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Pacific

Adventure Sport activities in Pacific

  1. A

    The Station

    Houses AJ Hackett Bungy and Shotover Jet.

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  2. Beechworth Adventures

    For extreme activities contact Beechworth Adventures, which will take you abseiling and rock climbing around the area’s stunning cliffs and crags.

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  3. Australian Adventure Experience

    Fairly new in Hotham is snow-kiting. If you like some extreme action, contact Australian Adventure Experience and get some air with the help of a little parachute.

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  4. B

    Hanmer Springs Adventure Centre

    Books activities, and rents quad bikes (from $129), mountain bikes (per hour/day from $19/45), fishing rods (per day $25) and ski and snowboard gear. Mountain biking maps are available at the i-SITE.

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  5. Mountain Valley

    Sixty kilometres north of Napier on SH5, Mountain Valley is a hub of outdoorsy activities including horse trekking, white-water rafting, kayaking and fly fishing. There’s also accommodation on-site.

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  6. Adrenalin White Water Rafting

    If the adrenalin is still flowing, let it rush with Adrenalin White Water Rafting, which will take you out on the King River. Try the indulgence package (raft, wine, dine) and stay the night for $295.

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  7. C

    Akaroa Adventure Centre

    The Akaroa Adventure Centre rents out sea kayaks, bikes, golf clubs, fishing rods and windsurfing gear. Ask here about staying at Purple Peak Backpackers.

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  8. Happy Valley Adventures

    Dangle 150m above the forest in the 'Skywire' (a chairlift/flying-fox hybrid), then soar through the air for its 1.65km length. If that ain't enough, take a quad-bike tour, or if it's too much, try a 2½-hour horse trek. Or just have coffee and cake in the cafe – a 15-minute drive northeast of Nelson along SH6.

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  9. Thrillseekers Adventures

    Bungy off a 35m-high bridge ($169), jetboat the Waiau Gorge (adult/child $115/60) or go white-water rafting (Grade II to III) down the Waiau River (adult/child $149/79). Other activities include quad-biking (adult/child $129/99). Book at the Thrillseekers Adventure centre, next to the bridge where the Hanmer Springs turn-off meets SH7. There's another booking office in town.

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