Queenstown

Skydiving in Wanaka

We’ve been informed that our 11:30 skydive jump had to be rescheduled, so we went up to Queenstown Hill first and enjoyed the view.

Back in the skydive office, we decided to take the offer to being transferred to Skydive Wanaka, which was our next destination anyway for this day.

Once again, being thrown out of a flying plane was an awesome feeling. Woohoo!!!

(Note: title picture is just a sample from skydivewanaka.com – we rejected the photo package (low-res DVD) at $179… )

Mountain Biking near Queenstown

We got two full-suspension mountain bikes (Giant) with adjustable saddle pole (bikers know why this is a good thing). We avoided the crowd at the bike park along Queenstown Hill and pedaled a few kilometers outside of town to the “7 Mile Riding Area”. It was definitely worth the ride. 26 tracks, 20 km trails (some with a great flow), scenic points and not many bikers. No lifts, no restaurants, just pure biking. Wonderful. But we have to admit feeling completely exhausted in the evening.

It’s a rainy day, but we didn’t care. Just drove directly to Queenstown to our campground and planned the upcoming days. Queenstown is the Mekka for extreme sports tourists. Bungee, Skydiving, Canyoning, Mountain Biking… you name it. We reserved two fullys (Mountain Bikes) for the next day and booked a Skydiving-Jump.

Less extreme but still nice was our site at the campground at a creek, including a duck family.