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World’s Longest Treetop Walkway is Shaped Like a Giant Egg!

11/15/2012
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    If you want to see the world as the birds and bees do, you might want to head over to Germany, where the world's longest tree top walk was recently unveiled. Winding from the ground around three giant fir trees with a circumference of 38 meters each, the timber ramp is more than 500 meters long and 44 meters tall. Located in Neuschönau amid the spectacular <a href="http://www.baumwipfelpfad.by/bwp_en/index.php">Bavarian Forest National Park</a>, the tree top walk is wheelchair accessible, so everyone in the family can come along.
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    The world's longest walkway winds around three giant Fir trees in Germany
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    The egg-shaped structure is constructed primarily with wood
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    The walkway is 500 meters long
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    Rails and nets keep users safe while also creating a sense of adventure
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    The walkway is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    Wheelchair accessible, it has a grade of no more than 6%
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    Rope and wooden bridges are available at three stations along the way - just to up the ante a little bit
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    See nature the way the birds and bees do
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    The fir trees each have a circumference of 38 meters
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    Mosses, insects, small birds and other critters call this place home
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    The egg-shaped structure stands quietly amid the Bavarian and Bohemian forest
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    Information points are available along the way
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  • Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park
    Once visitors reach the 44m top platform, views of the mountains of Lusen and Rachel abound!
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Tree Top Walkway in the Bavarian Forest National Park

If you want to see the world as the birds and bees do, you might want to head over to Germany, where the world's longest tree top walk was recently unveiled. Winding from the ground around three giant fir trees with a circumference of 38 meters each, the timber ramp is more than 500 meters long and 44 meters tall. Located in Neuschönau amid the spectacular Bavarian Forest National Park, the tree top walk is wheelchair accessible, so everyone in the family can come along.

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