7 comments on The Bullroarer - Thursday 15th May 2008
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Those KI fares sound rather ambitious - there isn't a 4-star hotel on the island included is there?
Mind you our New Zealand cousins aren't exactly shy when it comes to healthy prices for tourist thrills. It may be the extreme sports Capital of the World, and still gets a stream of Lord of the Rings devotees, but just about everything there (especially if it involves noisy equipment and lots of energy, but even when not, such as Bungy Jumps) is priced to impress. Lots of "licences" too it seems - that look simply like state-sanctioned monopoly rights to me - so competition can be lacking as well.
The AJ Hackett bungy jump outside Queenstown is outrageous in terms of pricing.
Most jet boat rides aren't much better.
That AJ Hackett site does 2 x 5-6 jumps per hour, according to my rough count, at an average of $NZ160 each. Nice little earner, with few big costs - then there are the DVDs, T-shirts, and coffees. People queue to do it though.