How a
tandem skydive works.
From check-in to a safe landing: here you’ll find out what to expect during your tandem skydive. You don’t need any previous experience – your tandem instructor guides you through the entire process.
Choose your tandem skydive date
You can select your preferred date directly online. We review your booking request and then confirm it. During the booking process, you can also decide whether you would like photos or a video of your tandem skydive.
You can find the available media packages in our price overview. We strongly recommend adding photo or video during your online booking – booking on the day or afterwards is significantly more expensive.
Arrival, briefing and equipment
When you arrive at the drop zone, our team welcomes you and explains the complete process in a briefing of around 15 minutes. You’ll learn how to position yourself during the exit, in free fall and for landing. No previous experience is required.
We provide your jumpsuit, goggles and – depending on the weather – a cap at no extra charge. The goggles can also be worn over prescription glasses. Your tandem instructor then fits your harness and checks that everything is correctly adjusted.
Friends and family are of course welcome to accompany you to the drop zone and watch your jump.
Flying up to exit altitude
Together with your tandem instructor, you board the aircraft. The climb usually takes around 10 to 15 minutes. It’s your chance to enjoy the view from above and get ready for the jump ahead.
Shortly before reaching exit altitude, your tandem instructor goes through the procedure with you once more and checks your harness. Only when everything is right and the conditions are suitable do you move to the door. Safety remains the highest priority throughout your tandem skydive.
Exit and free fall.
At exit altitude, the aircraft door opens. Once you’re cleared to jump, you leave the aircraft together with your tandem instructor. Within just a few seconds, you accelerate to around 200 km/h.
Free fall lasts approximately 50 seconds. This is what makes a tandem skydive so extraordinary: the speed, the wind and the feeling of falling freely through the sky.
Parachute flight and safe landing
Once the parachute opens, everything becomes much calmer. From around 1,300 metres above the ground, you glide over the landscape together with your tandem instructor. If conditions allow, you may even be able to take the steering toggles yourself for a while under guidance.
If you’d like a little more action, you can ask your tandem instructor for a few turns or spirals. After around 5 to 7 minutes under the parachute, you prepare for landing together. Your tandem instructor handles the key steps and brings you safely back to the drop zone. You did it – welcome to the club of skydivers.
Your tandem skydive on video and in photos
If you’ve booked a photo or video package, your jump will be professionally captured. That way, you can relive the exit, free fall and all the emotions afterwards – and share the experience with family and friends.
After the jump, you’ll receive your footage digitally together with your certificate. You can see which photo and video packages are currently available in our price and package overview.
Want to know more?
Here you’ll find the most important information about our drop zones, prices and available jump dates.