A man in his 50s crashed his glider in the Mornington Peninsula National Park off Flinders on Sunday afternoon. Credit:Googleearth

A man in his 50s has been rescued after being trapped eight metres above the ground when he crashed a paraglider in the Mornington Peninsula National Park.

A witness said the man was waiting for an up draft before plummeting toward earth.

Emergency services were called to the scene at Golf Links Road, Flinders, on Sunday afternoon trying to get access to the man who was trapped for more than three hours.

It is understood the man fell about 20 metres and became tangled in trees at the base of a cliff which is used as a launching ramp by paragliders and hang gliders.