• l’Eau d’Or (46 ft.)
• Tempesta (76 ft.)
• Hurricane (96 ft.)
• Oceana (50 ft.)
• Bridal Veil (17 ft.)

The gorge is 2 miles long, and running through it, the Tallulah River falls over 500 feet in less than a mile.

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Below Keyhole, three miles of moderate rapids bring you to a view of a large gray boulder on the right, with a nice rapid bending around left out of sight. Don’t go down this rapid blindly! This is Bull Sluice, which you should check very carefully before putting your body into its cauldron. Rafts can run Bull Sluice, but helmets and life vests should be worn. The Forest Service says rafters have been killed in Bull Sluice from hitting their heads. Kayaks also can run the Sluice, and an occasional solo open canoe makes it down. The only successful tandem run of the Sluice I have seen was (then) Governor Carter and yours truly. (Luck). Don’t try to run the Sluice tandem unless you place no value on your boat and legs. A swamping is almost sure to occur in the first drop, and if you stay in the canoe, you will be thrown suddenly forward when the canoe encounters the submerged rock halfway down the second drop. If you are out of the canoe, your sitting area will contact the rock, with unhappy results. After these dire warnings, if you insist on attempting the Sluice, come over the first diagonal drop headed directly toward the right side. The roller at the bottom of this first drop is a “keeper” at some levels and may hold you in for some time. A real bad scene.

The New Screaming Eagle is here! Banning Mills’ new 2,400-foot, plus zip-line with one of the world’s highest timber pole towers looking down at Snake Creek almost 300 feet below. It’s like stepping off a 30-story building. A world class eco-tour zipline and an experience of a lifetime that screams “adventure!” What a rush!

Now, you don’t have to leave the country to experience a true eco-zipline canopy tour. And if you think that you have experienced this at some other place, think again!! There is nothing like this in Georgia, the southeast United States or North America!  And Banning Mills is open all year long!

You’ve climbed up the 60-foot observation tower and are now standing on the first platform as you get checks, practice and rechecks on your equipment. You look at your canopy guide, who smiles and gives you the “thumbs up” and you hear “Are you ready?” Are you ready to challenge yourself on one of the longest and highest canopy tours in the world? With almost two miles of cable, bridges, tree houses and three wonderful towers with several places over 200 feet in the air, the phrase “tree flight” definitely applies. You will zip line and traverse the cable and lily pad bridges from tree platform to tree platform as well as crisscross up to six times over the beautiful Snake Creek Gorge. A true world class canopy tour!

As you go in and out and over the trees, take advantage of the bird’s eye view below. You may see one of our nesting pair of red tail hawks, a beautiful and slender gray heron or even an eagle. You might even catch a view of otters frolicking in the 100-foot wide cascading Snake Creek. Look for the paper mill ruins, too. It was one of ten mills that operated in the bustling 1800’s mill town of Banning. Your journey can end with a beautiful and scenic walk along Snake Creek, a hike in the beautiful setting along the ridges of the Gorge or with a 1,500-foot long, high-speed zip line that can reach speeds of 60 miles per hour. Then, the new Screaming Eagle, with a 100-foot tower and 2,400-foot plus of high-speed zip line. Unbelievable!! Unlike anything in the Northern Hemisphere.

We offer this fun and challenging adventure for groups as small as 2 to over 100 people. This is an ultimate fun and safe experience of a lifetime.

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