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The Thrill Seeker’s Haven | National Geographic


hello everyone I’m patty Kim today we’re
heading off to New Zealand well known as
a thrill seekers paradise hey this is
the country that invented bungee jumping
of all things and that’s just the
beginning so get ready and pack your
sense of adventure as we escaped to this
rugged South Pacific nation if you’re
looking for an adrenaline high there may
be no easier place to find it than you
Zealand after all this is the country
that invented commercial bungee jumping
pioneered right here at the Kawara
bridge for more ways to just feel glad
you’re alive wander into the mountain
resort of Queenstown New Zealand
epicenter of adventure and we quite
proudly call ourselves a venture capital
the world there
so many adventures of this to you and
family worked it out but you did one of
every type of activity you’d be here for
60 days it’s tough enough to jump at
Kawara but at other sites in Queenstown
the drop is enough to make adventure
seem like lunacy people who have to
really try hard to jump other ones who
get the most out of it at least that’s
the theory
to see queenstown’s rivers from another
perspective try roaring down one in a
jet boat there’s no propellers so the
boat can operate in just a few inches of
water jet boats were invented to
navigate New Zealand’s shallow rivers
but it turned out they were just as
effective scaring the daylights out of
customers paying for the privilege
Queenstown has enough adventure
activities to easily fill a week and you
can often get your thrills on a budget
by booking several adventures at once
and while Queenstown offers one-stop
adventure shopping there are plenty of
other places in New Zealand to get your
pulse racing on the North Island the
volcanic area of Rotorua is home to
geysers great hiking and an odd orb call
desorb just rolling around not knowing
where you are which way you go on
sliding over and under each other david
akers his brother and another new
zealand ER invented the zorb in 1994 for
some people it’s the bungee jump now I’m
never gonna do anything for of interests
than us and it’s terrifying for them
well it seemed like a good idea at the
time but i’ll tell you the bottom
first-timers often feel anxious as the
zorb heads downhill but just about the
time you think this is an activity
better suited to hamsters than humans
the zorb literally knocks you off your
feet you can’t steer it or stop it yet
you can’t help but enjoy it
so if you’re headed to New Zealand and
you’ve got a little spare cash and a
fairly strong stomach you too can do
something crazy and live to tell the
tale
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