City Slickers

Saleve. Photo: saleveairlines.com

City slickers: Salève

Half an hour from Geneva airport, the Télépherique du Salève will whisk you and your paraglider up to one of the three take-offs in minutes
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Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Nader Couri

City slickers: Rio de Janeiro

Justifiably famous, the ramp at Pedra Bonita, Rio de Janeiro sees 200 tandem hang glider launches a day in high season
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Miraflores, Lima, Peru. Photo: Thomas Schwarzer

City Slickers: Lima

In a pleasant grassy city cliff-top park in the Miraflores suburb of Lima, is a paraglider launch. This is true urban flying!
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Sydney, Australia. Photo: Wills Wing

City Slickers: Sydney

Several paragliding sites dot the northern beaches and western hills around Sydney, but it is Stanwell Park in the south that is most famous
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Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Ruben Montoya

City Slickers: Medellin

The take-off above Medellin is smooth and easy, sculpted by bulldozers and carpeted with lush grass
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Paragliding in Tehran. Photo: Erfan Kouchari

City Slickers: Tehran

Iran’s capital Tehran has an active population of paraglider pilots, with flying sites in the hills surrounding the city
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