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Ziplining company celebrates five years in business

Monday, 10 November 2014, 3:38 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Pioneering eco-tourism company Ziptrek Ecotours is celebrating five successful years in business as New Zealand’s first zipline tour operator. More >>

Ziptrek Ecotours wins best adventure tourism business

Friday, 22 November 2013, 1:36 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Ziptrek Ecotours, New Zealand’s number one original zipline tour company, is flying high after taking out the title of Best Adventure Tourism Business at the 2013 Outdoors Awards held in Rotorua last night (November 21 2013). More >>

Queenstowners invited to ‘zip' for local charity

Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 12:11 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Multi-award winning Queenstown tourism company Ziptrek Ecotours will mark its fourth birthday next month by inviting locals to ‘zip’ for charity. More >>

Queenstown’s Ziptrek Ecotours embraces World Environment Day

Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 5:25 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

As a local pioneer in sustainable business practices, Queenstown’s Ziptrek Ecotours is relishing the opportunity to raise further awareness of the environment on World Environment Day (WED) tomorrow (June 5). More >>

Zipline company flying high after four years in business

Monday, 22 April 2013, 11:47 am | Ziptrek Ecotours

Ziptrek Ecotours is flying high after almost four years in business and over a quarter of a million zips successfully completed. More >>

Families celebrate Chinese New Year with Ziptrek Ecotours

Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 4:53 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Only three days into Chinese New Year celebrations and Queenstown’s Ziptrek Ecotours has already seen an increased number of Chinese visitors embracing New Zealand’s first zipline tour. More >>

90-year-old oldest person on Ziptrek trip

Friday, 25 January 2013, 5:10 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

A 90-year-old great-grandmother is on an adrenalin high after completing her first ever Ziptrek Ecotours trip in Queenstown More >>

NZ’s original zipline company welcomes new 'Ziptrekker'

Monday, 19 November 2012, 2:09 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Award-winning Queenstown tourism company Ziptrek Ecotours is pleased to welcome new sales executive Will Murphy. Mr Murphy has been introduced to focus on local and national retail sales as well as handling group sales enquiries and regional promotions. More >>

Ziptrek's locals' day came up tops for organisations

Monday, 5 November 2012, 11:12 am | Ziptrek Ecotours

Multi-award-winning Queenstown-based tourism company Ziptrek Ecotours helped locals take to the trees this Saturdayall for two good causes. The locals' day was a huge success with all tours booked out days in advance. The 'locals' price of just $33 ... More >>

Ziptrek Ecotours ‘zips up’ another tourism award

Monday, 29 October 2012, 1:18 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

The company that launched New Zealand’s first zipline tour has won highly-acclaimed recognition in the adventure capital for its outstanding tourism success. More >>

Local eco-businesses, council support Lakes District schools

Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 1:57 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Ziptrek Ecotours is proud to have joined forces with well-known eco-business Wanaka Wastebusters and the Queenstown Lakes District Council to support the Paper4trees initiative in the region. More >>

Hollywood Star Zips In Queenstown

Thursday, 29 March 2012, 1:20 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Queenstown, New Zealand: An ‘A-list’ Hollywood superstar yesterday (March 28) joined the growing list of celebrity zippers to take to the trees with Queenstown award winning ecotourism business, Ziptrek Ecotours. Don Cheadle, famous for movie ... More >>

Queenstown companies on China Mission

Thursday, 8 March 2012, 12:58 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Meeting 91 people over 3 days of appointments in Shenzen, China alongside many of New Zealand’s leading tourism operations, Ziptrek’s Trent Yeo is excited at how fast the Asian markets are developing. More >>

Ziptrek Ecotours going mad this March

Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 5:14 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

With a large, Cheshire cat style grin, operators of an award winning Queenstown based eco adventure company are offering adventures in Queenstown’s own wonderland at Mad March prices. More >>

Ziptrek Ecotours basks in Superbowl hype

Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 1:58 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Zipping across building tops and crowded streets in the Indianapolis Superbowl Village seems world’s away from the Ziptrek Ecotours Queenstown forest experience, but the two are inextricably intertwined. More >>

PM takes to the trees in Queenstown with Ziptrek

Friday, 18 November 2011, 12:41 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Prime Minister John Key took to the trees high above Queenstown this morning (Friday November 18) with a visit to leading sustainable tourism business Ziptrek Ecotours. More >>

Gollum and family zip into Queenstown

Tuesday, 25 October 2011, 3:37 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

It was fun for all the family when Lord of the Rings and Hobbit actor Andy Serkis who plays Gollum/Smeagol zipped into Queenstown on Sunday (23 October) with Ziptrek Ecotours. More >>

Ziptrek Ecotours among New Zealand's Sustainable 60

Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 3:12 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

At not quite two years old, Queenstown adventure tourism operation Ziptrek Ecotours is zipping into the record books as among New Zealand's leading sustainable companies. More >>

Qtown Search & Rescue heroes benefit from Ziptrek Ecotours

Monday, 10 October 2011, 2:21 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

A dedicated group of specialist volunteers who risk life and limb to help people in trouble in New Zealand’s great outdoors will be the beneficiaries of a Queenstown locals’ day. Ziptrek Ecotours is thrilled to have raised more than $1,500 for Wakatipu ... More >>

Ziptrek Ecotours weighs in for school holidays

Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 1:27 pm | Ziptrek Ecotours

Little zippers heading to Queenstown’s newest adventure activity can now ride the world’s steepest tree-to-tree flying fox for the first time. A new tethering system allowing the weight minimum to be reduced from 40kg to 30kg means younger children ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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