3 landmarks in Gibbston with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Gibbston Valley Wine Region
Kawarau Bridge, Gibbston, Queenstown, 9384, New Zealand
Gibbston Valley is the Queenstown region's wine country — a narrow schist-walled valley between Queenstown and Cromwell whose Pinot Noir production has put Central Otago on the global wine map since the 1980s.
Kawarau Bungy Bridge
Gibbston Hwy, Gibbston, Queenstown, 9371, New Zealand
The Kawarau Bridge is the birthplace of commercial bungy jumping — where AJ Hackett and Henry van Asch opened the world's first commercial bungy operation on 12 November 1988, charging NZ$75 for a 43-metre jump off a 1880s-era suspension bridge over the Kawarau River.
Nevis Highwire Bungy
Gibbston, Queenstown, New Zealand
The Nevis Highwire Bungy is the biggest bungy jump in New Zealand and one of the highest in the world — a 134-metre leap from a suspended steel pod in the middle of the Nevis Valley, 40 kilometres south of Queenstown on 4WD-accessed private land.
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