NEWS RELEASE
TREETOP TREKKING
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Treetop Trekking has opened up its adventure parks for the 2020 season, providing a fun and active outdoor activity for people to enjoy close to home. The company has opened five of its six locations in Ontario so far and has adapted operations to meet COVID-19 requirements, while still providing a one- of-a-kind experience for guests.
While still delivering its popular forest adventure activities, guests can expect some changes at the Treetop Trekking parks including fewer people in the area at one time, staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizer being readily available, and augmented cleaning procedures.
“It hasn’t been an easy spring for us,” says Treetop Trekking Regional Manager, Jamie Hesser. “It really pained us when we had to close all of our parks and lay-off most of our staff in late March, just as we were preparing to open for the season.”
She went on to say, “Shortly after closing we shifted gears to planning and getting everything in place to be able to open up safely and responsibly, if or when we were to receive the opportunity.”
With the province now into Stage 2 of re-opening, Treetop Trekking has received the opportunity they were hoping, and the company hopes to salvage their summer and autumn season before closing up again in November.
“The next year is really going to be a challenge for us. We know we’ve lost pretty much all of our group clients such as schools, corporate groups, and summer camps for at least this season,” says Treetop Trekking Marketing Director, Mike Stiell. “We hope that over time the group market will begin to trickle back but for now we are focused more than ever on families and small groups of friends that are looking for a fun staycation activity close to the city,” he says.
Treetop Trekking has opened its adventure parks in Horseshoe Valley, Brampton, Hamilton, Stouffville, and the Ganaraska Forest between Port Hope and Peterborough for the 2020 season. The company’s Huntsville location remains closed for scheduled maintenance which they were not able to complete in the spring due to Covid-19.
Treetop Trekking offers a variety of outdoor adventure activities including Zipline and Aerial Game Treks where guests travel from tree top to tree top on a series of elements such as wooden bridges, balance logs, Tarzan swings, and ziplines. Some locations also offer Discovery Kids Courses starting at age 5 for younger guests to enjoy.
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