Or you can ride a jet boat through the waves to Julian Rocks and go snorkeling or scuba diving with manta rays, loggerhead turtles, moray eels, gray nurse sharks and schools of colorful tropical fish.
A river contractor, Bruce Slater, and his son used a jet boat to rescue Ms. Hopkins, who had been in the river for two hours and was clinging to a ledge in a narrow part of the gorge too dangerous for bigger boats or a helicopter.
Anywhere-Anytime Tours' three-day Lord of the Rings tour visits Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook, Milford Sound, and Kelvin Heights, with a jet boat excursion to the sites of Isengard, Nan Curunir, Methedras, Lothlorien, Amon Hen and forests reminiscent of ancient forests seen in the movie.
With 12-day bus tours departing monthly, a Red Carpet Lord of the Rings tour includes visits to both North and South Island sites like Hobbiton, the Mount Ruapehu sites of Emyn Muil, Mordor and Gollum's fishing pool, the Black Riders' ranch, Helm's Deep, Isengard and Lothlorien, Edoras, the Rohan and Fanghorn Forests (Mavora Lakes), and optional activities like a jet boat down the River Anduin.
He sailed 340 miles round trip aboard the 100-foot Half Moon over 24 days in September and October; mine was a serendipitous 60-hour journey — from Times Square to the Federal Dam in Troy — in a taxi, the kayak, a 50-foot yacht named the Jackpot, a fishing boat, a jet boat, a rescue craft, a Half Moon replica and a 19-year-old Lincoln Town Car.
After the wine tasting, the duke and duchess enjoyed one of New Zealand's most popular tourist attractions - speeding along in a jet boat on the Shotover River.
Take a Dart River Wilderness Trip (including an exhilarating jet boat ride) and explore Mount Aspiring National Park, or take a horse trek through Paradise with Dart Stables.
One of Northern America's most celebrated natural attractions, just catching sight of the thundering Niagara Falls is a thrill but those hoping for an action packed trip can hurtle beneath the falls on a high-speed jet boat, zoom over the top in a helicopter or get a view from a giant tethered helium balloon.
Shotover Jet, www.shotoverjet.com, (64-3) 442-8570, charges $40, $22 for children 5 to 15, for a 30-minute jet boat ride through the canyons of the Shotover River, a few miles north of the city.
Camelot's three-day package starts out with a two-hour jet boat tour on the Colorado River.
Passengers aboard the 150-foot-long ship, outfitted with a helicopter, jet boats, Zodiacs and sea kayaks, will have the opportunity to reach the most remote estuaries and backcountry for activities like trekking, whale watching, horseback riding, rafting and, of course, fly-fishing (excursions will be led by the fly fisherman Tom Rosenbauer).
