There are all kinds of ways to connect with nature, hiking, camping, kayaking, even zip lining.

Come with us around the mountains of Asheville as we plunge through the canopy with Navitat Adventures.

- Navitat is a zip line company here in Asheville, North Carolina.

We offer three different tours and they try to appeal to as many people as possible, families, adults, and beyond.

- Navitat was founded here in 2010 in the Asheville area.

I know that the owners looked around for a lot of places and found this gorgeous, spot out here that we call Moody Cove.

It's a piece of property that has been owned by the same family since pre-Civil War times.

They homesteaded it and it's just a gorgeous place that we are so thrilled to get to have.

- We chose this location simply because of its beauty and just saw the amazing potential that there was to build a zip line course like no other.

- So our full treetop tour is pretty awesome.

It's kind of your traditional canopy tour.

We're going from tree to tree on a single line system.

This was originally homesteaded.

There's lots of fruiting trees in the spring, so we see lots of beautiful flowers and really just awesome color change in the fall.

I would say our scenery really sets us apart.

- Our most popular tour is the Mountaintop Tour.

It's what we're known for here at Navitat.

It has three zip lines that range from 1100 feet to 3600 feet long.

It gives you amazing views of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the mountains out here.

Having side-by-side zip lines is a really unique feature of Navitat and our mountaintop course.

It allows two people to zip down the mountain together and will allow you to kind of soak up those views with someone next to you.

It's a really unique selling point for us.

- [Victoria] The Treetop Express Tour is great, especially if it's your first time zip lining or if you're zip lining with smaller children, we're able to accommodate about kids up to five years old and take 'em through the tour for their first time or if you have somebody who's elderly or not necessarily able to navigate one of our bigger courses, it's very accessible and easy for them to go through.

- We also offer RTV shadow tours.

So these are designed for guests who do not want to participate in the zip line tours or cannot for some reason, so they can accompany the rest of their family out on the tour, shadowing them in a guide-driven RTV.

It's a really fun experience.

It allows them to be part of the action without having to actually participate in the zip lining tour.

- One of my favorite things about being at Navitat is how accessible the tours can truly be.

I have tandemed with five-year-olds that are hardly tall enough to go on any other rides or roller coasters or anything like that in the world, but they just get to experience something so unique and fun.

My oldest guest was a 92 year old.

It was wonderful, we actually drove him between platforms to make sure that he could get to everything without having to walk.

Just love to make it as accessible as we can for people.

It's a joy.

- I like that we also got to like hike and learn about nature during our zip.

The zips are super high up, so it's not just like a backyard zip, get to go pretty fast.

- We have amazing views, the highest, the fastest, the longest lines.

This is what makes Navitat unique and I think our guides also have a big impact on our guests.

- The guides are very knowledgeable with everything from the animals that we have in the area, the plants that we have in the area, the history of the property, the history of Navitat, so they get kind of like a history lesson.

They also get some information and some education on the flora and fauna that we have in this region.

We do have a very unique area here, so we definitely like to give all of our guests that experience.

We'll have people come in and while they're checking in, they'll say, "I'm really nervous to do this.

I don't know if I want to do it."

Even from that point, they're able to make them feel a little bit easier about it, make them feel a little bit more comfortable about it, by saying that our guides are gonna be with them the whole time.

Our guides are very encouraging, so we definitely want to kind of push people past their comfort zone.

So we always wanna make sure that someone is having a good experience.

- My favorite part about Navitat is that it's about 240 acres here of just like pure untouched land, and it's rare to find that anywhere else.

The zip lines are very large and fast and fun.

- Asheville is a wonderful location for a zip line or any adventurous activity because we are nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, one of the most beautiful places on the planet and one of the most bio diverse places on earth.

Navitat, in particular, is in a beautiful, what we call an Appalachian-rich cove environment.

And of course, going from mountaintop to mountaintop and getting to look down at such a beautiful place is just breathtaking.

- Navitat Canopy Adventures is at 242 Poverty Branch Road in Barnardsville and they're open every day from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

To book your adventure, give them a call at 828-626-3700 or visit them online at navitat.com.