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Mt Aspiring Full Day Canyoning - Ex Queenstown

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Canyoning is the ultimate multisport adventure! This activity is the perfect mix of adrenaline and nature. Discover this epic adventure as you explore and embrace an amazing wilderness wonderland! Limited to a lucky few each day and located in the heart of the Mt Aspiring National Park, a UNESCO world heritage area!

Canyoning is the ultimate multisport adventure! This activity is the perfect mix of adrenaline and nature. Discover this epic adventure as you explore and embrace an amazing wilderness wonderland! Limited to a lucky few each day and located in the heart of the Mt Aspiring National Park, a UNESCO world heritage area!

Highlights

  • Mt Aspiring canyon is exciting and challenging canyoning experience
  • Located in the heart of the Mt Aspiring National Park
  • Take a stunning scenic drive from Queenstown, through Wanaka and out to this wilderness wonderland
  • Immerse yourself in lush green bush lands and the most stunning canyoning
  • Enjoy BIG abseils, jumps, slides, scrambling for the most awesome decent available from Queenstown

Canyoning is Queenstown’s ultimate multisport adventure! This activity is the perfect mix of adrenaline and nature. Discover this epic adventure as you explore and embrace this amazing wilderness wonderland! Limited to a lucky few each day and located in the heart of the Mt Aspiring National Park, a UNESCO world heritage area!

Your adventure begins in Queenstown or Wanaka where we will meet you for your central pick up. We will transfer you out of Queenstown and over the Crowne Range road, the highest main road in New Zealand, you will often see our mountain parrots the Kea bird along the way. We take a stop in Wanaka for bathrooms and/or coffee/refreshments, then its out to the canyon from there!

Get ready to experience a wonderful wilderness environment starting with your walk into the canyon, enjoy lush green forests and beautiful New Zealand flora and fauna. We walk about 20 minutes to the start of your canyoning adventure. Epic excitement awaits you, with BIG abseils, jumps (optional), swimming, climbing, scrambling and traversing our way through. This canyon is high walled with interestingly carved rock and plenty of glacial feed pure crystal clear green/blue water to play in - this is nothing like you would have ever seen - its absolutely stunning, a completely natural outdoor playground!

Your adventure is lead by our canyoning experts, we give you a full demonstration and explanation on all the elements as you discover this amazing adventure activity! Try abseiling over waterfalls and sliding into pools as you climb and swim through this awesome terrain, take a look at the jumps available (these are always optional), every corner offers a new natural wonder to discover!

This full-day canyoning experience is a challenging option, perfect for someone who has never experienced anything like this before, no experience is required, but you must have good swimming ability and English speaking as well as be an active person in good health.

Each tour is customized specifically to the group and weather conditions.

Per Person $450.00 (16 years +)

What's included

  • Jumps
  • Slides
  • Abseils
  • Scrambling
  • Traversing
  • All equipment including wetsuits, shoes, helmets, harness and descending gear
  • A delicious picnic style lunch and refreshments (choose either vegetarian or meat options only)
  • The biggest jumps and abseils available for canyoning from Queenstown
  • All tours are lead by experienced and qualified guides

Duration

  • 8 hours for the whole experience from Queenstown

Location

  • Pick up: Outside Eichardts Hotel - 2 Marine Parade Queenstown, 9300
  • Please be ready 10 minutes before your departure time.

Restrictions

  • Minimum age: 16

Bad Weather Refunds

  • If your experience is cancelled by the operator (because of the weather or anything else out of your control) you will be entitled to a full refund.

Notes

  • Departure: 9am - It is important to be ready and waiting at the pick up location at 8:50am as we depart for 9am sharp!

    A good level of fitness is recommended and you must be able to swim and speak English in order to participate in this trip. Those who can't swim please check out the Gibbston Valley half-day canyoning option.

  • *** IMPORTANT *** Company Health & Safety Policy does not permit us to carry persons who:

    1. Are under the influence of alcohol or drugs

    2. Are pregnant

    3. Do not fit the equipment provided

    4. Have some medical condition that may be affected by this activity

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

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alexandrak6 from Australia wrote on 11 January 2023

Great day of canyoning

Had an awesome time canyoning on the full day Mt Aspiring tour. Tour was well organised, fun and really good with a small group and excellent guide. Perfect amount of adventure!

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From Mt Aspiring Full Day Canyoning - Ex Queenstown

Hi Alexandra, Thank you for your review! We have a great team at Canyoning New Zealand and we really take pride in what we do. We like to keep our groups small so that everyone can get the best out of this activity and not have to wait around for a large group, this also helps us capitalise on the adventure and enjoy the beauty of our nature. We are so happy to showcase our gorgeous backyard and this awesome activity to our customers so thank you for coming canyoning with us and we wish you all the best with your future adventures. Kind regards, Marata Cooney

Renee from New Zealand wrote on 28 March 2022

Awesome days fun!

Just an epic day of adventure and fun. Excellent guide. Loads of laughs. I am not great with heights or abseiling, I just love to push my boundaries. I felt 100% safe at all times. So thankyou! Great feed too... very much appreciated after our trip through the canyon. Top notch experience. Happily recommend to all πŸ€™πŸ€™β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

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From Mt Aspiring Full Day Canyoning - Ex Queenstown

Awesome review Renee, Thanks for your kind feedback and for pushing your boundary's, its such a rewarding feeling for our team having guests like you looking for a challenge and loving the experience!

Saf Haythorne from New Zealand wrote on 22 February 2022

Mt. Aspiring Canyoning

Fantastic experience - loved every minute.

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From Mt Aspiring Full Day Canyoning - Ex Queenstown

Hi Saf, Thank you for your review. Awesome that you got to experience such an epic canyon! We loved sharing this experience with you. All the best with your future adventures, Kind regards, Marata Cooney

Kel Strachan from New Zealand wrote on 12 January 2022

Awesome adventure

I had a brilliant day adventuring. Loved every minute negotiating the canyon. Great mix of slides, abseils, scrambling and jumping. Our guide Ross was great, knowledgeable and fun. Highly recommend this trip!

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From Mt Aspiring Full Day Canyoning - Ex Queenstown

Hi Kel, Thank you for your review and for coming on our trip. Great to hear you had a brilliant day and totally enjoyed our awesome guide Ross! We absolutely love sharing this experience with our customers. All the best with your future adventures. Kind regards, Marata Cooney.

Nel from New Zealand wrote on 17 December 2021

AMAZING!!!

This experience has me hooked! This was my first time canyoning and Ross was a great guide! The environment is gorgeous and i feel so privileged to be able to see it. Would strongly recommend

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From Mt Aspiring Full Day Canyoning - Ex Queenstown

Hi Nel, Thank you for your great review and for coming on our trip! What an absolute honour to introduce canyoning to you - We love what we do and Ross is such a great guide. Awesome to hear that you had an amazing time and got the most out of it. All the best with your future adventures, Kind regards, Marata Cooney

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