AJ Hackett Bungy Queenstown

Day 7 of the trip we were off to Queenstown on the Magic Bus. Queenstown is winder wonder land and for sure the highlight of the trip!




En route we were to stop over in Wanaka to skydive (weather permitting.) I was stressing, a little scared and had my fingers crossed that the weather would be ok to skydive. Soo freaking …

Queenstown is arguably the top destination to visit on the South Island. Its location to mountains, lakes and rivers makes it an outdoorsy/adrenaline junkies dream land. Abundance of activities are within arms reach all four seasons of the year. It is also known as the party capital of the South Island, if not all New Zealand. Winter is probably …

From Queenstown it was a half hour ride to the Kawarau Gorge for my bungy jump from the Kawarau Suspension Bridge. The Kawarau Bridge Bungy is 43m (140ft) and is world-renown as the first commercial bungy jump operation. AJ Hackett Bungy operates two other bungy jump sites out of Queenstown, one that is three times the height of the Kawarau Bridge …

Iforrgar, sondag den 12 feb, lamnade vi Franz Josef tidigt pa morgonen for att bege oss mot Queenstown. Givetvis med nagra stopp pa vagen.
Vi stannade forst till i Fox Glacier for att se lake Matherson, eller mirror lake som den ocksa kallas. Dock hann vi inte ga runt hela sa vi sag bara en liten del av den.
Stannade aven vid den "sista" …

We checked into the new Shotover Lodge with lovely big rooms each ready to empty bags out and start packing to fly! We had a wander round Queenstown and lunch at Avanti – first sign of baked
potatoes on the menu for some time! Fran spent the afternoon trying to decide whether to do a bungy jump or the canyon swing with Veronica trying to …

After leaving Wanaka we had only an hour or so drive down to Queenstown (QT). We took the high road into QT, which passed by many of the winter ski resorts, and were rewarded with stunning views out across the valley as we descended. So now we've reached Queenstown, the adrenaline capital of the world, I have only two things on my to do list; the …

Weather has cleared up nicely today. On route from Wanaka we stopped off at Janes fresh fruit & veg store where I got some fresh cherries, Strawberries, Pears and nectarines. There was a cute rose garden attached.

Next stop was A.J Hacketts first ever Bungy Jump. I took a video of someone jumping. No where near as high as the one I saw …

dag 73: Bobby(Bob heet hier nu officieel Bobby aangezien hij zich zo lang als we in Nieuw Zeeland zijn al zo aan iedereen voorstelt onder het mom van nieuw kapsel, nieuwe sik en dus ook een nieuwe naam) zou vandaag de awesome foursome doen. Dit is een combinatie van bungeejumpen, een ritje in de shotover jet en raften in de shotover canyon. Als …

...And we're back! Rest assured, we are still alive and livin' it up in New Zealand. We actually haven't traveled anywhere too remote during the past few weeks. In fact, we decided to spend some quality alone time with our new home, Queenstown. Moving here in September we felt like tourists for the first month or so as we got acquainted with the …

Made our way to Queenstown yesterday. Had a lot of great stops along the way including Lake Matheson and AJ Hackett bungy. This was the birthplace of bungy jumping and we got to see a few jumps and a few people from the bus went! I've done it twice in ...

... a burger). However, we managed to get out and watch the braver/richer tourists flinging themselves off the original AJ Hackett bungy bridge (made me feel sick), and the paragliders running off the hill overlooking Queenstown. Scared to stay any ...

... River is beautiful, only wished we'd organised a rafting trip down or somenthing. We were headed to Wanaka, stopping at the AJ Hackett bungy. Stood on the bridge next to the jumpers and watched the action. Tempted to have a go but settled for vicarious ...

... continued on to the original New Zealand bridge bungy jump on the Kawarau River (um, the River Anduin for you LOTR geeks). The AJ Hackett Bungy offices are at that site, so it was a good opportunity to schedule any bungy jumps that we wanted to do in ...

... getting quickly dressed, quick toilet, quickly down to the bar, quick breakfast, quick toilet, quick run up the road to the AJ Hackett Bungy Office to weigh-in, quick toilet, quickly on the bus for the forty-five minute drive to the private bungy site, ...

Stopped at the Kawarau Brige on our way to Queenstown, the original AJ Hackett Bungy Jump site! Jamie was tempted to sign up after beating his fear of heights on the skydive, but at the last minute decided not to (I think money was a factor as well lol). ...

... of forward thinking from the people who brought us bungy jumps. Speaking of bungy, our next stop was the Kawarau Bridge and AJ Hackett bungy. It was here in 1988 that the bungy phenomenon began. AJ Hackett and his buddy Henry von Asch were the founders ...

... hooked you up". Ive still not done a bungy. In hindsight what I should have had him write was, "valid for free bungy's at all AJ Hackett bungy sites in the world". Oh well. That night the was an end of booklaunch party at Rattlesnake bar. Invite ...

... wonderful drive, as you can see here.     23/3/12 – Action shot! We were coming up to Queenstown when we spotted the AJ Hackett Bungy, site of the world's first commercial bungy centre. Of course we had to stop in and have a look at ...

... things you can do there (ski, snowboard, bungy jump, jet boat, etc).  About 20 kilometers from Queenstown we came across the AJ Hackett Bungy Jump and the historic bridge.  This is the place where commercial bungy jumping was invented in the ...