| If you are talking Adventure, you are talking New | | | | swimming with dolphins, windsurfing, |
| Zealand. New Zealand is known as the adventure | | | | snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding, indoor skiing, |
| capital of the world. | | | | water skiing, kite boarding, rally driving, rock |
| New Zealand's landscape and temperate climate | | | | climbing, abseiling, mountaineering, sky jumping, |
| lends itself to outdoor activity. The country is | | | | sky wire, flying foxes, canyon swing, horse riding |
| renowned for its wide range of adventure | | | | treks, canoe/ kayak tours and diving. |
| pastimes, with the best known being bungy | | | | This list increases everyday with the |
| jumping, jetboating, rafting, snowboarding and | | | | entrepreneurial New Zealander thinking up new |
| skiing. Adventure means different things to | | | | ways to get your adrenaline flowing. |
| different people and the best aspect of the New | | | | New Zealand being a small country offers all these |
| Zealand adventure scene is that it provides | | | | adventure activities in a compact area. Within a |
| activities rated from 'soft' to 'extreme', from | | | | day you could experience a number of activities. |
| walking/hiking and waterskiing to mountain climbing | | | | Queenstown near the lower South Island is |
| and caving. The adventure tourism industry | | | | known as the adventure capital of New Zealand |
| makes the most of having a country surrounded | | | | with many activities a stones throw from the |
| by sea, criss-crossed by rivers and lakes, covered | | | | township. |
| in native bush and with a central spine of | | | | You can enjoy your adventure activity with the |
| spectacular snow-capped mountains. There's | | | | assurance that New Zealand has very high safety |
| something for everyone who enjoys the outdoor | | | | standards. There are very high penalties on any |
| lifestyle and the special sense of freedom the | | | | company that fails to meet the safety |
| relatively sparsely populated land provides. | | | | requirements of their given adventure activity. |
| New Zealand offers bungy jumping, gliding, | | | | Take the time to seek out the activities you |
| paragliding, parasailing, rafting, 4wd tours, jet | | | | want to do, strap yourself in, close your eyes, |
| boating, jet skiing, kart racing, motorcycling, quad | | | | open your lungs and enjoy. |
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| tours, caving/canyoning, hot air balloon safaris, | | | | free information and advice to travellers. |
| hunting, shooting, fishing, whale watching, | | | | Your complete guide to New Zealand. |