What should I wear/do I need to bring anything?
Comfortable clothing suitable for outdoor adventure and comfortable walking shoes. Dart River Jet provide life jackets but you may get splashed! It is advised that you wear sunscreen and definitely bring your camera as there are plenty of stunning photo opportunities!
Can my child come on this tour?
Children are more than welcome on this tour, as long as they meet the minimum height requirement of 1 metre. Infants (0-3 years) travel for free and children (4-14 years) travel at a discounted price.
Where can we get lunch?
There is time after the jet boat to buy your lunch in Glenorchy.
Important Information: Tour Itinerary Adjustments
Your safety is our top priority. In certain situations, it may be necessary to alter the tour itinerary due to conditions beyond our control, such as high water levels or adverse road conditions. This could mean we are unable to cross rivers or drive certain roads or drive the full length of roads like Skippers Canyon. When booking, please understand that these adjustments may be required. Please also see our full weather cancellation policy.
Disclosure of Risk 4WD
Nomad Adventures Limited (t/a Nomad Safaris) Disclosure of Risk for Four Wheel Drive Tours. Wakatipu, Glenorchy, Skippers Canyon, Macetown, Gold Seeker, Essential Queenstown and Private Charter
We, Nomad Adventures Limited, are committed to the protection of our employees, clients & property from accidental injury or damage from work carried out by, and on behalf of, the business. We, Nomad Adventures Limited, adopt health, safety, and welfare as a fundamental business objective.
In meeting this commitment, management will comply with all legislative requirements and take all practicable steps to:
- Provide a safe place of work, safe equipment, and proper materials.
- Activities are reviewed by competent staff (internal technical advisors).
- Establish and insist that safe work methods be always practiced.
- Provide supervision and training.
- Ensure employees and clients understand and accept their responsibility to promote a safe and healthy place of work and are part of the safety management process.
- Comply with all Health and Safety Legislation.
- Prevention of serious harm.
- Continually improve.
Whilst we undertake all reasonably practicable steps to minimize, remove, or isolate risks during our tours, it still exists as it does in everyday life.
Risks you may be exposed to during your tour include, but are not limited to:
- Motor vehicle accident including collision with other vehicles, stationary objects, or the land, rollovers, or vehicle fires.
- Your own failure to heed safety warnings, both verbal and written.
- Actions of other road users or members of the public which could cause harm.
- Risk of falling from alighting the motor vehicle.
- Risk of falling or injury due to uneven, loose, or slippery terrain.
- Risk of drowning.
- Risk of injury or death due to natural events such as Earthquakes, Landslide, Flash Flooding, Treefall, Wildfire, Lightning, Blizzards, Volcanic Eruption, Tsunami, Cyclones, and any ongoing consequences of these events.
Disclosure of Risk 4WD v1.2 – Nov 2025
Weather Cancellation Policy
Weather cancellation policy Nomad Adventures Limited (t/a Nomad Safaris, Info & Track, Info & Snow)
As part of this commitment, we reserve the right to delay or cancel any tours or activities if weather conditions are not suitable. This decision will be made by the Operations Manager or a delegated representative. Guides and Drivers are also authorized to modify their routes, or shorten a tour if weather conditions unexpectedly change.
Reasons for this could include, but are not limited to:
- Excessive rain causing risk of flooding
- Extreme high winds
- Snowfall closing roads
- Excessive ice on roading network
- Risk of lightning strike during tours
- Weather-related State of Emergency declared by authorities
- Any other extreme environmental or weather event, such as Earthquake, Landslide, Wildfire, Tsunami, Cyclone, Volcanic Eruption
Weather Cancellation Policy v1.2 – Nov 2025
