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  Queenstown, New Zealand This town is located on the South Island of New Zealand and is the base for all the adventurous activities  you would want to take when visiting New Zealand. The town has a wonderful town center with shops and restraunts of all cuisines, surrounded by a lot of hotels, apartments, expensive condos and  single family homes. It is no wonder that the houses in this town are built with one architectural theme...Face the lake and capture its views through large glazed window walls. Here is an example of one of the houses and the beautiful view in front of it! Stunning! We stayed at the Queenstown Sofitel which is conveniently located in central Queenstown. It is close to the shops, restraunts and tourist offices.  Plan to start the day by having a hearty breakfast and head over to the Skyline Queenstown for a Gondola ride to Bob's Peak. At the top, there is a viewing deck that allows you get some spectacular pictures of the Remarkable mountai...
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 New Zealand Adventures  Bungy Jumping   No trip to Queenstown, New Zealand  is complete without experiencing the Bungy Jump by A. J. Hackett.  In their website they describe the origin of this event as follows:                                              The Bungy Origins Bungy began with a small group of adventurous people in Vanuatu. For centuries, they would fearlessly fling themselves from huge towers with merely a few vines tied around their feet. They called it ‘land-diving’, and legend says that it started when a mistreated wife threw herself from a tall tree, saving herself with the vines while the husband fell to his death. The event was reconstructed annually, only by women. Eventually men would join in to prove their courage, and the tradition is upheld to this day. Then in t...
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Adventure activities in New Zealand 2025 Paragliding and Jet boat Ride Lake Wakatipu  If you like action and adventure, the perfect place to visit is Queenstown, New Zealand. This town is located in the South island and is nestled amongst within the Remarkable's mountain range. It is an extremely popular tourist destination, during both summer and winter, and offers  all types of  activities. The town sits on beautiful Lake Wakatipu, which is very large, deep and shaped like a lightning bolt. The translation of this Maori name is "hollow of the sleeping giant".  Because of its unusual shape, Lake Wakatipu has a 'tide' or "standing wave", which causes the water to rise and fall about four inches every 25 minutes or so. Maori legend links this phenomenon to the heartbeat of a huge monster named Matau, who is said to be slumbering at the bottom of the lake.   Queenstown is a perfect base which allows access to a variety adventurous and exciting ventures suc...
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Location: 90 Ti Kouka Street, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand
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Milford Sound , New Zealand

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       Milford Sound, New Zealand  Action and Adventure town If you like action and adventure, the perfect place to visit is  the South island of New Zealand. It is an extremely popular tourist destination, during both summer and winter, and offers  all types of  activities. The South island is is well known for its mountain range called    Kā Tiritiri o te Moana  in Māori or the Southern Alps as named by the explorer James Cook. The range is rugged and is part of the Ring of Fire. You can see the sudden change in the topography and scenery as you fly from the North island to the South. The rolling hills and flatter terrain changes to more rugged landscape  Flying into Queenstown needs skillful piloting as you descend between the mountain ranges.  The airport is only five miles from the town and is easily accessible  by taxi or local busses. There are plenty of hotels and rental apartments, which can be booked di...
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Location: 8X72+XW Milford Sound, Southland Region, New Zealand
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New Zealand North Island

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  New Zealand North Island   Air New Zealand  The next segment of flights was also long as we flew from Singapore to Auckland, had a few hours break and then flew from Auckland to Rotorua.  The flight from Singapore to Auckland was 10 hours while the flight from Auckland to Rotorua was 1 hour. The flight and the service on Air New Zealand was very good. Once again, we chose the Premium Economy bulkhead seats which gave us the freedom to get up without restriction. I suggest doing that if you are not flying business class.  Bulkhead Seats Bulkhead Seats New Zealand is comprised of two distinct islands with different climatic conditions, geography and weather. The North Island is hilly and temperate. The South Island is more mountainous and has a different geography and climate than the North i...
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