Can You Bungee Jump With Asthma In Queenstown?

Can You Bungee Jump With Asthma?

Yes, you can: asthma is not on AJ Hackett Bungy's barred list for its Queenstown sites, but it does sit on the "tell the crew" list of conditions you must declare, alongside high blood pressure, epilepsy and recent sprains. Only pregnancy and photosensitive epilepsy rule a jump out entirely, so speak with your doctor, then tell the crew when you book and again at check-in.

That is the whole answer in compressed form, but the details matter when money is on the line. One operator, AJ Hackett Bungy NZ, runs every bookable bungy in Queenstown: the Kawarau Bridge site in Gibbston Valley and the Nevis site reached by 4WD bus. Both use the same health declaration framework, which means the asthma question has one consistent answer across the products rather than a different rule at each bridge, cable car pod or swing platform.

The distinction the operator draws is between three tiers of health information. The first tier is the tell-the-crew list, where asthma sits: conditions the crew wants to know about, without stating any consequence. The second tier is the doctor's-certificate tier, covering osteoporosis, scoliosis and recent concussion. The third tier is the cannot-take-part tier: pregnant guests and photosensitive epilepsy. Nothing in the operator's published rules says an asthma declaration moves a jumper from the first tier to either of the other two.

What follows works through the operator's actual wording, the booking and check-in mechanics, the site and product differences that shape the decision, and the mistakes people make when they arrive with an undeclared condition. Prices quoted are the operator's NZD "from" prices, which change by date and time. If a fact you need is not covered here, the operator takes questions on 0800 286 4958 or +64 3 450 1300, and that call is free of the guesswork.

Before the detail, the short version of the product picture: the Kawarau Bridge Bungy is the 43 m original, the operator's price from NZD 320, open to jumpers aged 10 and over from 35 to 160 kg. The Nevis trip is the 134 m jump the operator calls the highest in New Zealand, from NZD 395, ages 13 and over, 45 to 127 kg, about 3.5 to 4 hours all told. Combos stack a bungy with a swing or catapult and follow the stricter Nevis limits where they include Nevis activities.

What The Operator's Health Rules Actually Say About Asthma

AJ Hackett's own safety and legal pages treat asthma as a condition to declare, not a reason to be barred: the wording lists asthma alongside high or low blood pressure, heart conditions, epilepsy, high myopia, broken or fractured bones, dislocations, fragile skin, neurological disorders, diabetes, prosthetics, panic or anxiety attacks and recent sprains or muscular injuries, and instructs jumpers to tell the crew. The pages stop there, making no claim about how asthma affects a jump.

The full list is worth reading once, because the pattern in it tells you how the operator treats asthma: as information for the crew, in the same bucket as a prosthetic or a healing sprain. You can read the list in context on the operator's safety page and again in the operator's FAQ, which repeat each other on this point. Consistency across two official pages is itself a small piece of information: the rule is settled, not a footnote that changed last season.

Two adjacent rules often surprise people booking with any declared condition. Glasses cannot be worn on any of the activities, and the operator's safety page says prescription safety goggles are available free of charge. And the no-drugs-or-alcohol rule is enforced language, not signage filler: the legal page says the operator may test. Neither rule targets asthma, but both shape the same check-in conversation where the declaration happens.

The broader set of conditions, including the doctor's-certificate tier and what the crew does with a declaration on the day, is covered in more depth in medical conditions the operator asks about, which walks the whole list rather than one line of it. For a respiratory condition specifically, the practical takeaway from the operator's wording is simple: the disclosure happens twice, once at booking and once in person, and the second one is the one that counts.

A question worth asking before you book is how the operator's 24-hour cancellation window interacts with a health question you have not yet resolved. Cancel or change more than 24 hours before and the booking is fully refundable, minus a 1.99% card transaction fee the operator holds back. Inside 24 hours, a no-show or a decision not to jump is non-refundable. That makes the doctor conversation a pre-booking task, not a day-of task, because the refund window and the medical question should close in that order.

Which Queenstown Sites And Products Can You Book With A Declared Condition?

Every product stays open to you: a declared condition such as asthma rules out no specific booking, so the Kawarau Bridge Bungy, the Nevis Bungy, and every combo containing them all sit under the same tell-the-crew disclosure list. The only real differences are fixed age and weight gates: Kawarau takes ages 10 and up from 35 to 160 kg, while Nevis and its combos take ages 13 and up from 45 to 127 kg.

The 43m Bungy, World's First at Kawarau Bridge is the shorter commitment in every dimension: 43 m over the Kawarau River, about 1.5 hours if you self-drive or 2.5 hours by the free Bungy Bus, with free parking at 1693 Gibbston Highway on SH6. After the jump the operator lowers you to a boat. It is rated 4.9, though no review count is published beside that figure, and the operator's price is from NZD 320 adult, NZD 280 child. The 134m Bungy, New Zealand's Biggest is the other pole: a 45-minute 4WD ride each way into private land, a jump from a cable-car pod over the Nevis canyon, an 8.5 second plunge by the operator's figure, and the operator's price from NZD 395. It carries a 5.0 rating across 122 reviews.

Combos change the maths again. The Nevis Combo, Bungy & Swing pairs the 134 m jump with the 300 m arc Nevis Swing for the operator's price from NZD 620, which the operator says saves NZD 100 against booking the two separately. It runs about 4 hours, follows the Nevis limits of 13 and over and 45 to 127 kg, and has no published rating. The Thrillogy, Bungy, Swing, Catapult at from NZD 805 and the Nevis Combo, Bungy & Catapult at from NZD 590 round out the Nevis combos, and the Kawarau Combo, Bungy & Swing at from NZD 460 follows the 10-and-over, 35 to 150 kg gate of its two Kawarau parts.

A declared condition does not change which row of that table you can book, per the operator's published rules, but the day's shape might matter to your planning. The Kawarau trip lets a non-jumping adult stay on site for free as a spectator, while a spectator spot at Nevis is NZD 50 for adults and free for under 10s. If the person travelling with you wants to be within arm's reach at check-in, that difference is real money and real logistics. Full detail is in watching a bungy as a spectator.

The operator suggests booking 4 to 6 weeks ahead from 15 December to 15 January, with 30 December to 2 January the busiest stretch. A health declaration is easier to sort when the calendar is not pressing on you.

How Do You Declare Asthma When You Book A Bungy?

You declare asthma in two places: when you book, using the fields or notes the booking page provides, and in person at check-in, where the crew runs through the health list before anyone is harnessed. Bring photo ID, arrive 15 minutes before your slot at Kawarau or 30 minutes before Bungy Bus departures, and remember that under 18s need adult consent at check-in while under 14s need an adult aged 18 or over on site.

The check-in sequence is where a declared condition becomes a conversation rather than a form field. At Kawarau you check in 15 minutes before your jump time; if you are taking the free Bungy Bus from the Queenstown Bungy Centre at the corner of Shotover and Camp Streets, you check in 30 minutes before departure, because the bus ride to Gibbston Valley is part of the 2.5-hour budget. At Nevis there is no self-drive option at all: the site is on private land, the 4WD bus is included in the price, and the 45-minute ride each way is part of the roughly 3.5 to 4-hour trip. A pickup at Kawarau can be requested. The rest of the planning pages sit on Queenstown Bungy Jump.

Timing rules reward the organised. Outside the 15 December to 15 January peak, the operator says about 48 hours ahead is usually enough for the Nevis Bungy, and the operator's Nevis page carries the current departure-time picture, since Nevis times vary by day and the site runs year round. Kawarau keeps stated hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm from October to April, 9:00am to 4:30pm from May to September, daily except Christmas Day, with the last jump 30 minutes before closing.

The operator's payment and refund rules frame how early that declaration conversation should happen. Visa, Mastercard, EFTPOS, WeChat Pay, AliPay, UnionPay and Afterpay are accepted. Cancel more than 24 hours out and the refund is full minus the non-refundable 1.99% card fee; inside 24 hours, or on a no-show, or if you decide not to jump on the day, there is no refund. Weather is the exception the operator carves out itself: if weather or safety stops the operation, you can transfer, reschedule or take a full refund, and the operator runs in most weather including rain.

Booking direct also carries a small bundle worth knowing about: the operator says photos, video and an activity t-shirt are included with the Kawarau and Nevis activities, with instant delivery to your device. The operator's FAQ page sets out the multi-activity discounts too: NZD 50 off per activity when you book two or more nationwide, NZD 70 off per activity at three or more, and 20% off a future single activity for repeat customers, with combos and the Zipride excluded from that last one.

Can You Bungee Jump With Asthma And Other Conditions At The Same Time?

Yes, provided each declared condition clears the operator's requirements on its own, because the medical list treats every condition as a separate line rather than a combined risk. Asthma plus diabetes simply means two entries on the tell-the-crew list, asthma plus a recent concussion means one declaration plus a doctor's certificate for the concussion, and asthma plus pregnancy means no jump at all, since pregnant guests cannot take part.

That framing is why the operator's wording deserves to be read literally rather than interpreted. Nothing on the pages ranks conditions by severity, grades asthma, or distinguishes controlled from uncontrolled anything. They say tell the crew. They say the crew assesses on the day. The guidance to follow is the operator's own instruction plus the universal advice: check with your doctor, and tell the crew when you book.

A few neighbouring conditions have their own dedicated pages on this site, built from the same operator wording. Diabetes sits on the same tell-the-crew list and is covered in detail in jumping with diabetes; scoliosis is in the doctor's-certificate tier rather than the declaration tier, a distinction worth getting right before you book either product.

Age and supervision rules also interact with a health declaration when the jumper is young. Under 18s need adult consent at check-in, and under 14s need an adult aged 18 or over on site, though that adult does not need to jump. The operator's FAQ words the supervision rule as "13 or under" and its product pages say "under 14s"; it is the same rule stated twice, so treat it as one line, not two. For families weighing the whole question, Queenstown bungy with kids works through ages, weights and spectator logistics together.

One more boundary worth stating plainly: AJ Hackett Bungy NZ is the only bungy operator found in Queenstown, so its health rules are the ones that matter for a bungy jump. Shotover Canyon Swing is a separate business running a canyon swing rather than a bungy, a different ride under a different operator.

The Kawarau product earns its place in this discussion for structural reasons, not medical ones: it is the shorter day, the site with free spectators, the 10-and-over age gate, and the one the operator names as its preferred Queenstown site for more severe mobility impairment. None of that makes it a medical recommendation, and no sentence here should be read as one. It simply has the shallowest logistics between decision and platform, which is often what a first-time jumper with a health question wants.

What Trips People Up When Booking With A Declared Condition?

The recurring mistakes are booking before the doctor conversation, declaring a condition in a booking note but never raising it at check-in, assuming a combo inherits looser limits than its parts, and booking inside the 24-hour window before realising the refund rules have already hardened. Every one is avoidable by ordering: doctor first, booking second, check-in conversation third.

The combo-limit trap deserves its own sentence. A Nevis combo is not a Kawarau product with extra activities attached: it carries the Nevis gate of 13 and over and 45 to 127 kg, and a 10-year-old who clears Kawarau's age limit clears nothing at Nevis. The Kawarau Combo, Bungy & Swing sits at 10 and over and 35 to 150 kg. Weight limits are per product, and the crew assesses on the day, with weather able to change operating weight ranges: at Kawarau the maximum drops to 130 kg when the river is high.

The refund trap is equally mechanical. Decide not to jump on the day, for any reason including a health one, and the operator's rules say non-refundable. Have the operator stop the jump for weather or safety reasons and the options open up: transfer, reschedule or full refund. The difference between those two outcomes is who made the call, which is exactly why the doctor conversation belongs before booking rather than on the platform.

Then there is the contact channel people forget exists. The operator answers 0800 286 4958, that is 0800 BUNGY JUMP, and +64 3 450 1300, plus WhatsApp on +64 3 450 2823. A two-minute call about how to note a condition on a booking is cheaper than a non-refundable no-show, and the operator also runs a best-price guarantee: contact it before booking if you find a cheaper live price and it will match, per its own FAQ.

The final third of the decision is honestly comparing the two bookable families rather than treating them as one product at two heights. That comparison, including the fear factor and the price ladder, is laid out in which Queenstown bungy is best, and the full price picture across every product and combo is in what a bungy costs here.

The combo tier is where the value logic shifts. The Nevis Combo, Bungy & Swing at the operator's price from NZD 620 comes with the operator's stated NZD 100 saving against the two activities booked separately, and it compresses two canyon experiences into a single about-4-hour block with one bus ride, one check-in and one declaration conversation. For a jumper whose planning is dominated by a health question, halving the number of logistics is not nothing.

Where that leaves the asthma question is where it started: a declared condition on the tell-the-crew list, a doctor's opinion obtained before any payment, and a crew that hears about it twice. AJ Hackett Bungy NZ's framework is not a verdict on any jumper's lungs, and no jumper should treat it as one. What remains is mechanics. Declare the condition, get the medical opinion before paying, then book a refundable option that is correctly limited and correctly priced. Mechanics of that kind are learnable in one read.

Common Questions About Bungy Jumping With Asthma

Can You Bungee Jump With Asthma?

Asthma is on the operator's tell-the-crew list, not its barred list. Check with your doctor before booking, declare the condition when you book, and tell the crew again at check-in.

Does Asthma Stop You Jumping At Nevis Or Kawarau?

No published rule singles asthma out at either site; the same tell-the-crew list applies across all the operator's Queenstown products. The differences between sites are age, weight and logistics, not medical.

Do You Need A Doctor's Certificate To Bungy Jump With Asthma?

The operator requires a certificate only for osteoporosis, scoliosis and recent concussion. Asthma is not in that tier, but checking with your doctor before booking is the advice that applies to every declared condition.

When Should You Tell The Crew About Asthma?

Twice: in your booking, and in person at check-in, which is 15 minutes before your jump at Kawarau and 30 minutes before bus departure for Nevis trips.

Can You Get A Refund If A Health Issue Stops You Jumping?

Only outside the operator's 24-hour cancellation window, and minus the non-refundable 1.99% card fee. Inside 24 hours, a decision not to jump is non-refundable per the operator's rules; a weather or safety stop by the operator allows transfer, reschedule or full refund.

Who Do You Call With A Health Question Before Booking?

The operator, on 0800 286 4958 or +64 3 450 1300, or WhatsApp +64 3 450 2823. Ask before you pay, not after the refund window hardens.