Visitors to the Eden Project will have a chance to trek across an aerial rope bridge, shelter from tropical rain and travel through clouds when a new rainforest walkway opens this month. 

The Weather Maker is the latest phase of the Rainforest Canopy Walkway and will enable everyone to explore the world’s largest indoor rainforest from the treetops.

Construction of the development in the Rainforest Biome is nearing completion and will be officially opened on Saturday, March 18, with a weekend of activities including aerial acrobatics.

The Weather Maker has been developed with academic support from the Met Office and University of Exeter and includes a wobbly rope bridge stretching 23 metres across the canopy between two of the tallest trees in the 50 metre-high Biome.

There’s also a ’Rainforest Research Camp’ displaying the latest research from scientists at the University of Exeter who are working in the tropics exploring links between climate change and rainforests.

The Climate Platform will feature an installation that explores the relationships between the atmosphere and the climate.

For a video of the Rain Shack, see https://youtu.be/gqeeC0z7wRY .