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• A must-do experience in Wanaka!

  Andres B,2026年5月15日

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  5.00

  Highly recommended for anyone visiting Wanaka! And so much fun too! You not only go deep into Mt. Aspiring National Park via the river, but also stop for a short and easy hike where you’ll learn about the natural history of the area. Our tour guide was professional, very knowledgeable, and friendly and personable. We hope to redo this jet boat tour in the future!

  

  

  

  

  

• Fantastic Jet boat day on the Makukituki River that feeds Lake Wanaka.

  petertU417KZ,2026年4月20日

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  5.00

  We had a super fun ride today on Ben's Jet Boat going a very long way up the Makukituki River that feeds Lake Wanaka. It included a nice walk in the forest on the upper river. Many thanks both for a great day. Peter & Jenny, from Sydney.

  

• Great experience

  Daydream55779287518,2026年3月25日

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  5.00

  The jet boat ride was lots of fun. We had a very skilled driver. The walk was nice.

• Wonderful jetboat experience into the gorgeous depths of Mount Aspiring National Park

  Simpsonhi2021,2026年3月24日

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  5.00

  Gorgeous jetboat ride into the depths of Mount Aspiring National Park. Ben was a wonderful guide and looked out for everyone while pointing out interesting things throughout the day. It was so special to see cows by the river and sheep crossing creeks right beneath glaciers and by the turquoise river. Thank you!

  

  

  

  

• The boat was a thrill ride

  R5161LCjohnk,2026年3月10日

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  5.00

  Fantastic experience up the glacial river and a walk through high country forest.

• Trip of a life time

  Climber67923726825,2026年2月17日

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  5.00

  Amazing adventure, viewing sites not usually seen Staff were extremely helpful and kind Lovely scenery, plus the bush walk

• Great experience overall and I would recommend it to others.

  S2913QXdebbieh,2026年2月12日

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  5.00

  We loved this jetboating experience and walk. Our guide Ben was very capable and we felt very safe. We appreciated his knowledge of the area too. It was fairly pricy but we felt the experience was worthwhile and the scenery was spectacular. The walk was enjoyable too. It was very easy and the waterfall was nice.

• Thrilling , exciting super driver

  421trevort,2026年2月11日

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  4.00

  Actually this was 5/5 . This guy is has a great dry sense of humour . The jet boat and spins were amazing . Do it again and again entertained by this great guy of a driver clearly a proud New Zealander and super knowledgeable.

  

  

  

• Do it if I have a chance

  895dusanp,2026年2月10日

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  5.00

  Absolutely fabulous, very well organised, friendly staff and a ride of that boat… god that was great,

  

  

  

  

• Thrilling adrenaline jet boat ride - felt as though I was flying across the river …..

  judy ian 9,2026年2月9日

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  5.00

  This trip is about 3 1/2 hours and what a brilliant experience it was in the safe hands of our pilot Olly - at times it was impossible to know which part of the braided river Olly would steer us through at speed - it was exhilarating. Firstly we had the option of wearing a waterproof coat - a bit like a dressing gown and then over that we all had to put on a life jacket. He then assessed our group in terms of height. My husband and I being over 5’ 10” were chosen to sit in the front alongside Olly and as later we would find out, the windscreen in front of us saved us from getting very wet! But being tall, meant that we had long enough legs to reach the foot plate and long enough arms to hold onto the bar. Once the boat was loaded, he explained that if he made a circular arm and hand movement that would mean he would spin the boat 360 degrees! And he did so on about 4 separate occasions. The boat is capable of going along extremely shallow water at speed but Olly’s skill enables him to read the braided river Olly- although he did admit that when the wind got up and caused dust from the loose coarse gravel or sand it made it more difficult to navigate and it was a changing river course. The river, Matukituki is fed by the glaciers from Mt Aspiring National Park. The speeding ride took us to where he rammed the boat into the bank to enable us to disembark and go for a wilderness walk. Olly shared stories of the past life of those who trod this wilderness. The walk took us into ‘the bush’ and lasted about 30 mins when we returned to fortunately find the boat still there. We then boarded once more for another thrilling ride, skimming across the shallow water back to the source of the Matukituki. Olly would stop along various parts of the river to point out Mountains or other interesting features - he was brilliant.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  
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