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nevis highwire
 If
you want to confront naked cold fear, ‘The Nevis’ can
serve it up by the truckload.
This mother of all bungy jumps is by far the highest in New
Zealand, towering 134 metres above the Nevis River. Even hardened
jumpers from other sites have been known to be nervous on the
Nevis.
The Queenstown Nevis Highwire Bungy is 32 km from Queenstown.
Trips leave daily from the Station Building in Shotover Street by
4WD vehicle, passing over a high country sheep station to reach
the site. Here, you put a harness on and board the cable car,
which is suspended from 380 metre long high-tension cables
spanning the whole valley. The jumpers, spectators and crew are
ferried to the jump pod. The pod has wall and floor panels of
glass, so you have a view of the gorge and the jumpers going
before you. The dramatic view down through the floor is
heightened by the narrowing of the canyon walls near the water.
They are 350 metres apart at the jump pod but only 30 metres at
the river level. Wow!
The Nevis high wire system is the only one of its kind in the
world. Technically it takes bungy design into a new high-tech
fourth generation. A sort of quantum leap forward (as well as
downward), with over 30 worldwide patents on the revolutionary
new design features.
The recovery system is very efficient. Once you have fully
extended the bungy cord and entered the rebound phase you release
a ripcord, which unclips your feet and leaves you sitting
comfortably upright in the harness, enjoying the view. The crew
then winch you back up to the jump pod. You and your friends are
then carried back to solid earth on the unique cable-car shuttle.
This is the biggest ground rush you can get in New Zealand.
It’s the ultimate challenge in a diabolical drop zone. Come
on down and try it.
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