Come with Skippers Canyon Jet and experience unbeatable value as you are taken on a spectacular guided tour of Skippers Canyon followed by an adrenaline pumping jet boat ride through the most dramatic canyons of the Shotover River. Skim past towering rock faces and old gold dredges and keep excitement levels high with a series of 360 spins. Discover a land rich in gold mining history and breath-taking scenery just a short distance from Queenstown. Skippers Canyon Jet is the must do jet boat trip in Queenstown.
Gold was first discovered in Skippers Canyon back in 1862 by two Maori shepherds and the sheer amount found was a catalyst of the New Zealand Gold Rush.
