Capilano Suspension Bridge Park Is Waiting To Thrill Visitors
When visiting Holiday Inn North Vancouver there are so many things to do and see, one of these is the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. This is a place that will thrill the senses with the natural beauty, the fun and excitement of a park that hold seven bridges for walking. The largest of these bridges has been a tourist attraction since the original one was built by George Grant Mackay in 1889. The Capliano Suspension Bridge is 450 feet across and 230 feet above the Capilano River. This is sure to please the family or the business person that needs a little time out with the history and thrilling sites of the Capilano Park.
Other features that guests of the Holiday Inn North Vancouver will find exciting at the park is the live music, the history that is there along with totem poles craved by the First Nations artists, guided nature tours and carving demonstrations. There is the rainforest explorer program especially for children, and a gift shop for the adults.
This is not only a look into nature but it is a way to relax and learn about the rainforest during a stay at the Holiday Inn North Vancouver. The Living Forest in this park is not only a wondrous look at nature’s trees and other plant life there are also interactive displays that have facts about the trees and other plant life. This makes walking the Living Forest with the family an educational way to relax. There are also bug boxes that show just what bug life does day to day in the forest and a Naturalist’s Notebook that are panels to illustrate life in ponds and the fallen tree.
One of the most exciting things to do in the park is the Treetops Adventure, this is a series of bridges that have been built going from one Douglas Fir tree to another, and this gives the view of the park as well as the things that go on in nature that might not be seen otherwise. There are some of these bridges reach as high as 100 feet in the air and have been built using custom engineered steel cables to protect the Douglas Fir trees and yet give the visitors a birds eye view of the park and landscape.
The Capilano Suspension Bridge Park one of the amazing sites in North Vancouver that should not be missed during a stay at the Holiday Inn North Vancouver whether it is with the family for vacation or on a business trip.
