Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure, with a course at Margam Country Park, near Port Talbot, has been announced winner of the Responsible Tourism award category in the TravelMole 2009 Web Awards.

Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure, with a course at Margam Country Park, near Port Talbot, has been announced winner of the Responsible Tourism award category in the TravelMole 2009 Web Awards.

TravelMole, the largest global online community for the travel and tourism industry, announced the winners and presented trophies on Wednesday 24 June 2009 at an awards ceremony attended by around 200 people from across the industry at Canada House in London.

Go Ape beat three other companies to the winning spot. Marcus Falconer, Go Ape marketing manager, says: "We're really pleased to get recognition from the travel industry for the work that we do and the quality of our brilliant new website. The website is proving a big hit with our tribe of gorillas and baboons and has great new features such as Flickr and Youtube feeds, video footage, a course finder and the new Banana Blog."

The sixth annual awards, voted for by TravelMole subscribers and judged by an independent panel of travel and tourism experts, received over 300 nominations and more than 15,000 votes were cast.

Notes about Go Ape:

Go Ape High Wire Forest Adventure now has 22 locations across the UK. Made up of wood, rope and super-strong wire, Go Ape is a giant obstacle course where you can monkey around with your family, friends and colleagues. You will be taking part in a unique award-winning adventure that involves climbing rope ladders, walking rope bridges, crawling through wooden tunnels and zipping to the ground on the popular Go Ape zip slides.

Go Ape courses are open until 31 October (closed Tuesdays during term time) and weekends only in November. Minimum age to Go Ape is 10 and minimum height 4ft 7in. under 18yr olds must accompanied by a participating adult. See website for full details.

Visit goape.co.uk or call 0845 643 2034 to book your visit.