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5 Insane Adventure Sports You Can Try in New Zealand by Ramon van Meer
I don’t care what anyone says – New Zealand has got to be the adventure sports capital of the world. Possibly it’s simply because they are so far south, or possibly they are just much more gutsy than the rest of us, but those Kiwis are just plain crazy! From more run-of-the-mill adventure sports like mountain biking and kayaking to the 5 totally uncommon Kiwi inventions listed beneath, there is seriously not an adventure sport you can’t try in New Zealand. So, adrenaline junkies, take note: there is plenty of thrill seeking Down Under to satisfy your cravings for the ultimate thrills.
Bungy Jumping
A lot of people don’t understand that this quite popular free falling sport originated in New Zealand, when two adventurous Kiwi entrepreneurs adapted the Vanuatu tradition of jumping from cliffs with vines tied to their feet, and created it into a safe and thrilling activity. There are several leaping sites in New Zealand, including the original near Queenstown on the South Isle, where jumpers leap off of the Kuwaru Bridge Bungy at the AJ Hackett Bungy Centre.
Fly By Wire
This has acquired to be one of the kookiest, scariest and most amazing Kiwi adventure inventions of all. Here’s how the Fly By Wire Ride works: you are buckled into a small rocket/plane contraption (made out of really safe} air jet materials) that is equipped with a small jet engine and suspended from wires that are attached to the sides of steep canyon walls. The tethered jet flies up to 108 miles per hour in a massive circle over a deep canyon close to Queenstown, giving the rider a 6-minute jolt to 3 Gs and weightlessness. Um, amazing!
Black Water Rafting
Not at sinister as it sounds, dark water rafting is also recognized as cave tubing simply because it requires floating by means of the inky black waters of a dark cave on an inner tube. The first and most well known company providing this uncommon activity is the Black Water Rafting Organization in Waitomo (not much from Hamilton on the North Island), in which a series of caves give site visitors the opportunity to explore either the “Black Labyrinth” or the doomsday-sounding “Black Abyss”.
Glacier Walking
Two of New Zealand’s South Island glaciers supply the chance for this icy blue sport: Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier. Walks variety from relatively simple to pretty strenuous, getting adventurous sorts around some fairly slippery terrain, such as stairs produced of ice and ice caves. All of the walks are carried out by specialist guides who really know their way around the ice, but you’ll want to bundle up for this chilly tour!
Zorbing
This has acquired to be the single weirdest issue that the Kiwis have come up with. Blow up a plastic ball, set a human getting inside of and roll it down a massive hill. Oh, and throw a little water within, just for great measure. That’s literally what Zorbing in. Really, the activity is coming to be recognized as “globe riding”, as more and much more organizations are jumping on this bandwagon. But Zorb is the first and foremost in the name of hill-ball-roller-downer-sporting and they are still the greatest bet, with their unique globe riding hill in Rotorua on the North Isle drawing a lot of converts and Zorb-addicts every year.
About the Author
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