outdoor adventure that would keep my not easily impressed nor amused brother entertained, and this was it! We’re both in our 20s and active, and found the course challenging in points, but easy enough to enjoy being outdoors in a gorgeous setting and talking to one another. Great experience and fun day outside!

Went here with my girlfriend after we had to change our vacation plans at the last minute and were scrambling around for things to do. It was great! We both had a lot of fun getting sore and dirty with each other. Some of the things that stood out:
–Great customer service. Being idiots from Illinois, we forgot about the time change and were 30 minutes late. But when we finally realized it we called ahead and they bumped us to the next slot even though it was already full. Awesome!
–The course itself was lots of fun. The obstacles are fairly easy for anyone of reasonable fitness to handle. Zip lines were long and awesome. The safety training was clear and brief and then the guides pretty much left us completely alone to go at our own pace and enjoy ourselves, huge plus in my mind. Course completely in the shade — we went in the middle of the day in late July and were not too hot at all. We did wear athletic clothes though.
–In total the course took just about 2 hours for us to complete — we were a group of 2 and we were the first people up in our time slot. If you are later in the order or go with a bigger group, it will take you a little longer.
All in all, lots of fun and for 55 a great value!

I was excited to find out about this hidden gem located in Eagle Creek Park after a friend of mine organized an adventure with Go Ape for our little group. Ordering a ticket was super easy, just go onto their website at
. For adults it is $ 55 and for kids it is $ 35. They have tons of times available.
When you get there you just have to fill out some paperwork, read the rules and sign your life away. They get you all geared up in your safety harness and have you practice hooking and unhooking the safety straps, which by the end of the adventure you feel like you could do in your sleep. They do give a little disclaimer before your hit the trail to make sure, once again you know that this could be dangerous. The best is that you have a whistle to blow in case of a 911 emergency (this will come into play later in my review).
There are a total of 5 courses to complete, each one starting to climb a rope ladder up to a platform and ending in a zip line. The first one is more of a practice run than anything, with it being only a couple of feet into the air.
On some of the courses you have the option of going on more difficult items or staying with the basic route. All in all even the difficult options are pretty easy, although if you are really out of shape it may be hard. There is even one course that has the option of walking on a beam, which after watching Dirty Dancing makes you want to sing…“Hey, hey baby” and do the little dance on it. Yes… there is video of me doing just this, I couldn’t help it, the movie was on before I left the house! :)
The final course requires the most upper body strength with a Tarzan swing into a rope net. One of my friends was out of upper body strength and required some assistance from one of the instructors. He seems surprised that we didn’t blow the 911 whistle to get his attention. My friends and I are all nurses so I guess our interpretation of 911 is pretty much none of us can do anything to save you, not that you are out of steam and can’t climb the rope. That being said, Chris saved the day and we were able to move on our way.
If you are untalented on the zip line like I am and come in every time backwards, then you will be wearing more mulch than if you had been gardening all day, but it is all in good fun. I felt that the course offered lots of variety and felt safe even though the instructors were hanging out on the ground keeping an eye on us rather than on the course with us. It can be a bit slow at times while waiting on the group to move through the course since only 3 people can be on one platform at a time for safety. Overall, it was a great adventure and worth the money. I would recommend you check Go Ape! The best is that if you go for a second adventure and bring back your completion certificate from the first time you get either a t-​shirt or Nalgene water bottle. Cha-​ching!