Your Safety

ZIPTREK ECOTOURS HAVE BEEN ZIPPING HAPPY GUESTS around the globe SINCE 2002

Ziptrek Inc. have extensive zipline experience and we are setting the standard on the delivery of commercial zipline experiences around the world. 

Ziptrek Ecotours is an adventure activity that takes place at height within a forest environment, as such there are elements of risk involved.  The primary risks being (but not limited to) fall from height, collision with objects, equipment failure, changing weather conditions, natural hazards (such as fire, and earthquake), slips/trips and falls. We will take all reasonable and practicable steps to ensure your safety whilst out zipping with us.

Ziptrek Queenstown have won numerous awards in NZ since it opened for operation in 2009 and so thrilled to be celebrating being a "decade young" this year.  Ziptrek have helped the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand development of Activity Specific Guidelines in 2014, the guiding national document. We were also one of the first activity companies to register under the Adventure Tourism Review.

Ziptrek holds a Resource Consent to operate in public lands, insurance to the value of $10 million and is the first zipline tour in New Zealand.  The company has Qualmark quality assurance and is Qualmark Enviro Gold certified, the national standard for quality and tourism highest level for sustainability.

All equipment including helmets are supplied by Ziptrek for your zipping pleasure. This includes a custom made, five-point padded harness and pulley system that is designed by us. Our patented braking systems are a unique part of the smooth ride and gentle deceleration designed for your rider comfort and enables almost anyone to from 6 to 96 years to come zipping with us.

Our amazing treehouse architecture, designed and crafted by our in house team and signed off by various engineers, is New Zealand Building Code compliant and checked on a regular schedule. We monitor and maintain tree health as beautiful living structures.  You will not find living tree architecture like this anywhere else.

Ziptrek’s first core value is Safety. We know that with a safe culture, safe systems and safe equipment, we can have a prosperous business with a happy extended community. 

We would love to answer any enquiries about safety. Contact us!