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Welcome to Kawarau Gorge, a thrilling destination in New Zealand offering an array of unforgettable experiences. Whether you crave adventure or relaxation, this page has you covered. From bungee jumping and jet boating to hiking and cycling, the options are endless. Get your adrenaline pumping as you plunge from the historic Kawarau Bridge or embark on a scenic hike along the picturesque gorge. Discover the perfect activities to make your visit to Kawarau Gorge a memorable one. Dive into the excitement now and explore all the exhilarating things to do in Kawarau Gorge.
We found this gem on bookme. And so glad we decided to tiki tour to go there. From the minute we walked in the door we were greeted by the lovely staff, the tour guide was engaging and informative. Our 1yr absolutely loved walking through the Chinese settlement. Lots to interact with and to end with panning for your own gold was awesome!
Highly recommend. Self guided tour, fabulous presentation around gold and finished with gold panning. Great experience, the whole family loved it! Arrive early, it talked around 3 to 4 hours to enjoy the day. Thank you, we absolutely loved our visit here!
It was perfect! There were only 2 of us on the tour which they allowed us to go for the earlier slot although I was booked for 3pm. After we did the 1pm Jetboat tour we went straight on for the Tour. Sandy is a great Guide and it was so personal since just the two of us. At the end of the tour she taught us Gold panning and found us quite a large piece! I also did find one tinier piece on the 2nd round I pan myself..just our lucky day, really satisfied. Jetboat was really awesome too! worth the drive out. these bookme deals are great not only did we saved but got our monies worth!
Amazing
Buenísimo! Muy divertido, todo perfectamente organizado! Lo recomiendo.
Arrived thinking the rain could cancel our Jet boat ride. Staff were very welcoming and helpful. Rain stopped so time to go. OMG what a fantastic experience!!! So much fun, couldn't stop laughing. Scary in parts as the "captain of the Jet Boat" was an excellent driver but gave out hearts a scary flutter :) I recommend this ride 110%. You come off saying you want more and we will certainly be back again for sure. Thank you for the pictures, they will bring back the happy, fun, scary, soaking wet memories of the ride. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GOLDFIELDS JET. ?????? p.s. take a spare set of clothes, you will get soaked !!!!
A great fun activity for our extended family
It is definitely right up there for scenery, service, Driver and staff friendliness. We are a local family and tried them all and I would say thats it the best ride and the biggest bang for your buck. Just have to travel a bit further. It was awesome all round. we loved the experience. Well done team and thanks heaps
Great experience, as one of 4 passengers and the pilot, Richard. Very well organised with ours delayed 24 hours due to the weather and continuously updating with status updates. The Flight itself and then alpine landing were both great! Highly recommend! Thank you :)
First time on a jet boat for all of us. What an amazing experience. I had a smile from ear to ear the whole journey. A well run tourism spot with a variety of things to do. Our driver was a lot fun and gave some of us a good soaking ?and a brief history into the area which was very interesting. We look forward to doing it again on our next trip back to Queenstown
The owner and the staff are super friendly! The White cherry is my favourite!
Took my kids on their first jet boat ride and we all loved it. But of a hidden Jem. Stunning scenery. Olly our driver was fab too
Enjoyed this when we were in NZ we had a talented lady driver that gave us good information about the gold mining that had taken place there whilst on the boat...
First time on a jet boat. Awesome experience. Our driver was a lot fun and pretty, and a brief history into the area which was very interesting. My group keep talking about it for days about it. Picture will describe your feeling
Cam and Shaun are very friendly, professional and really know their stuff. My group of 6 from Australia, Denmark, New Zealand and Canada thoroughly enjoyed this exciting adventure and highly recommend this company and tour. Well done guys! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well informed - Great Thrill Ride - Be prepared to get a wee bit wet - But it's only Water - We had a Ball - Wrap up warm in the Cooler Months
This is definitely worth doing with a Bookme deal. My husband and I paid $60 each (which is much less than the other jet boat companies). We really enjoyed our experience. My only disappointment is that the jet boat ride felt much shorter than 25 min, and that rather than going in a straight line for start to finish, we drove up and down the same section of the river over an over. This was a bit of a let down, but is understandable given there's only a small bit of canyon they can boat on. The 360 degree spins were super fun and a major highlight, and we ended up getting the photos included which was a really nice perk! Thanks Goldfields Jet!!! :-)
Fantastic, plenty to see and do. Friendly staff and beautiful location. Really enjoyed our visit.
Much more than meets the eye … excellent array of vehicles quality of quantity go carts awesome cheese rolls and coffee awesome didn’t have time for mini golf but we will be back to do driver experience … all helpful friendly staff thanks Tony Quinn
Great place, loved the interactive race lap machine. So many amazing cars. Awesome track. Definitely worth the visit.
I was a spectator, rather than a participant, but had a great view of the track. Was quite suspenseful watching the down-to-the-wire finish of the men in my life. Photos and video easy to record, including scoreboard inside, to re-live later.
The whole family raced today and had a great time. Well organised, safe and fun!
Was great to see some amazing vehicles! Great display and information cool to have the pictures and history also. Wish we had more time there to absorb all the information there!! Great facility’s clean and tidy and friendly and helpful staff!!!
This place is just awesome! The staff are so friendly and helpful and the facility is top quality incredible! We totally loved it here!
Good experience.
Our group of 8 came to highlands and had an awesome experience . The muesem was great.
We were in the area and managed to get $5 bookme tickets. The museum is small but has a few interesting features to read, and a couple of interactive activities. Outside they have a small kids playground, balance bikes and a few mini golf holes - all free to use! This helped to prolong our time here. There is a cafe where you can sit and watch the track or venture down a few stairs to check out the loo with a view!
Great adrenaline rush. Driver Paul pushed the limit on the Ferrari. Was so much fun.
Worth it Andrew the driver was great floored it glenn wasn’t sure where the corners were taking him. Would definitely to again!!
Really enjoyed the fast dash around the circuit. I could video the view out the front too by mounting my phone on their phone holder which gives me a great record of the dash.
My husband really enjoyed the trip to the Highlands Motor Sports. I think he took photos of every car on display and then behaved like a big kid on the go karts (then drove our hire car like a go kart through the winding roads back to our hotel!!)
We had a great time at Highlands Motorsport Park. Really surprise at the collection of awesome cars on displayed from many different eras. My two preschool kids enjoyed seeing the different cars and Bumble Bee (Transformer). Thanks for the welcoming staff who help us take a family picture without us asking. Also had brunch there as they have a nice cafe after walking around to see all the different cars. A great place to visit in Cromwell. Just wish more people would know about this place.
Plenty to see and do. Well worth the visit. I personally enjoyed the nostalgia of viewing iconic classic motorsport vehicles, while my wife enjoyed viewing vehicles racing around the track.
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