1.Zhangjiajie glass bridge
The Zhangjiajie glass footpath is a skywalk bridge in Zhangjiajie, Hunan above wulingyuan area. The bridge built as an attraction for tourist has a glass bottomed and is transparent. When it was opened it was the longest and tallest glass bottomed bridge measuring 430 m in length and 6 m in width which is 300 m above ground.
It is designed to carry 800 visitors at a time. On September 2, 2016 just 13 days after the bridge was opened, the authorities put on a notice saying they were closing bridge due to overwhelming traffic of visitors.
It was designed to hold 800 people at a time and expected to be visited by 8,000 people per day but it attracted more than 80,000 people per day. The bungee here is 266 m in height which is considered to be highest bungee in the world.
2.Macau Tower
The Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center also known as Macau Tower is a tower located in Sé, Macau. The tower measures 338 m (1,109 ft.) in height from ground level to the highest point.
Its observation deck features views, restaurants, theatres, shopping malls, and skywalk, a walking tour around the outer rim. It offers best view of Macau and it also has been used for varieties of adventurous activities.
At 233 meters the Macau Tower tethered “sky jump” and bungee jump by AJ Hackett from the tower’s outer rim is one of the highest commercial sky jump in the world.
3.Kusma Bungee jump
The Kusma Bungee Jump lies in Baglung district of Nepal. It is part of Gandaki province and need to pass through popular tourist destination Pokhara to reach there.
The 520 meter suspension bridge connects two district: Parbat and Baglung. The bridge is based on Kaligandaki river which is also creates world’s deepest George.
The height of this Bungee Jump is 228 m. In addition to bungee jump you can find swing, sky chair, sky cycling, a giant ping and many more on this place.
4.Contra Dam
The Contra Dam, commonly known as the verzasca dam is an arch dam on the top of river in Val Verzasca of Ticino, Switzerland. It creates Lago di Vogomo 2 km upstream of Lake Moggiare and supports 105 MW Verzasca hydroelectric power station.
It was constructed between 1961 and 1965 and starting shortly after its reservoir was filled, a series of earthquakes related to its water load occurred until 1971. The dam is owned and operated by verzasca SA and is fourth tallest in Switzerland.
The dam became a popular bungee jumping venue after James bond stuntman jumped off it in opening scene of 1995 film golden eye a stunt voted as best movie stunt of all time in 2002 sky movies poll. This is ranked one of the highest bungee jump and is 220 meters.
5.Bloukrans Bridge
The Bloukrans Bridge is an arch bridge located near nature’s valley, Western Cape, South Africa. Constructed by Concor between February 1980 and June 1983, the bridge stands at a height of 216m above the Bloukrans River.
Its central span is 272 m and the bridge is 451 m in length in total. Its primary use is that of a road bridge, carrying national route N2. Bloukrans Bridge is the site of world’s highest commercial bridge bungee.
It is operated by face Adrenalin since 1997. The Bloukrans River below forms border between the Eastern and Western Cape provinces and is located in tsitsikamma region of garden route.
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