The Kelpies Experience 2025
Take on a unique adventure with The Kelpies Experience for World Horse Welfare.
Date: Sunday 24th August 2025 or Sunday 14th September 2025
Venue: The Kelpies, Helix Park, Grangemouth, Falkirk FK2 7ZT
What’s included: 90-minute immersive climbing and abseil experience
Minimum fundraising target: £250
The Kelpies Experience is the first-ever guided aerial exploration of the world’s largest equine sculptures. Embark on an exhilarating climb to the horse’s mouth via a network of cables, ladders, and suspended platforms. Then, feel the thrill as you descend with a free-hanging abseil or the breathtaking QuickFlight rope drop! Climb inside these iconic sculptures and uncover the history and stories behind these magnificent artworks.
World Horse Welfare Baron and his friend Duke were artist Andy Scott’s inspiration for the iconic 100-foot-high sculptures, The Kelpies. Gentle giant Baron came into the care of our charity in 2000 as part of a large welfare case where 30 neglected horses were rescued on welfare grounds. Having been nurtured back to health by our team, handsome Clydesdale Baron was rehomed to Glasgow City Council as part of our charity’s rehoming scheme, which gives horses like him a second chance at life. At Glasgow City Council he formed a heartwarming bond with Duke as they worked in partnership pulling a traditional dray. Baron and Duke were the perfect pair to pose for this tremendous work of art, as they are a magnificent international symbol of the gallantry of the traditional working horse. We are enormously proud of this wonderful association with the world’s largest and most impressive equine sculpture.
What’s involved?
The Kelpies Experience involves climbing 25 meters to the mouth of The Kelpies using a series of seven ladders, cable crossing, suspended platforms, nets and aerial course features before descending back down to ground level either by abseil or a QuickFlight device (an automatic rope based descending device that provides an initial ‘free fall’ experience before lowering to the ground). The Kelpies Experience is mentally and physically challenging with high levels of height exposure, a requirement to climb ladders, crawl, crouch and walk across uneven and sloped terrain.
Please note: The event will be confirmed based on the most requested date, provided that we gather a minimum of 26 participants.
