World's Longest Zipline in Tropical Malaysian Borneo

The World’s Longest Zip Line is available in Sabah Malaysia and has been in operation since May 2014.  This is also a bigger-scale version of the flying fox that enables users to traverse from the top to the bottom of a cable attached to a moving pulley that will give the thrill of literally sailing from the air from one island to another at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park just minutes by boat from Kota Kinabalu city. Stretching across the channel that divides Gaya and Sapi Island, Coral Flyer Zipline is an amazing 250m (820 Feet) of thrilling ziplining that will give you an amazing view of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park from a birds eye view. Coral Flyer is also operated under the company Rope Skills, a renowned Sabah-based rope rigging and safety company who has a tried and tested record of reliable safety, ensuring that you’re in good hands throughout your flight on Coral Flyer.

Coral Flyer Zipline allows, in ideal conditions, blazing speeds of up to 65 km/h, zooming from Gaya Island where it starts, down to Sapi Island where it ends in perfect safety, thanks to high-tech break technology supplied by ZipStop from the USA. The Sabah zip line enables visitors to cross the narrow straits between both islands in about 30 to 40 seconds. Ropeskills Rigging director Simon Amos said the starting point of the line was atop a hill at Pulau Gaya, about 45m above sea level, and riders gradually descend to a 8m-high platform at Pulau Sapi. “The ride is an adrenaline rush. You’re seeing the sea and having the experience of flying,” he said, adding that it took his company about six months to build the zip line.

For safety, the company practices top safety procedures where staff working here are either ARAA (Australian Rope Access Association) qualified as professional rope technicians or hold the SEACF (South East Asian Climbing Federation) Ropes Course Instructor qualification (level 2). The zip line operates between 10am and 4pm daily but the company could operate after these hours upon request. The company previously earned a reputation for providing rigging during Prince William and Kate Middleton’s visit to the Danum Valley, 83km southwest of Lahad Datu, in 2012, and for renowned British naturalist Sir David Attenborough’s filming of Sabah’s wildlife at Gomantong Caves, outside Sandakan, earlier this year.

For the adventurous, you can opt to do some jungle trekking from Gaya Island Base Camp to Padang Point on Pulau Gaya, then zip line to Sapi Island. Tickets for the zipline is also available at Padang Point. The structure of Coral Flyer is made of stainless steel high-strength cables that can hold 12 tons (26,000 lbs) of weight. The harness and attachment have a strength of 2.2 tons (4,850 lbs) at the weakest point, so it can even zipline a horse across the sea without problem. The estimate construction and operation cost of Coral Flyer is about RM500,000.

Coray Flyer Zip Line Ticket Prices and Information

Zip Line Price: RM50 (USD$16, not including island entrance fee and boat transfer from/to Kota Kinabalu)
Opening hours: 10am to 4pm daily
Maximum Weight: 120 Kg (265 lbs)
Minimum Weight: 40 Kg (88 lbs)
Age: No limit
Ticket Counters: Entrance of Sapi Island and Padang Point on Gaya Island
Website: Coral Flyer

source: malaysiatravelnews