28 Jun 2017

From chopping trees to saving them

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 28 June 2017

Gary Coker has gone from chopping trees down to giving zip line tours through them.

Gary Coker's the Conservation Manager at Canopy Tours in Rotorua which started in 2012 as a tourist attraction and quickly committed to eradicating predators to regenerate bird life in the trees.

Gary talks to Jesse about changing his career from arborist to conservationist.

Canopy tours takes people on a zipline adventure through native bush

Swing bridges and platforms guide tourists through tree tops with Canopy Tour guides

Canopy Tours is an eco-tourism venture using profits to protect wildlife

Gary Coker is estimated to have guided 15 thousand tourists through the tour

Canopy Tours Conservation Manager Gary Coker with DOC Director General Lou Sanson

Tourists of all ages are able to take part in the adventure

Canopy Tours started operating in 2012 and was the 2016 NZ Tourism Awards Supreme Winner

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