There are 3 main companies in Queenstown offering Jetboating, and being the scrounger that I am I tried all three a few times each for free. Nice.

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Shotover Jet

The wee dot in the centre is the boat. That's me waving at the back

This is the most commercial of the jetboat rides available, and as such it is a bit of a production line experience. Not that efficiency is necessarily a bad thing though.

The ride itself is a laugh, as you zoom through a tight canyon at break neck speed missing the walls by mear inches. Quite a giggle really.

Chris and I looking windswept.

Skippers Canyon Jetboat

Pretty similar to the Shotover Jet ride, but with better scenery as you skim along past the rusting relics of the gold rush days. It was damn chilly in the 50kmh winds and 360° turns though. I'm the twat at the back with the blue gloved hand in the air. Probably one of the highlights of the day was the drive into the canyon itself - the scenery was fooking amazing, easily up there in my top 10 most spectacular places on the earth.

Dartriver Safaris

This jetboat ride was more about the fantastic scenery of the glenorchy and the Mt. Aspiring National Park (Various bits of which were used in "The Lord of the Rings").