Zip Nac

The newest thrill in the oldest town in Texas awaits your arrival!

Fly through the air with the greatest of ease. A daring "young-at-heart" zipper sailing through the trees!

A typical tour consists of two professionally trained guides escorting a group between 2 to 10 zippers. (A "zipper" is a person enjoying the thrill of riding an elevated pathway through the sky made up of cables and a suspension bridge strung from tree to tree, or platform to tree, or tree to platform.) Zip Nac is a Canopy Tour which means once you start the course your feet will not touch the ground until you have completed the excursion.

After completing waivers the tour begins with Zip Nac guides assisting zippers into the zip-lining attire (harness, gloves and helmet . You will be asked to secure long hair, loose clothing and jewelry; and of course, wear closed-toed-shoes (tennis shoes, etc.). It is highly recommended you utilize restroom facilities prior to being harnessed.

You will then step outside to our "Forever Bench" (ask Larry why he named it that) to take a "before" picture with your group. Next comes "ground school" where you will learn about Zip Nac's course and actually practice zipping on a low cable. You will learn control techniques such as steering and braking. Once you have passed "ground school" you will begin the zip tour which consists of 5 lines and a sky-bridge.

Larry and Susan (owners) gave names to each of the lines, beginning with Prelude, the cable in Ground School. It is 85' long.

The first line, Bravo, is over 50' in height and is 285' long. You will climb six flights of stairs to get to the top. The stairs have landings at the top of each flight along with hand rails. Except for the stairs, you will be belayed (secured to an anchor point) at all times.

From Bravo, you will zip through the trees down Andante's 320' line. You will soar through an opening in tree branches, Susan's favorite.

A sixty foot sky bridge called "Bridge" (isn't that creative?) takes you to the platform leading to Allegro, which is 400' long.

From there you will travel 3 flights of stairs to the top of Finale. Finale has two, side-by-side lines, conducive to racing another zipper down the 900' lines to the finish.

Zip Nac opened in July 2011 and is inspected and certified annually to the new ANSI standards for zip-lines with memberships in both the Association of Challenge Course Technology and PRCA. The course with built with safety in mind, and was designed utilizing a double cable, double trolley system. The cable is 1/2" galvanized aircraft cable. Ironically, Susan has a fear of heights. Susan and Larry have zipped several other zip-line courses. Features from those facilities which made Susan feel more secure were incorporated into the Zip Nac course, making it a great "first-time-to-zip-line" experience.

Normal tour is $40 plus tax person. Group rates, Birthday, Graduation and Anniversary Packages available. Special pricing for nonprofit groups. Call 936-645-5094 for details.

Once you zip Zip Nac, you will want to return with friends and family. You will also want to "zip" at night, a totally different exhilaration than the daytime. "Scare in the Air" at Halloween, "Zipping Wonderland" at Christmas and "Couples Newlywed Zip" at Valentines have become holiday favorites.