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PHOTO: Bungy Jumping, Queenstown
Auckland Bridge Climb
Walk the Auckland Harbour Bridge 7 days a week, 365 days of the year, with day, weekend and night climb options available. Climbs are conducted in groups of 12 each lead by an experienced guide who will conduct comprehensive pre-briefings and provide interesting and entertaining commentary throughout the 2 1/2 hour adventure.
Where: Auckland Harbour Bridge. Base Complex: Lower Curran St, West Haven
Cost: $65 weekdays, $65 weekends, $65 night climb on demand.
Bungy Jumping
No visit to New Zealand would be complete without flinging yourself from a high platform with just a giant elastic band round your ankles. Ok, so some of us have vowed never to do it, but if you want to there are several good spots to risk your sanity.
Where: Auckland, Taupo, Queenstown, Mangaweka and Hanmer Springs.
Cost: from $99 to $210.
Canyoning
The ultimate fun adventure sport, which challenges this vertical world with a hands-on approach that relies on skill and self-reliance. Under the watchful eye of an experienced guide you’ll make negotiate your way down the canyons, jumping into pools, sliding down waterfall shoots and abseiling down the larger waterfalls. The canyonz are set in the native forests, a great mix of adventure and scenery.
Where: Auckland, Coromandel, Queenstown, Wanaka and Christchurch.
Cost: From $165
Fly by Wire
World’s first adventure ride offering full pilot control of a high speed tethered plane suspended from an overhead suspension point.
Where: Paekakariki and Queenstown.
Cost: $99-$129.
Four wheel QUAD bikes
Guided four wheel bike tours, off road, around New Zealand farms and bush.
Where: Auckland, Paihia, Rotorua, Napier, Nelson, Queenstown and Wanaka.
Cost: From $30-$35.
Horse trekking
Get on your horse and drink in some of the best kept secrets of the countryside.
Where: Just about everywhere!
Cost: from $25 for two hours.
Glacier walks/helihikes
Helihikes, day walks, ice climbing on the glaciers.
Where: Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier
Cost: $85-$320.
Luge
A sophisticated go-cart which travels at great speed from the top of a downhill track.
Where: Rotorua and Queenstown
Cost: From $6.
Rock climbing
An exhilerating sport for all levels. Where: Christchurch and Wanaka
Cost: $100.
Zorbing
Roll downhill in a large plastic ball.
Where: Rotorua
Cost: From $49