BiziBB
Apr 8, 08, 12:53 am
For those considering a less strenuous tour in Australia or NZ, especially in hilly scenery, the Segway might be a good option. For less mobile or energetic travellers, if you prefer.
Here's one. I suppose there are more and will add them (in the Oz/NZ/Pacific area) if I find any.
What other operators have a Seway tour in places covered in this forum?
Tours operate in Sydney, Wellington, Christchurch, Paris, Rome, Chicago, Budapest, Atlanta, Washington, Vienna and New Orleans to name but a few.
Segway to go (http://www.smh.com.au/news/new-zealand/segway-to-go/2008/04/04/1207249417555.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1)[SMH]
New Zealand's Queenstown is home to some of the world's most terrifying activities. It's a place where you can thrash your way along white-water rapids, hurl yourself off a bridge, steer your own jet-propelled rocket through a canyon or take a speedboat ride so fast, it could turn your hair white almost instantly.
Why, then, am I pottering around a deserted car park on a bizarre two-wheeled contraption, which, at first glance, might seem best suited to a pensioner on a shopping spree?
First, to partake in an activity not normally associated with Queenstown's high-octane reputation. Second, I was looking for something to do that was relatively cheap. Call me Scrooge but in a town where the discerning thrill-seeker can plough through cash faster than a sheikh at a horse auction, an inexpensive jaunt was a welcome prospect.
That's when I happened upon Segway tours.
View Kev riding a Segway up the world's steepest street, Baldwin St, on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKUk0XVeTQ).
Here's one. I suppose there are more and will add them (in the Oz/NZ/Pacific area) if I find any.
What other operators have a Seway tour in places covered in this forum?
Tours operate in Sydney, Wellington, Christchurch, Paris, Rome, Chicago, Budapest, Atlanta, Washington, Vienna and New Orleans to name but a few.
Segway to go (http://www.smh.com.au/news/new-zealand/segway-to-go/2008/04/04/1207249417555.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1)[SMH]
New Zealand's Queenstown is home to some of the world's most terrifying activities. It's a place where you can thrash your way along white-water rapids, hurl yourself off a bridge, steer your own jet-propelled rocket through a canyon or take a speedboat ride so fast, it could turn your hair white almost instantly.
Why, then, am I pottering around a deserted car park on a bizarre two-wheeled contraption, which, at first glance, might seem best suited to a pensioner on a shopping spree?
First, to partake in an activity not normally associated with Queenstown's high-octane reputation. Second, I was looking for something to do that was relatively cheap. Call me Scrooge but in a town where the discerning thrill-seeker can plough through cash faster than a sheikh at a horse auction, an inexpensive jaunt was a welcome prospect.
That's when I happened upon Segway tours.
View Kev riding a Segway up the world's steepest street, Baldwin St, on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKUk0XVeTQ).