Swakopmund Parachuting
Parachuting in Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia
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Ground Rush Adventures
Ground Rush Adventures is based in Swakopmund and owns and flies two Cessna 206 U-model aircrafts complete with handles and roll up doors that make it more comfortable to use for skydiving. Ground Rush Adventures has Experienced Tandem Masters and Accelerated Freefall Instructors and Static Line Instructors that are available for instruction and skydiving courses. Come and experience the thrill and adrenalin rush of jumping out of a plane, free falling, releasing your chute and floating gently down to earth - there's nothing like it. Ground Rush Adventures / Skydive Swakopmund are open 7 days a week all year round.
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Ground Rush Adventures Tandem Skydiving
Ground Rush Adventures Tandem Skydiving in Swakopmund offer Tandem skydiving from the drop zone in the Namib desert. Before skydiving you receive training from your tandem master and then proceed to the aircraft for an exhilarating and breathtaking scenic flight up to 10 000 feet above Swakopmund and the surrounding area. After a cross check and last debriefing you head for the aircraft shuttle door and fall from the aircraft towards the ground at a speed of approximately 200km/h. After about 30 seconds of free fall the tandem master will deploy the parachute and you will float gently down to earth under a fully inflated parachute and till you reach ground zero - there's nothing like it - you'll want to go again.
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Ground Rush Adventures Courses
Ground Rush Adventures Courses in Swakopmund offer courses in Accelerated Freefall and Static Line skydiving. The Accelerated Freefall program offers one-on-one instruction, with intensive ground training and direct, in-air supervision and basic body flight and canopy skills. The Static Line course 6 hour training includes learning how equipment works and how to fly and land a parachute safely. After training, the student is taken to the Drop Zone in the Namib Desert and will be taken up to 3000 feet after which the student will drop from the static line open the chute and float gently back to earth - pure exhilaration.