Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ultimate Hikes
MAP
TRAMPING
GOOGLE MAP
( 03-450 1940;
www.ultimatehikes.co.nz
;
9 Duke St; 8am-6pm Nov-Apr)
Offers day walks on the
Routeburn Track (adult/child $169/85) and the Milford Track (adult/child $295/95) from
Queenstown. Or you can do the multiday tracks in their entirety, staying in Ultimate
Hikes' own staffed lodges rather than DOC huts, where hot meals and en suite bathrooms
await (Routeburn/Milford from $1225/1930).
Climbing Queenstown Rock
( 03-450 2119;
www.climbingqueenstown.com
; from $149)
Rock climbing, via ferrata (climbing with
fixed metal rungs, rails, pegs and cables) and alpine trekking led by qualified guides.
CLIMBING
MAORI NZ: QUEENSTOWN & WANAKA
The same transition from moa-hunter to Waitaha, to Ngati Mamoe to Ngai Tahu rule took place here as in other
parts of the South Island. Lake Wakatipu is shrouded in legend, and sites to its north were highly valued sources
of greenstone.
The Ngai Tahu
iwi
(tribe) owns Shotover Jet (
Click here
) and Dart River Jet Safaris (
Click here
)
, the latter of
which involves a cultural component. Other cultural insights are offered by Kiwi Haka (
Click here
), who perform
nightly atop the gondola, and Million Dollar Cruise's Maori culture trips (
Click here
).
Bungy & Swings
AJ Hackett Bungy
( 03-450 1300;
www.bungy.co.nz
;
The Station, cnr Camp & Shotover Sts)
The bungy originators now op-
erate bungy from three sites in the Queenstown area, with giant swings available at two of
them. It all started at the historic 1880
Kawarau Bridge
(adult/child $180/130)
, 23km from Queen-
stown (transport included). In 1988 it became the world's first commercial bungy site, of-
fering a 43m leap over the river.
only 47m, but it's 400m above town. In winter you can even leap into the dark.
Last but most pant-wetting is the
Nevis Bungy
(per person $260)
- the highest bungy in Aus-
tralasia. 4WD buses will transport you from the Kawarau Bridge site onto private farm-
land where you can jump from a specially constructed pod, 134m above the Nevis River.
BUNGY JUMPING
