8 Entertainment Landmarks in Queenstown
8 landmarks with verified facts and stories
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.
Lord of the Rings Film Locations Tour
Glenorchy-Queenstown Rd, Closeburn, Queenstown, 9371, New Zealand
The Queenstown region was the most important filming location for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies — including Isengard (Glenorchy), Amon Hen (Mount Earnslaw), the River Anduin (the Kawarau River), Lothlórien forest (outside Glenorchy), and the Dimrill Dale mountains (the Remarkables).
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.
Paragliding from Coronet Peak
Coronet Peak Rd, Coronet Peak, Queenstown, 9371, New Zealand
Tandem paragliding from Coronet Peak is Queenstown's most visually spectacular adventure activity — a 15-25 minute gliding flight from the 1,650-metre summit of Coronet Peak (winter) or the nearby launch sites (summer) down to the Wakatipu basin, with the Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu filling the entire panorama.
Queenstown Ice Bar
88 Beach St, Queenstown, 9300, New Zealand
Minus 5 Ice Bar Queenstown is a themed bar kept at -5°C with the furniture, walls, bar counter, and glassware all made from carved ice — a 30-minute novelty experience where visitors wear provided insulated capes, gloves, and boots over their regular clothing and drink cocktails from ice glasses at ice tables.
Shotover Canyon Swing
35 Shotover Street, Queenstown
The Shotover Canyon Swing is a 109-metre cliff jump followed by a 200-metre arcing swing through the Shotover River canyon — the world's highest cliff swing when it opened in 2005 and still one of the most intense rope-based adrenaline activities in the country.
Shotover Jet
Gorge Road, Arthur's Point
Shotover Jet is the world's most famous jet boat ride — a 25-minute high-speed run through the narrow, red-rock Shotover River canyon at Arthur's Point just outside Queenstown, pioneered in 1970 by the Maori-owned Ngāi Tahu Tourism.
Skyline Queenstown Gondola
Brecon Street, Queenstown
The Skyline Gondola is Queenstown's most essential experience — a steep cable-car ride up Bob's Peak to 450 metres above the lake, delivering the classic panoramic postcard view of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, the Remarkables mountain range, and Cecil and Walter Peak.
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