Rajasthan Gets Zipped

Move over Costa Rica, India is onto your game. The Neemrana Fort Palace hotel in Rajasthan now offers the country’s first zip line tour, which allows tourists to zip to five platforms and listen to local guides expound on the history of the forts and palaces below.

I suppose it’s a new twist on a long-running tourist money-spinner, though I doubt the history lectures are the main draw. More important, is the concept appropriate to the setting? This Guardian reviewer, who found the experience “fresh,” claims the environmental impact is minimal. It’s one thing to zip through jungles looking for howler monkeys; in this case, I think I’d prefer to explore the area by foot.

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