Are your clients looking for an adrenaline rush on their holiday? You’re sending them to the right place because New Zealand is renowned for its adventure activities!

Beautiful scenery, welcoming weather and a lifestyle that embraces the outdoors make New Zealand a thrill-seeker’s paradise – your clients will find no shortage of ways to enjoy the great outdoors!

The most famous of New Zealand’s adventure activities is bungy jumping. In 1988 the world’s first commercial bungy jump opened at the Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown, and visitors can now experience this activity all over the country. They can even jump off the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge – if they dare!

Zorbing is another unmissable adventure. Strapped into an enormous, plastic, air-cushioned transparent ball, participants are rolled down a slope – surprisingly comfortable and safe! Another option is the slingshot bungy, which fires thrill-seekers skyward at extreme speeds.

Your clients can view New Zealand from above by hang-gliding, paragliding or skydiving. Back on solid ground, visitors can sample mountain biking, snowboarding, four-wheel-driving or climbing. The coastline, lakes and rivers provide a further range of activities above and below the water. Jet boating is yet another Kiwi invention, and white-water rafting is a high-adrenaline river activity. On lakes and on the ocean visitors can take a coastal cruise, a high-speed boat tour, try tubing, kayaking, yachting, water-skiing, surfing or windsurfing, or dive below the water’s surface. The underwater scenery can be as stunning as that found on land, and New Zealand has some amazing marine wildlife. Or how about riding an inner-tube on an underground river (black-water rafting)? It’s a totally magical experience.

Most activities can be enjoyed by people at a range of skill levels, and New Zealand operators abide by the strictest of safety standards and quality control systems. Whatever kind of adventure your clients are looking for, they’ll find it in New Zealand!

Adventures on offer

4WD Adventure Get off the beaten track on a quad bike or in a 4WD vehicle.

Bungy Jumping From Auckland’s Harbour Bridge to a night bungy in Queenstown.

Caving Abseil into an immense cavern or slide down an underground waterfall.

Heli-skiing Fly into the mountains to ski or board untracked powder.

Ice Climbing Experience climbing an incredible glacier on a guided tour.

Jet boating Jump into a jet boat and head for the river rapids.

Mountain Biking Trails range from entry-level to remote and extreme.

Paragliding Leap off a cliff and admire the scenery all the way down!

Rafting Take on the white-water in a river valley – or black-water underground!

Skydiving This extreme thrill is even better against a backdrop of stunning scenery.

Sledging Grab onto a body board and hurtle head-first down thrilling rapids.

Sling-shot Bungy Participants are propelled skyward at extreme speeds.

Zorbing Participants are strapped into a plastic ball and rolled down a hill.