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 such as  Paragliding, Bungee Jumping, Jet boat riding, Segway rides and Diving in lake Wakatipu. This blog and the attached video clips shows the fun you can have when you come down here. So, Lets get started. 

GFORCE Paragliding

https://nzgforce.com/fly-with-us/

Your iconic Queenstown adventure must begin by soaring in the skies above the mountains. Depending on the direction of the winds the adventure can take place above Lake Wakatipu or Coronet peak. The adventure begins by the crew getting you properly fitted up with the harness, helmets etc. 


 You ride tandem with the guide operator who is extremely skilled at his job and who takes you over the mountains, catching the winds. We had a perfect sunny day and the feeling of peace and calm is surreal. Towards the end the guide takes you on some wild swings which are thrilling. 


They take  a lot of Photographs and videos up in the air, which they hand over to when you land. The landing maneuver is pitch perfect and its a ride I would thoroughly recommend to all who visit Queenstown. 
The link to my paragliding ride is shown below

https://youtu.be/cjiiqyRwVr0

Shotover Jet 


In order to get the best out of these rides look at the weather report for a clear day and book these early. The Shotover jet ride is offsite on Shotover river. They provide transportation from Queenstown and this is the best way to get there. 


 



 


jet boat drivers are extremely skilled at their work.  







The ride is really awesome. This thrilling jet boat ride  takes place in the Shotover canyon with high rock walls. The boats fly down the canyon at very high speeds and the  highly skilled drivers take the boats within inches of the canyon walls. They do numerous 360 degree spins within the narrow canyons. Its high speed all the way and its a good thing you are strapped in well. The river in the canyon is surprisingly shallow as you can see from the photos. For more information visit the Shotover Jet website at: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XNheBokLMQ

https://www.shotoverjet.com/.






Location: 90 Ti Kouka Street, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand

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