New Zealand

Glacier ice, canyon swings and cliff-edge camping on the South Island — the birthplace of commercial extreme sport tourism still does it harder than most.

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Extreme Jump · Gibbston Valley, Queenstown

Bungy jump, Kawarau Bridge

ADVANCEDRisk: HIGHNZD ~205–275

Where commercial bungy jumping began — AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch launched the sport from this 1880s suspension bridge on 12 April 1988, 43m above the Kawarau River. It's tame by modern extreme-jump standards, but it's the historic original, and still run by the same company today.

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Extreme Jump · Queenstown, Otago

Nevis Swing — free-fall canyon swing

ADVANCEDRisk: HIGHNZD ~220 per jump

A 300m fall into the Nevis Canyon before the 70m-radius swing arcs you out over the gorge at speeds over 120km/h. It's a commercial operation with a strong safety record, but the drop and swing profile is more intense than any standard bungy — not for the faint-hearted.

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Skydiving · West Coast, South Island

Skydiving, Fox Glacier & Franz Josef

ADVANCEDRisk: HIGHNZD ~330–450 depending on a…

Among the highest tandem skydives in the country, exiting at up to 20,000ft directly over the Southern Alps with both Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, the Tasman Sea and Aoraki/Mt Cook in the same frame on the way down.

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