Ziplining in Glenorchy

https://www.paradiseziplines.com/

Glenorchy Cafe was the meeting point for Paradise Zipline Tour for 10am which went for approx 4 hours

Bus is booked up to Glenorchy (leaves at 8am , 37 Shotover St, returns at 3pm) www.infotrack.co.nz $58pp

The bus trip along the water to Glenorchy

We caught the 7:27 bus from our accom $2 into Queenstown and met with the group.

Cant go without our morning coffee! We had issues finding coffee yesterday which was boxing day, lines were out the door in queenstown at every shop that was open!

Jumped on the bus to Glenorchy which was a 45min drive

Exploring Glenorchy

Glenorchy is known for its gold mining and also the start of some famous walking tracks, Routeburn, Greenstone and Rees tracks being the main ones, also there are a lot of adventure activities on the Dart River

A lot of the trails start from here which you can do and camp along the way

When we got there we were one of the first to arrive so it was nice and quiet

Crossed Oxborne River on our way to the ziplines

We got to the zip line place and got into our sexy harnesses! We were taught how to “save ourselves” with the attachment on our belts – did some practice runs and got on our way

We hiked a good 20mins up to the first zip line, not really knowing or thinking what to expect

There were 8 ziplines in total, the first being 100m and 203m long and fast!

There were awesome walking tracks from one zipline to the next

Its started getting really pretty as we hit the river! The last 4 zips were flying right over the water and were so beautiful!

The colour of the water was so beautiful and blue

Getting ready to go over the river again

The sky cleared up and was beautiful blue again in the afternoon

Had a blast! Def good to know the height of the tallest zip line AFTER doing it

I fully recommend this company as it is a small business and the story behind how the owner set up the ziplines is just brilliant – the staff love their jobs and are really good at it