Join us for a unique mindfulness event in the trees – tune into your wellbeing, reconnect with nature and enjoy some ziplining fun!

Ziptrek Ecotours, in collaboration with headlight and supported by lululemon Queenstown, is thrilled to bring you this unique event during Mental Health Awareness Month.

Led by expert facilitators, you’ll be guided through a treehouse meditation/stretch and fun ziplining experience, while raising funds for the headlight.

You will come out of this experience feeling relaxed and refreshed by mindfulness practices and re-energised having taken on thrilling ziplines. No prior meditation experience is necessary.

This experience includes:

✔ 30-minute guided treehouse meditation and stretch, led by Chris Wille (mats provided)
✔ Two fun ziplines, accompanied by Ziptrek Guides
✔ Optional thrilling 21m Kererū drop experience, or gentle third zipline
✔ $15 donation to headlight, supporting Whakatipu community wellbeing programs

Allow up to two hours for the entire event.

What to Expect

Take the first Skyline Gondola of the day, at 9:30am, and arrive at the Ziptrek Treehouse for a 9:45am start. Gondola tickets sold separately or opt to hike the Tiki Trail (steep trail allow 60mins).

Here you’ll be greeted by your mindfulness facilitator, Chris Wille. Stationed in the treehouse, immersed in the trees and surrounded by majestic mountains, Chris will guide you through a 30-minute grounding meditation and stretch session.

After the meditation, your Ziptrek Guides will get you harnessed up and you'll journey through the forest on two fun ziplines before reaching the spectacular three-level triangle-deck treehouse overlooking Lake Whakatipu. There you will have the option to depart the treehouse deck via the thrilling 21m Kererū drop, or to exit via a short zipline.

You’ll return to the Ziptrek Treehouse at the top of the Skyline Gondola at approximately 11:30am via a short uphill walk.

Important Information

Bookings are required, limited spaces.

Tickets $60 per person, plus booking fees (includes a $15 donation to the headlight).

Maximum weight limit 125kgs. All participants must complete a Ziptrek Participant Consent Form prior to the event: ziptrek.co.nz/waiver.

If you or anyone in your group has a medical condition or a recent injury please bring this to our attention. Pregnant women are unable to join the tour.

This is an all-weather event.

Where to Meet

Take the first Skyline gondola of the day, at 9:30am, and meet the group at the Ziptrek Treehouse at 9:45am sharp. Gondola tickets sold separately. Alternatively, hike the Tiki Trail (allow 60mins, steep trail).

What to Bring

Please keep personal belongings to a minimum. Wear comfortable clothing and bring extra warm layers including a down jacket. Closed toe walking shoes are required. Drink bottles are provided.

Personal medication to be carried, if required

About headlight

headlight is a Whakatipu-based charitable organisation working to empower our community to support its mental wellbeing.

We deliver peer-to-peer services, mental health education and programmes that upskill and enable our community to take action to stay mentally well. We believe in preventing mental distress and taking steps to help our community know what to do and say to help promote good mental health and help those around us who are struggling. We prioritise communities hardest hit since COVID and are building a peer workforce that can reach across our diverse, vibrant community.

$15 from every ticket sold will be donated to headlight to help them empower our communities.

Learn more: headlight.org.nz

About Ziptrek Ecotours

Ziptrek Ecotours is Queenstown’s first carbon-neutral tourism business – a multi-award-winning adventure ecotourism business renowned for delivering awareness and appreciation of the natural environment along with a healthy dose of ziplining adventure.

Whilst our guests zipline through the forest, alongside an incredible view of glacial-fed Lake Whakatipu and the Remarkables mountain range, our guides deliver informative content on the treehouse decks, between each zipline.

More than purely a ziplining tour, Ziptrek exists to educate guests around sustainability whilst facilitating an engaging activity in a beautiful environment. Our intent is clear with our vocal expression of regenerative tourism principles in all of our interactions with our stakeholders – whether that be our team, suppliers, local community or customers.

Learn more: https://www.ziptrek.co.nz/

About Chris Wille

Chris Wille is a health enthusiast, yoga teacher, and wellness retreat leader. Currently the senior retreat leader & programme manager at Aro Hā Wellness Retreat, Chris is passionate about bringing real change to the masses. With his approachable demeanour and teaching style his offerings tailor to both the well-practiced health nuts and the first timers to the wellness scene. With a tool kit including traditional Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, meditation, and modern mindfulness, Chris has a wide scope of teachings to offer. Outside of running retreats you’ll find him spending time with his family, in the mountains, or sipping a cacao.

Learn more: https://www.facebook.com/chris...