Nevis Catapult - World's First Catapult

Those who thought that bungee jumping marked the peak of adventure sports, wouldbe in for a revelation.

The experience of Tbeing hurled across a mountain valley by a 'catapult' redefines the limit of adventure.

Nevis Catapult is the 'world's first' catapult in New Zealand's South Island outside Queenstown, in the remote Nevis Valley. It is a thrill-based ride – the biggest and the most extreme — created by the entrepreneur AJ Hackett. It is a project that saw the light of the day by the joint effort of South Island government and AJ Hackett Bungy which is a bungee-jumping company.

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is believed to have provided about 261,000 pounds for the venture because of its significance as the 'world's first'. Nevis Catapult gives the visitors an experience that is not available anywhere else in the world. The Catapult took three decades of planning and development by Henry van Asch and the AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand team before it opened the ride to the world. They built a high-speed winch system after years of research.

World's First Catapult

Visitors experience 3G force as they are shot out like a canon at the speeds of 100 kmph in 1.5 seconds acceleration. They are propelled about 150 m out across a ravine before dropping suddenly towards the valley floor interspersed with a series of back snapping bounces.