Tandem skydiving in Rarogne, Valais, over the Rhone Valley

It’s a chance to overcome your fears by stepping out of your comfort zone. Dare to do the impossible. Skydiving can change your life

First, when you arrive at Raron airport, you’ll be assigned an instructor-pilot from start to finish. He’s the one who gives you all the equipment you need for safety, with a harness adapted to your size. Secondly, your instructor will instruct you on how to position your arms and head during freefall. Then you take your place in the plane with your instructor-pilot. The aircraft at the end of the runway begins to roll, picking up speed and taking off rapidly with several tandems on board. The mood is jovial as we wait to reach the jump altitude of 4000 m. As you climb, you can see the Rhône plain below you. Then the plane’s pilot calls the GO, meaning you can jump. Your instructor-pilot performs a final check before moving towards the aircraft door. Then you both propel yourselves out of the cabin. Speed accelerates rapidly to almost 200 km/h. An adrenalin rush takes over you for a second, and you hold your breath for a moment. We’re doing great! The freefall lasts about 50 seconds, and the cameraman following you films the entire freefall. You reach 1500 m altitude and it’s time for the pilot to open the parachute.
Then comes an almost total silence and you realize that you’ve taken that leap and overcome your fear. Your pilot makes a very soft landing on the Rarogne dropzone. To preserve this memory, don’t forget to order a video or photos when you book on our website. If you’d like to take the plunge, but are still hesitating, then the flight simulator is for you. Today’s technology makes it possible to simulate freefall in a wind tunnel with virtually the same sensations. We have two free-fall simulators, one in Sion and the other in Winterthur.

On the Swissraft website, you’ll find a dozen dropzones in Switzerland at various airfields.

What’s more, we also have a dropzone at Sion airport. But also at Bex airfield in the canton of Vaud. We do parachute jumping at Écuvillens and Épagny in the canton of Fribourg. But also to Interlaken from a helicopter and to Reichenbach airfield from a plane. We also jump from Beromünster and Triengen airfields in the canton of Lucerne. At the same time, we do a tandem jump at Colombier on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel. In fact, we do tandem parachuting in the canton of Solothurn from Grenchen airfield.
We also have a dropzone at Sitterdorf airfield in Thurgau. But also at Locarno-Magadino airfield in Ticino. And in Germany from Rottweil near Basel.

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In the canton of Fribourg, at Écuvillens airfield, you’ll make a tandem parachute jump that will remain etched in your memory.

Skydiving is an experience that can change your life and introduce you to other passions.

Your instructor and pilot welcomes you to our dropzone at Écuvillens airfield. First you do a few exercises to learn how to behave during the jump. Then we’ll give you protective goggles, a helmet and possibly a suit. It’s normal to be a little nervous. Your worries fade as soon as you enter the plane with your pilot. He has a few thousand jumps under his belt, and that’s reassuring. On the way up, admire the panoramic view of the Fribourg Pre-Alps. After about 20 minutes of ascent, it’s time for the big jump into the void. You approach the aircraft door. Your pilot performs a final check before propelling you out of the aircraft. You experience an impressive freefall of around 50 seconds, during which you get an adrenalin rush like no other. Then the pilot opens the parachute, and it’s ecstasy… You enjoy the rest of the flight without any stress, and land smoothly on the Écuvillens dropzone. Don’t forget to order your video to keep a souvenir of this extraordinary experience. For those who want a similar experience, but without the risk, we offer a free-fall simulator. There’s a free-fall simulator in Sion in the Valais, and another in Winterthur near Zurich.

We have a number of dropzones in French, German and Italian-speaking Switzerland.

Still in the canton of Fribourg, we jump at Épagny en Gruyère airfield. Similarly, in the Bernese Oberland, we parachute from a helicopter at Interlaken and from a plane at Reichenbach. But also in the canton of Lucerne from Beromünster and Triengen airfields. On the one hand, we have a dropzone in the canton of Neuchâtel at Colombier airfield. We also jump from Bex airfield in the canton of Vaud. We also offer tandem jumps in the canton of Solothurn from Grenchen airfield. We also do tandem jumps in Valais at Rarogne airfield and Sion airport. We also have a dropzone in Eastern Switzerland at Sitterdorf airfield. And a dropzone in Ticino at Locarno-Magadino airfield. But also in Germany, near Basel, where we made a tandem parachute jump from Rottweil airfield.

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