Adrenaline Combination - How Far Can You Push Yourself?

There is no shortage of exhilarating activities in Queenstown to give you a genuine adrenaline rush. Parasailing, paragliding, jet boating, canyon swinging, river surfing, sky diving, quad biking, kayaking, rafting, hang gliding, bungy jumping, clay target shooting, flyboarding, heli skiing… how much can you fit in?

For a high speed, hair raising rush, you cannot go past jet boating. Travel at speeds of up to eighty-five kilometres an hour across waters as shallow as ten centimetres, do dizzying 360 degree spins, bounce over rapids and thrill to the roar of the high-powered jet engines. K Jet, Thunder Jet and Shotover Jet all offer thrilling jet boat packages that will thrill you.

While jet boating is awesome, some say that white water rafting is every bit as thrilling. There’s something special about shooting through rapids in a small raft and navigating to stiller calmer waters that’s sure to get your adrenaline pumping. The Shotover River White Water Rafting Tour offers an adrenaline pumping white water challenge of six rapids and the intimidating challenge of navigating through the one hundred and seventy metre long Oxenford tunnel. It’s fast, challenging and – at times – a little scary, but loads of fun.

When you are done with water activities, you can continue the momentum by jumping and free falling from as high as fifteen thousand feet with NZone, the best skydive operators in New Zealand. NZone offers tandem sky diving – meaning that you will be safely in the hands of a highly skilled skydiver when you jump. Regardless, your courage will be tested as you freefall for what seems like an eternity (all of sixty seconds) and plummet earthward at speeds approaching two hundred kilometres an hour, before your skydive jumpmaster deploys your tandem canopy at the right time to guide you safely to earth.

There is more free falling to be had when you travel to the Nevis Bungy Jump. The highest bungy jump in New Zealand is a true test of nerve, towering one hundred and thirty four metres over the wild Nevis River. Jumpers have been measured falling to earth at speeds of close to one hundred and thirty kilometres an hour! This is a real buzz for adrenaline junkies, and if you love bungy jumping, it is a must do. Other bungy jumps worth doing include the forty-three metre Kawarau Bridge Jump and the forty-seven metre Ledge. You can take all three jumps in one day by taking the AJ Hackett Thrillogy combo.

Most of these adrenaline-generating activities can be combined in package deals.
The Skydive, Heli Raft – Shotover Freefall Package includes

• A tandem skydive with Nzone from 9000 ft. You can also upgrade to 12,000 ft or 15,000 ft
• Jet boat down the Shotover River with Shotover Jet, renowned for being the world’s most exciting jet boat ride
• Spectacular helicopter flight into the launch site for the rafting, located deep inside Skippers Canyon
• White water rafting down the Shotover River.
• Hot shower & a sauna

Alternatively, the Awesome Foursome Combo includes

• AJ Hackett Nevis Highwire Bungy Jump (134 m)
• Jet boat down the Shotover River with Shotover Jet
• Spectacular helicopter flight into the launch site for the rafting, located deep inside Skippers Canyon
• White water rafting down the Shotover River.
• Hot showers and a sauna

These adrenaline combination packages are designed to give you the best possible thrill value – can you push yourself to meet the challenge?