The Ultimate Jet Boating Queenstown Trip

The World's Most Exciting Jet Boat Ride

Shotover Jet has thrilled over four million people since 1970!

Visitors take a unique, breath-taking ride through dramatic and narrow canyons, featuring exhilarating 360° spins. The only way to experience the Shotover Canyons, see their beauty and feel their power, is to come on a journey with us, the world’s most exciting jet boat ride.

A unique combination of beauty and power, it’s an experience like no other, blending pristine natural landscape with wall to wall canyon action from start to finish!

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Aerial view of shotover jet doing a spin in shallow river

Jetboat racing through the narrow rocky shotover canyon

Passengers enjoying the thrill of doing a spin in the Shotover Jet

Jet boat driving down narrow canyon with autumn trees either side

Happy couple get red life jackets fitted

Jet boat speeds along river towards rocky cliff face

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Shotover Jet operates on an exclusive area of the Shotover River within its spectacular canyons, located less than 10 minutes drive from Queenstown.

3 Arthurs Point Road
Arthurs Point
Queenstown
New Zealand

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