New Zealands Canyons
Canyoning in New Zealand
In New Zealand it is a wet business! – But the rewards are undeniable. In most cases these adventures are staged in beautiful wilderness area’s, remote and rugged mountain locations, featuring sheer sculptured rock formations, water-polished chutes, crashing cascades, clear pools and streams with a backdrop of ancient rainforest – ticking all the boxes most desired by those who enjoy the sport.
Canyons can be very easy or extremely difficult, though emphasis in the sport is usually on aesthetics and fun rather than pure difficulty. A wide variety of canyoning routes are found throughout New Zealand and canyoning is enjoyed by people of all ages and skill levels.
| Aucklands Blue Canyon |
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| Aucklands Blue Canyon. Escape to the wild subtropical rainforest of the Waitakere Ranges for a day of wet and wild fun and excitement. Challenge yourself with 18 waterfalls to descend via abseils, jumps and slides. |
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| Coromandels Sleeping God |
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| The Coromandels Sleeping God Canyon is a vertical descent of over 300 metres down a steep set of waterfalls involving abseils-rappels of up to 80mtr, exhilarating water slides, & jumps of up to 13 mtrs into deep dark pools! |
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| The Routeburn Canyon |
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| The Routeburn Canyon is set in Mt Aspiring National Park. If you want adrenalin – this trip has it all; slide, jump, abseil and zip line down the Bridal Stream. This is epic canyon country and this canyon is for physically active persons.
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| The Queenstown Canyon |
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| This easy half day canyoning experience is a great taster. This high walled canyon of mica schist is where it begins. You’ll plunge into pools, cascade down chutes, abseil waterfalls & swim narrow passageways.
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| The Earnslaw Heli-canyon |
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| Earnslaw Heli Canyon – After a 20-minute epic helicopter ride, you’re faced with 500 meters of vertical descent with 18 major rappels through natural pristine primary rain forest.
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| Niger Stream Wanaka |
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| The Niger Stream, which is a very beautiful and shapely canyon. Descending means several abseils, lots of sliding, jumps big and small, and a few other things besides. |
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| Wanaka’s Big Nige |
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| This canyon features exciting abseils in strong water flows. The situations are dramatic and the abseils often take you into and behind spectacular waterfalls – visually sensational and very dynamic. |
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| Wanaka’s Wilkin Wilderness |
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| This is an amazing water carved ravine that descends over 600 metres from the bushline to the River Valley. Full of incredibly clear water and deep green pools. |
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| The Leaping Burn |
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| A physically magnificent canyon. High end action in a powerful natural arena. Even the access is demanding; 250 metres of fixed rope climbing above the canyons edge leads to a further hill climb before dropping in to the gorge. |
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