Our sentiments exactly! NO WE did not do a bungy jump but got to watch a few folks take the plunge.
Sporting our e-bikes we were ready to tackle the 50km ride back to the bike shop in downtown Queenstown. We were transported by bus up to our starting point at the historic little town of Arrowtown. Bikes here in New Zealand are basically the same but one MAJOR difference is the front and rear brake handles are reversed. Very important going down hills or stopping on sandy surfaces as if you use the front brake strongly, you will flip over the handlebars.
Came across two of these cool suspension bridges on our route today. One of them we had to cross twice as it was on a detour to see the bungy jumping.
A view of our upcoming bridge we had to ride across. I suppose we could have walked it but that would be no fun.
Here is a view of the drop off from one of the bridges. No looking down while riding across!
Below are two videos to watch of our attempts to ride across each of the bridges:
Here is where we witnessed the jumping. This bridge also had fabulous views of the river and its gorge below.
Beautifully colored water in the river that flows into the giant Lake Wakatipu.
We saw many folks jump from the bridge but this was the only duo we saw. Hope they have bungies that will hold two folks at once.
Watch this guy jump and actually hit the water!
Once a jumper stops bouncing up and down they had to grab a pole extended by two guys on a raft that is tethered to the shore. Then they pull him in and ferry the jumper to shore where he has to climb many stairs to get back to bridge level. It only cost about $200 US to jump once. Yet another reason to just watch for free.
Fabulous sense of humor these folks in New Zealand have! Or are they being serious?
Appropriate signage for this place. They could have done a zip line version too as that was offered outside.
A good chunk of the bike path we followed meandered next to a nice river and then Lake Wakatipu. Only a km or so was actually on paved roads that were shared by cars.
I did not seem to bother these horse riders as they enjoyed this stretch of shared roadway.
Curious little fellow!
Cannot seem to get away from all the sheep here in New Zealand. I tried to converse with them to no avail.
We have ridden bikes across these cattle guards before but found the warning sign interesting. Usually signs are not put up until an accident of some sort happens to cause authorities to do so. Wonder what happened?
Made it here at last! This pizza joint had to be checked out for dinner after our tiring bike ride.
They even had gluten free and dairy free options in Hell. The decor was also rather hellish from the dummy at the pick up window above to caskets hanging from the ceiling above tables inside.
Check out some of the menu offerings.
I would feel like I was in hell if I ate the dessert “eat kinda ice cream”. Gotta love the kids menu option number 333.
Even their napkins had some great hellish artwork and gotta love the phone number too.
Just in case you wondered what a pizza in hell looks like. Love the customer comment number on the back of the box “how the hell was it?”