A.J. Hackett Bungy

The Bungy Experience

When you jump with us, you leave with a good feeling about yourself. It's an incredibly positive experience.

The life of our company comes from people who get a huge sense of acheivement from completing a jump. They have pushed beyond and extended their personal limits. We give people the opportunity to experience a totally uncensored rush of emotional energy; they laugh; they scream; they sometimes cry. Most importantly they change their own lives through a greater sense of self worth and achievement.

The result is similar for most people - it's a massive boost to their self esteem and they feel great!

That's the bungy experience, and understanding it ourselves from personal experience is what makes us the world leaders and international pioneers in personal challenge.

When you are standing on the platform about to step off into 15 storeys of nothing but thin air, you will be thinking to yourself "Why am I here?", "What am I doing this for?", "Will I be OK?". All you need to do is trust our jump crew - they know what to do!

We've notched up nearly 1 million safe jumps and all of our sites and staff training programmes conform to a rigorous code of practice. Our gear is always individually tested prior to use, and constantly monitored during use. Safe? Hey, we know what we are talking about!

Challenge yourself, and have one of the most intense, exhilarating and rewarding rushes you may ever have, or could possibly imagine.

Bungy in Cairns
The Cairns operation is in the tropics of North Queensland between the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest. The 50 metre Cairns bungy tower is situated 15 km north of the city on the foothills of Saddle Mountain and surrounded by lush tropical rainforest.

The site took 3 months to develop with a 5 metre, man-made pool of water beneath the jump, and spectacular views of Green Island and the Great Barrier Reef coastline.

We also have sites in Kuta - Bali, Las Vegas - USA, Normandie - France and Queenstown - New Zealand.

Breaking News!

• Our Bungy Site in Cairns, Australia has redefined modern day Bungy Jumping. No longer do you turn up and think about doing just one jump but do several. We have been trialing a NEW "UNLIMITED JUMP" package which includes unlimited jumps the same day for A$99 (minimum of two), the record is "15".

  We have just built a new jump platform above the roof of the tower which includes a LAUNCH RAMP, HIGH DIVERS SPRINGBOARD and a fully operational WATER SLIDE!!! Our toys available for use off this "ULTIMATE PLAYGROUND" include shopping trolley, mountain bike, skateboard and several other choices of JUMPS from our MENU available on site.

• New from the inventors of Bungy, the 'MINJIN' is due to open in Cairns in March.

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About A.J. Hackett (The Man)

In 1986 I saw a video of some young English thrillseekers called the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club doing a couple of jumps in England in the late seventies. They based their jumps on the manhood ritual of Pentecost Island where the young guys jump from 35 metre towers with vines tied around their feet.

The imagination really kicked in, and it was off to develop a safe, standard method of jumping. A friend, Chris Sigglekow, and I decided to follow a rule that only if a method proved to be consistently workable, would we continue to pursue it.

Using local bridges in the North Island of New Zealand as testing platforms, we took the height of the bridge, the size of the cord and the weight of the person, and began to test how predictable we could make this bungy jumping thing. After 3 years of testing we figured that we had the parameters nailed down.

In 1987 I went skiing in France and just couldn't help myself. There was this bridge called the Ponts de la Caille, near Annecy, that spanned a 147 metre deep gorge so I did a jump off it using our new bungy cord.

This began a series of spectacular and extreme jumps around Tignes in France, including one from a gondola 91 metres up.

Then in June 1987 it was off to Paris to do the jump that really grabbed the world's attention, and showed that the cord system worked, and that it was safe - The Eiffel Tower.

In 1988 I opened the first AJ Hackett Bungy jump site in Ohakune, New Zealand.

In 1990, I did a 300m jump from a helicopter as a world first to celebrate the opening of my new site in Normandie, France. Not only was it a world first but it also re-affirmed my company's position as the pioneers in bungy jumping.

Heli-bungy took off as the most extreme form of bungy adventure yet, but still within a safe and quality assured environment. I think that's the key to the success of what I've been dedicating myself to for all these years - pushing the envelope on adrenalin rush without compromising safety.

My company focuses on the highest quality professional services, innovation and resource sustainability to ensure maximum personal enjoyment and reward for everybody. But above all, we make it safe without taking the edge off the buzz.

You will come away from one of my unique sites with a memory that will be with you forever - you did something you believed you couldn't do. Use this experience to enhance other areas of your life.

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