Boabab smoothies in the jungle

Boabab smoothies in the jungle | Eden Project

Hurtling through the air on a zip wire 660m in the air, trekking through a sweltering rainforest and settling for the night in an old ship container. I felt like a proper adventurer, actually I was beginning to believe that I was the female Indiana Jones...in England.

Preparing for the Sky Wire

England is not known for its rainforests so this adventure unfurled in the Eden Project in Cornwall. It is an absolutely fascinating place and a great one to seek adventure on your home turf. I hopped from one world to the next in the space of a couple of metres. I started off in the classic British herb garden, then found myself surrounded by lemons in the Mediterranean biome and finally I entered the tropical biome.

The herb garden and the lemon trees seemed fairly familiar but the jungle was so exciting with new sights, smells and sounds. Dwarfed by majestic trees, crawled on by ants and splashed by waterfalls, each turn of the winding path brought exciting discoveries.

There was a wooden shack nestled under the banana trees that was offering boabab smoothies. The ingredients advertised were pineapple, coconut milk, mint, panela sugar and of course boabab. Always curious to try a new flavour, I immediately purchased one. The smoothie was a lovely mix of tropical fruit and the boabab came through as an almost earthy flavour to balance the sweetness of the other fruit.

Admittedly Indiana Jones is too busy to stop off for smoothies on his adventures but one of the joys of exploring is to taste new flavours. So if you're craving adventure on a budget, why not explore the Eden project? It's more than just a garden, it's another world.

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