An array of white-knuckle adventures and activities await you in New Zealand and are guaranteed to get your heart pounding!
An array of white-knuckle adventures and activities await you in New Zealand and are guaranteed to get your heart pounding!
When visiting Fox Glacier recently, I decided that I wanted to get a bird’s eye view of the glacier and booked a helicopter scenic flight with Fox and Franz Josef Heliservice.
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Jumping out of an airplane at 12,000 ft is no mean feat, and I’m about to tackle it!
Ok, I’m not alone. I will be strapped to my Brazilian tandem master, of Taupo Tandem Skydiving, who assures me it’s like a “walk in the park” for him (he’s done thousands of jumps!). Still, it’s of little [...]
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Access to the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track is just about to get a lot easier with the opening of the new coastal road along the base of Blue Cliffs in Southland. The old road was subject to damage from storms and had washed out completely in some sections. The new road will be opened by the Hon Bill English, M.P. for Southland, on Saturday 7 November.
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I’m just about to embark on the highest, longest and fastest flying fox in the world – The Skywire at Happy Valley Adventures in Cable Bay, 15 minutes out of Nelson. This is a big deal for me, considering I hate heights!
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On a Sunday morning late in August, I’m driving along the Kaikoura Coast, transfixed by the sight of a soft mist hanging over an ocean that’s as flat and shiny as a fifty cent coin. It’s an otherworldly atmosphere that makes it easy to imagine behemoth whales surfacing offshore and seals and dolphins cavorting in [...]
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Do you love miniatures? Do you fancy visiting a really exciting model village? Then go to Little Earth you can when you visit On Yer Bike! in Greymouth on the West Coast.
I had the pleasure of catching up with West Coaster Alan Hunt, and I was amazed at what he has created with his model [...]
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On a visit to Greymouth on the West Coast, I am feeling adventurous, so I decide to give the quad biking a go. That way I can absorb the scenery while having some fun.
On Yer Bike is only five minutes north of Greymouth and offers a biking adventure second to none.
I have a choice of [...]
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In the 1990’s, two kiwis were looking for a new adventure challenge and came up with the idea of jumping inside a large inflatable ball and rolling around for fun! They gave it the name ‘Zorbing’ and it is now a worldwide business with franchise agents in many countries, from Sweden, to Ireland, and Korea [...]
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I am not one of these people who have grown up around horses; however, while visiting Queenstown, I was keen to head out of town and experience some of the beautiful surroundings that have come to be familiar through films such as Lord of the Rings – and what better way to enjoy this experience [...]
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White-water rafting was an activity I had always wanted to try, so when I arrived in to Christchurch while travelling around New Zealand, I thought it would be a better place than any to put my adventurous side to the test.
Being one of the closest commercially rafted rivers to Christchurch, and offering the chance to [...]
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