The Capilano Suspension Bridge Park

Finally a day that didn't promise rain for the first time in over a week, so decided to take the early bus up to Capilano. It is a free service, which is just great and picks up at a number of spots in town and drops off at the park. The main attraction of the park is the suspension bridge first constructed in 1889,  but there is lots more to see and do once there.
 
I went early as usually there are a lot less people and I like to enjoy a lot of these experiences as if the only one there, which I managed most of the time yesterday. It was still quite cool an there was a mist, so it gave much more ambience to the trees and the rainforest.
The suspension bridge spans the Capilano river and is quite amazing - check out it's stats on line - and like all good suspension bridges gets quite a movement up when there are people on it, which is fun. Once over there are a number of different paths to follow. One is a walk around the lower canopy of the rainforest on a built walkway, the other is a treetop walk on a walk built up in the canopy. Both walks provided lots of information about the rainforest, and being the only one on the walks most of the time, it was lovely to just be able to be with the trees.

The last part of the adventure is a cliff top walk, where an amazing walkway has been constructed on the side of the cliff with a semicircular section seeming to float over absolutely nothing. It was damp and misty, but very beautiful.


The whole park is beautifully cared for, with staff everywhere ensuring that the paths are cleared and the only thing to disturb the serenity was the sound of a chainsaw as they cleared and tidied. Apparently they had quite a spectacular light display there for the 2 weeks over the Christmas period and were full to capacity every night, I can imagine it is also filled to capacity in summer as there are interactive displays for the children and lots to see and do.