GUIDEBOOK : Bungee Jumping
Getting there: From Auckland take Ansett New Zealand or Mount Cook Airlines to Queenstown, about $287, one way.
Where to stay: Garden Court Motel, 31 Frankton Road, (800) 528-1234; Holiday Inn, Sainsbury Road, Fernhill, (800) HOLIDAY; Queenstown Parkroyal, Beach Street, and THC Queenstown Resort Hotel, Marine Parade & Earl St., telephone both from California (800) 252-2155.
Other attractions: A day trip to Milford Sound, one of the top sightseeing spots in New Zealand; cruise on Lake Wakatipu at Queenstown; gondola ride to top of peak overlooking Queenstown; jet boat ride on the Shotover River.
For more information: New Zealand Tourism Office, 501 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 300, Santa Monica, Calif. 90401, (213) 395-7480; bungee-jumping brochures available.
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