We woke early to a beautiful day. The air seemed crystal clear this morning as went in search of adventure...
Surrounded by the Southern Alps and overlooking the region's deep blue lakes, we felt like we needed to get higher to take in the views... so that's what we did!!!
Dave & Mel each took to the air on a tandem paraglider, with an instructor. From 2400m we basically ran off a cliff to fill the parachute with air, then soared out above the plains below.
The feeling of total weightlessness and the silence of floating through the air left us feeling like we were really flying.
As the earth below warmed the air, we caught the thermals, lifting us higher & higher.
After all of our walking this certainly was a very relaxing way to travel.
Floating across the ridge line provided spectacular views far below.
Despite initial nerves Mel soon had the pilot swooping and spinning on their way to the landing zone! An awesome experience, something neither of us will ever forget!
Justin decided flying like a bird was too tame so decided to drop like a stone instead!!!
A skydive from 15,000ft made the mountains below look like small creases on the Earth's surface.
Soon he was flying like an eagle over the turquoise waters of Lake Wakatipu, what a rush!!!
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