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Queenstown, New Zealand

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Queenstown, New Zealand

Set on the shore of glittering Lake Wakatipu and ringed by the saw-toothed peaks of the Remarkables Range, this South Island community provides both stellar photo ops and—more famously—extreme bungee jumping (the world's first commercial jump took place here, on the vertiginous Kawarau Bridge, in 1988).

Get some mountain air: If you’re too busy screaming during your bungee jump to notice the pristine views, take the much more relaxing Skyline Gondola to the top of Bob's Peak. Here, multiple observation decks let you savor vistas over the lake, as well as Cecil and Walter Peaks and the ski mountain of Coronet.



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