Hurtling through the air past landmarks like the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament may seem like enough of a view for anyone.

But visitors to the world’s longest and fastest urban zipline can now also soar more than 5,000ft above sea level through the Hajar mountain range of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates.

The world’s first augmented reality zipwire has just opened in London and promises to transport the capital’s high-fliers to even greater elevations, if only virtually.

Ras Al Khamiah is home to world’s longest zipwire, the Jebel Jais Flight zipline, named after the highest mountain in the UAE, from which thrill seekers are flung 1.7 miles at speeds of 100mph through a dramatic, if featureless desert-scape.

To capture the experience, the ride has been filmed in 3D, and loaded into a virtual reality headset, so that once riders have pushed off from the London tower, they are visually transported thousands of miles away.