New Zealand South Island autumn holiday - day 6 I jumped off the plane
Queenstown is the skydiving capital in NZ. There are 2 operators in Queenstown, Skydive Paradise and NZONE , there's also another operator in Wanaka, Skydive Wanaka , which is the sister company of NZONE. Skydiving is weather dependent activity, the weather was very bad during our stay in Queenstown and no skydiving activity at all, though I made the booking with NZONE weeks ago before the trip. I didn't give up, I called Skydive Wanaka and found out that they were open for the jump so I called a taxi (my partner need the car to take the Shotover Jet) and paid $200 for it just to bring me to Wanaka airport to catch their last flight on my last day in Queenstown. Sound expensive right? I just wanted to make sure I did skydive in NZ so I decided to pay for it no matter what. Skydive Wanaka offers 3 options, 9000, 12000 and 15000 ft. I took the 15000 ft package at $439 and camera flyer package (additional $229) so total cost was NZ$568. My good looking tandem maste...