Hey you guys! It's Phoebe here from Little Grey Box with Matt behind the camera
and on this channel, we share with you
all our experiences and tips to help you travel well
And in today's episode, we are going to be uncovering some of
our favourite New Zealand adventure activities
and I am really interested to know which ones you would and wouldn't try so make
sure you let me know in the comments below. Now if you don't
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let's dive right in
Of all the adventure activities I have
ever done in my life skydiving is by far my favourite
and in New Zealand's south island we got the chance to do a skydive in Wanaka
with the guys at Skydive Wanaka Now I cannot recommend this experience
highly enough. The team at Skydive Wanaka are so professional
and they also make it really fun so
every step of the way we felt confident we felt safe and we were just having the
best time Now Wanaka is the perfect place to do a
skydive because the scenery there is spectacular
on the flight up we could see the Southern Alps it was a clear day we
could see all over Wanaka and all the way out to
Queenstown and then you jump out and you are free-falling
with your tandem beautiful stranger strapped to your back
it is the ultimate rush you guys so i highly recommend it and personally my
favourite moment is when they open that plane door and
you are kind of half hanging out the side of this plane looking at the earth
below thinking am i really about to jump out of this
thing and then you just go full Point Break and do it
As a bit of a thrill-seeker doing a bungy jump was also
high up on my life bucket list and Matt and I made the decision to do
ours in New Zealand at the Kawarau Bridge
bungy jump with AJ Hackett in Queenstown
I have to be honest I found doing a bungee jump way scarier than doing a
skydive you know you're standing there on the edge of this
ledge just looking down and you have to kind of summon the courage to just
jump off Matt did it like a total baddie he did a full chest out swan dive
I kind of rolled off like a worm falling off a rock it was
not very cool but I did it and I am so glad I did
If you do decide to do it I have one piece of advice for you
whatever you do don't look down
If doing a skydive or a bungy jump
sounds way too extreme for you you might want to think about doing a
catapult or a swing instead Now Matt and I decided to do the Nevis
catapult with the guys at AJ Hackett in Queenstown and we had the best time
you guys you kind of are suspended up above the
Nevis Valley and then they just let go and they
propel you a distance of 150 meters up to three G's of force you are hitting
speeds of a hundred kilometers an hour at 1.5 seconds you don't have to jump
there's nothing scary like that you just kind of dangle for a while and then
you get flicked across the valley but that's really, really fun
now I will say that after having done a skydive and a bungy jump I didn't find
the catapult got my blood pumping and my adrenaline up
quite as much but if you are just starting out and you are looking for a
little adrenaline thrill to get started with
a catapult or a swing is perfect
New Zealand is the perfect place for
a snow holiday and Matt and I love to hire a car or RV
and do a bit of a driving ski field tour where we drop in for a spot of
snowboarding and skiing at some of the South Island's best spots
now some of our favourite spots to visit around Queenstown are The Remarkables
and we love to hit up Coronet Peak's twilight sessions
they have great live music there fire pits cold beers wood-fired pizzas it's
just awesome now outside of queenstown we're
also really big fans of treble cone cardrona and mount hart which is a
convenient one hour 15 minute drive from christchurch
you'll find the friends joseph glacier located near the aoraki
mount cook national park on the west coast of new zealand south island
and it's here that you can actually go heli hiking on the friends joseph
glacier now this was an unexpectedly amazing
experience for me the glacier itself is just stunning and
the guides that take you up there have so much local knowledge
you get to hear the folklore and the legends behind it and the helicopter
violet actually lands the helicopter on the
glacier and then you go through the glacier and you're kind of
navigating these huge icy hallways towering over side of you it was just
such a special experience and if you get to do it i
highly recommend one of the things i love
most about visiting new zealand is how beautiful it is
and there are some really stunning waterways too so don't just focus on
those mountains and those ski fields make sure you're experiencing everything
it has to offer now one great way to do that is to do a
bit of a jet boat ride and matt and i decided to do hours with
the guys at the shot over jet in queenstown and it was so much fun
i will say it was freezing when we woke up to do it
but being that cold was absolutely worth it we were laughing screaming
yipping yahooing as we were getting ripped around in that boat
it was just so much fun and a really great way to see the area from a
different perspective now i'm gonna be really honest i do not
like hiking at all and even i enjoy exploring new zealand's walking
trails now my favorite spot has to be the fjord
lands and milford sounds which is located about a four hour drive
from queenstown now matt laker and i headed out there in
our rb we spent the night at a local campground
and it gave us the opportunity to explore some of the great network of
trails out there including a little wander around the mirror lakes and a few
other gorgeous spots it's a destination i highly recommend
visiting and taking advantage of those hiking trails is going to allow you to
enjoy it even more for fun and adventure in the
water you might like to try your hand at blackwater rafting
or river tubing now i did get the chance to go river tubing in charleston
with the guys at underworld adventures and it was so
much fun we had to carry our tubes through all of these different caves and
the guy was so great at telling us the local history
then we got to laugh and giggle our way down the rapids and by the end of it we
just have big smiles on our faces we had the best
time now we did a scenic flight in a helicopter with the guys at aspiring
helicopters in wanaka and even to this day it is still one of my
favorite memories as part of the experience we got to land
on a glacier everything was pristine and beautiful
and it made me feel so alive and even now i still think back on that
memory if a helicopter flight isn't quite your speed you might like to
consider doing a scenic flight in a 1940s tiger moth
with the guys at classic flights matt and i got to do
loop-de-loops in the plane um matt didn't know we were gonna do a
loop-de-loop he was watching me we kind of went up and surprised him i
think he thought something was wrong it was so much fun and first of all you
guys you get to wear some really cool vintage clothing it's just a scene
straight out of top gun climb inside a giant clear hamster ball
throw in some water and get pushed down a hill for a whole lot of fun in
rotorua now you guys ogo or zorbing as it's known in new zealand
is a really fun activity it is perfect for those warm summer days
personally i would rather jump out of a plane or do a bungee jump but i think
this kind of experience is perfect for anybody that has
younger kids and they just kind of want to have a little bit of fun for
themselves on their holiday i didn't take part in
the ogre or zorbing myself but i got to watch some of my friends do it and the
footage afterwards from inside with their gopros had us all cracking up
it looks like so much fun i would love to know
have you ever thought about visiting new zealand is it something on your wish
list or have you had the chance to visit
before and you have some great recommendations on
other amazing adventure activities too if you do
be sure to share those in the comments for other people and so i can check them
out as well and make sure you let me know
which of those activities i mentioned you would or wouldn't try
i'm dying to know who's game for a skydive now you guys if you are
planning a trip to new zealand we have some fantastic
free guides for you over on the website and of course you might like to watch
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