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Cruise Ship Specials

(Ōtautahi & Te Tihi-o-Maru)

CHRISTCHURCH (Lyttelton Port) & TIMARU Port

We are the only river jet boat experience available from a cruise ship in New Zealand. ​​

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CHRISTCHURCH - Canyon Discovery Experience

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TIMARU - The Best Dam JetBoat Experience​​​

NEW in 2026

Cruise Ship

Canyon Discovery
Experience 

(Christchurch-Lyttelton Port)

Our CDE provides personalised  host and mini coach transport from your ship to our Springfield base via a CBD tour of Christchurch city and the first European settler's home built in Canterbury.

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Included is a private tour of Jet Boat World, the display of early jet boats and jet units that tells the story of the invention of jet boating. Your Gourmet Burger lunch will be served int he Woolshed and you'll be guided through our native  Riverside Bushwalk

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You'll experience 75 mins of the best jet boating available, exploring deep into the Waimakariri Gorge... before being delivered back to your ship in Lyttelton. 

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Experience: 5-6 hours
Departure: 8.30am (or 30mins after ship docks)

Price: $395 Adult - $345 Child 

(min 2 x Adults required)

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The Best Dam JetBoat
Experience 

(Timaru Port)

The Best Dam JetBoat Experience is a turnkey JetBoat experience on the Waitaki River with a stop en route in Waimate, the accidental home of the Australian Wallaby and local artist Bill Scott's silo artwork.

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Wander through the wetlands at Kurow with an ‘on the run’ Kiwi gourmet lunch to go.

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Your feature JetBoat experience provides unique ‘Hamilton Spins’ in one of the world’s first rivers ever jet boated, skimming over just inches of water and bringing you face to face with a dam wall that spills its entire length and provides more than a quarter of New Zealand's power.  

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Experience: 5-6 hours
Departure: 9.30am (or 90mins after ship docks)

Price: $395pp 

(min 4 x Adults required)

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NEW in 2026

Important Info

Minimum passenger numbers required for all trips (usually 2 Adults).

 

Pre-schoolers means  2 - 3 and they're  free when each pre-schooler is accompanied by an adult.
 

Kids means 4 – 14 and must also be accompanied by an adult.

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Prices  quoted in NZ$ and inclusive of tax (GST).
 

Prices valid to 31st March 2027.
 

Departure times & experience  itineraries can often be scheduled to suit personal requirements - Ask Now!

What To Bring

Jacket 

 

Hat

 

Gloves

 

Sunglasses 

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Warm clothes - best to have layers, even in summer!

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