Queenstown Adventure Tour: 7 Days, New Zealand

Highlights

• Kawarau Bridge bungee (the original)
• Shotover Jet canyon runs
• Nevis Swing — 300m arc
• Tandem skydive window (weather-called)
• Milford Sound recovery day

Is it right for you?

Seniors

Not advised for seniors: Every day is built around a bungee jump, jet boat, canyon swing or skydive, so it calls for full fitness and comfort with real heights and g-forces

Getting around

Little walking; Not wheelchair accessible

From our own trip notes. Tell your captain about anyone's mobility, age or food needs and we confirm the details for your dates.

The story

Your journey outline

Each stage can cover one or more days. Tell us what you would change; your final itinerary is agreed before booking.

1. Stage 01 Arrive

   Land in Queenstown, where the runway sits between mountains and the landing is the day's first adrenaline for free. Settle in, then the Skyline gondola for dinner above the lake, partly for the view and partly to look down at tomorrow's terrain while you still feel calm about it.

2. Stage 02 Bungee Day

   The Kawarau Bridge, where commercial bungy was invented in 1988, forty-three metres over a green river with the option of being dipped in it. The jump itself takes about four seconds and the queue takes rather longer. Afterwards, a winery in the Gibbston valley to let the hands stop shaking.

3. Stage 03 Jet & Swing

   Two in one day. The Shotover Jet in the morning, a flat-bottomed boat through a narrow rock canyon at speed with full 360 spins and the walls closer than you will believe. Then the Nevis Swing in the afternoon: a 300-metre arc across a canyon, which is longer than it sounds.

4. Stage 04 Skydive Window

   Held for the skydive, and held specifically because it is weather-called. If the cloud is right you jump from 12,000 or 15,000 feet over the lake with the Southern Alps on the horizon. If it is not, you go to Arrowtown, a preserved gold-rush village, and we try again later in the week.

5. Stage 05 Milford

   The rest day, and it is only nominally restful. Out to Milford Sound through the Homer Tunnel for a cruise into the fiord, with cliffs a kilometre high and waterfalls everywhere. Roughly four hours of driving each way, which after three days of this is a genuine luxury.

6. Stage 06 Free Fall(back)

   Second weather window for anyone the sky refused earlier in the week. If the skydive has already happened, the alternative is the luge on the gondola hill, which is faster than it looks and unexpectedly competitive, or the canyon swing for a second and worse experience.

7. Stage 07 The Return

   Fly out of Queenstown. Seven days, four separate opportunities to distrust a harness, and a resting heart rate that will take about a fortnight to come back down.

Know before you go

• NZ visitor visa: Immigration New Zealand processes most applications within 2 weeks, but apply early — we file everything
• GST and TCS are shown in your written quote
• Four seasons in one day is literal; pack proper layers
• Biosecurity is serious: declare ALL food items on arrival

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Why book with Travelers Clan

• Your own itinerary. This is a starting point — we agree your route and pace before booking.
• Paperwork guidance. Visa requirements and applicable taxes confirmed in your quote.
• Clear payment terms. Deposit and cancellation conditions set out before payment.
• Know your support. Your final plan confirms local contacts and any guide or trip-captain services.