Queenstown Jet Boat Ride: Fast-Paced 25-Minute Thrill with 360-Degree Spins on Lake Whakatipu
4.7
41 Ratings
Queenstown
Experience the ultimate thrill with a fast-paced 25-minute jet boat ride in Queenstown. Enjoy 360-degree spins, high speeds, and close encounters with the stunning Lake Whakatipu. Perfect for families!
Duration: 25 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Queenstown Jet Boat - RealNZ - Discover Queenstown’s untouched and pristine wilderness during your authentic jet boat adventure across Lake Whakatipu and onto the historic Kawarau River. Experience the exhilarating adventure of 25 minutes of world famous 360 degree spins, skimming the water at exciting speeds of up to 95kmph and delightfully complemented by our storytelling commentary. Travellers are entitled to the ultimate bragging rights on board the Queenstown Jet Boat. With frequent photo opportunities, you’re spoilt for choice when capturing your own jet boat memories to take home and share with friends and families.
What's Included
  • Life jacket included
Additional Information

Queenstown Jet Boat offers you an electrifying adventure. Experience high velocity, exhilarating excitement, and even more iconic 360 degree twirls. Cling tight as we accelerate more swiftly than ever before across Lake Whakatipu. We’ll bring you intimately close to the water’s edge, grazing by trees and all types of obstructions, and don’t forget to secure your headgear as we zoom under not one, but two bridges at high speed.

Perfect for the whole family, we welcome children as young as two years old!

We pride ourselves on being leaders in the jet boating industry and we’re eager to deliver you the most thrilling journey of your life.

  • Jet boating is not available to children under 2 years of age
  • Jet boating while pregnant is not permitted
Location
Queenstown Jet Boat - RealNZ
Beach Street
Please check in 15 minutes before departure
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.7
(41 Ratings)
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601sally58
Feb 14, 2024
Such a fun experience - A really fun experience - we felt very well looked after by Matthew (ages ranged from us mid/late 60s to little ones) and he made the experience great for all of us. Some exciting 360 degrees spins and exhilaratingly fast. A little bumpy on my old back but would not have missed this exoerience. Highly recommended. 😊
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Liz_l
Feb 11, 2024
Fantastic. A must do - Mathew the captain was excellent ! We all really enjoyed this 25mi. experience and was a lot of fun ! Especially my 10-ur-daughter -she absolutely loved it. Suggests hat and sunglasses
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Charmaine_v
Feb 3, 2024
Fun adrenaline rush - The trip was a blast! We had a great driver with a fun sense of humor and the good mix of music playing made for a memorable adrenaline experience.
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Richard_m
Jan 2, 2024
Great experience and friendly staff 10/10 - This was an excellent experience with a thrill ride and definitely worth the value!! On the day, the jet boat ride, we originally booked was low availability. Tucker from Real NZ kindly upgraded us to the 1 hour jet boat ride. Me and my wife really appreciated this and Tucker was friendly and accommodating. The instructor that took us on the jet boat ride was knowledgeable and showed us around the lakes and surroundings. He made the experience fun, especially with the 360 spins and had all of us laughing, especially when we were drenched with water and this made it more fun. I would definitely do this experience again and recommend this to everyone (even if you have not done jet boating before).
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Raveena_a
Dec 24, 2023
Beautiful day helped but... - Beautiful day helped but we had an awesome skipper and a good crowd so lots of Hamilton turns! Scenery was simply stunning
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Frequentflier481880
Nov 14, 2023
Awesome - Loved the experience and the commentary from the driver. Would definitely recommend this, very scenic. Jan. WA
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Andrew_c
Jul 14, 2023
Loads of fun! - Lots of fun! My only regret was not doing the 1 hour ride. The guide was very funny and great entertainment for the kids onboard.
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Michelle
Jul 2, 2023
An absolute must - Was the highlight of our short time in Queenstown. Our hr jet boat ride skipping across the local nz pristinely clear waterways was the epitome of fun . Our driver Tim was excellent at his craft and provide commentary when we paused throughout the high speed ride. Queenstown is spoilt for choice with things to do but jet boating is an absolute must, Our speeds reached around the 85km mark and we all had a ball.
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Aamira_a
May 3, 2024
My experience on jet boat - The thrill of slicing through water at high speed made jet boat ride an unforgettable adrenaline rush. Each twist and turn on the roaring river offered a heart-pounding experience.
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Gaye_w
May 1, 2024
Empathy goes a long way - We were touring the South Island in a motorhome with our two boys. On our way to our booking we had motorhome issues and caught in an area with no phone service, so were unable to contact the company to let them know where we were. Once we were able to contact the company it was after our booking time, there was zero empathy from the company for our situation, they kept our money and when asked if they could possibly accommodate us at a later time, they refused however offered us 20% discount to rebook for the next time slot. I found the staff I spoke with to be very unemphatic and condescending. My suggestion as a business owner myself in Australia once receiving this feedback they reflect on their customer service and the fact that they are dealing with visitors from various countries. At times things for those visitors will have things go wrong and a little empathy for those situations would go a long way. Furthermore, what I would like to say is, every other business we dealt with in NZ were absolutely fabulous!
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