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Gold Coast

Jet Boat Adventure Ride & Aquaduck Safari Combo

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Experience the best of Gold Coast with an amphibious tour on the Aquaduck. Enjoy an adrenaline rush as you take a jet boat ride on the Broadwater!

Start your weekend with an exciting adventure that combines an informative city tour with a thrilling river cruise of Gold Coast!

Take a 1-hour tour of the amphibious ‘Duck’, a vehicle that can travel on both land and water and see some of Gold Coast’s famous landmarks.

Enjoy a thrilling ride aboard a jet boat with power stops, slides, 360-degree spins, and wild fishtails with an expert driver.

Upgrade your tickets to the 55-minute tour for a more comprehensive tour of Broadwater and Gold Coast.

Did you know? Aquaducks are built from a military LARC or DUKWS, which is how they get their name.

40/60-min Jetboat express (as per option selected)

1 hour Aquaduck tour

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The best of both worlds

Get ready for a thrilling adventure that lets you explore the best of Gold Coast on both land and water with this jet boat and aquaduck tour combo. The experience starts with the jet boat experience where you get to experience wild fishtails, power stops, and thrilling 360-degree spins and power slides with your experienced boat driver. Having been at the helm of a boat for most of their lives, the drivers are incredibly skilled and will ensure that they get your adrenaline pumping, while still keeping you completely safe. You can catch sight of glitzy mansions on Sovereign Island, and even spot some wild dolphins as they swim alongside your boat! The basic ticket allows you to enjoy 30 minutes on a jet boat. You can upgrade your tickets for a more comprehensive 55-minute long experience.

A view of Gold's Coast's waters

Next up is a ride on the amphibious Duck, which starts off as an informative city tour on land that seamlessly transforms into a river cruise. You can catch stunning views of Gold Coast’s waterways as well as the city’s famous landmarks. The Aquaduck tour is an hour long, and is an excellent way to visit the city’s famous land and beachside attractions.

Jet Boat Adventure Ride & Aquaduck Safari Combo

Start weekend with exciting adventure combining informative city tour and thrilling river cruise showcasing Gold Coast's diverse attractions, featuring 1-hour tour aboard amphibious 'Duck' vehicle capable of traveling both land and water demonstrating unique military-derived technology, sightseeing past Gold Coast's famous landmarks including architectural highlights, waterfront developments, and natural features, thrilling jet boat ride delivering power stops, exhilarating slides, spectacular 360-degree spins, and wild fishtails creating adrenaline-pumping aquatic experience under expert driver control, upgrade option to 55-minute extended tour providing more comprehensive exploration of Broadwater and broader Gold Coast region, and fascinating mechanical fact that Aquaducks built from military LARC or DUKWS amphibious vehicles explaining name origin and design heritage, crafted for explorers of adventure tourism, devotees of unique experiences, and seekers of combined activities. With combination package eliminating separate bookings while providing complementary experiences pairing educational sightseeing with pure adrenaline entertainment, amphibious vehicle novelty creating memorable experience beyond conventional tour buses or boats, and convenient format completing both activities during reasonable timeframe allowing continuing vacation activities afterward, this combo adventure weaves urban discovery and aquatic thrills, offering varied encounters to forge appreciation for Gold Coast's multifaceted appeal combining natural waterways, modern urban development, and adventure tourism infrastructure while experiencing unique vehicles and high-performance watercraft demonstrating how specialized equipment enables distinctive tourism products differentiating operators within competitive market.

Touring Gold Coast Aboard Amphibious Duck

Ride aboard amphibious 'Duck' representing unique vehicle combining land mobility and water capability, with design based on military LARC (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) or DUKWS (manufacturer code giving phonetic "duck" name) amphibious trucks developed during WWII for ship-to-shore cargo transport, demonstrating how military technology adapted for civilian tourism creates novelty experiences, with vehicle's six-wheel-drive land propulsion and propeller-driven water navigation enabling seamless transition from streets into waterways without passenger disembarkation. The amphibious vehicle enchants explorers with technological versatility. Take 1-hour tour of Gold Coast traveling on both land and water, with land portion covering city streets passing commercial districts, residential neighborhoods, and landmark architecture while guide provides commentary explaining development history, real estate trends, and local culture, then dramatic transition as Duck enters water demonstrating amphibious capability creating exciting moment as wheels retract and propeller engages transforming truck into boat, followed by water cruise revealing waterfront properties, marine infrastructure, and natural coastline features from aquatic perspective, captivating devotees with dual perspective. See Gold Coast's famous landmarks potentially including Surfers Paradise skyline recognizable by highrise towers, marina developments housing luxury yachts, The Spit recreational area, Seaworld theme park visible from water, and pristine beaches extending northward, with specific landmarks varying by tour route and operational conditions, while educational commentary contextualizes sights within Gold Coast's transformation from 1950s sleepy beach town into major tourism destination through strategic development, enchanting seekers with urban history. The extended 55-minute tour upgrade provides more comprehensive coverage of Broadwater, large shallow bay separating mainland from barrier islands creating protected waterway ideal for recreation, water sports, and marine activities, with additional time enabling visiting additional landmarks, providing more detailed commentary, and allowing passengers fully appreciating amphibious experience rather than brief water portion in standard tour, demonstrating how duration options create service tiers accommodating time-limited versus leisurely tourists.

Experiencing Thrilling Jet Boat Adventure

Prepare for thrilling jet boat ride aboard high-performance vessel powered by jet propulsion system using water intake and pressurized ejection creating thrust without exposed propellers, enabling rapid acceleration, instant directional changes, and minimal draft allowing operation in shallow waters where conventional boats cannot venture, demonstrating marine engineering innovation creating capabilities specifically suited for adventure tourism applications requiring quick maneuvering in confined spaces. The jet boat enchants explorers with mechanical sophistication. Enjoy exhilarating maneuvers including power stops where full throttle followed by reverse thrust brings speeding boat to dramatic halt creating forward surge of water spray, slides where high-speed turns bank boat steeply throwing passengers sideways while maintaining forward motion, spectacular 360-degree spins rotating boat completely while stationary demonstrating jet drive's directional control, and wild fishtails where rapid steering alternations create side-to-side skidding motion, with expert driver calibrating intensity to group's comfort level while maintaining safety margins, captivating devotees with controlled chaos. The professional driver training ensures thrilling ride remains safely within operational parameters, with pilots understanding vessel handling characteristics, reading water conditions anticipating hydrodynamic responses, and observing passengers gauging appropriate intensity levels, while comprehensive safety equipment including life jackets, restraint systems, and radio communication provides protection and emergency response capability, enchanting seekers with professional management. The combination package design creates optimal experience pacing where educational Aquaduck tour providing contextual Gold Coast knowledge precedes pure entertainment of jet boat creating narrative progression from learning to thrilling, with contrasting experiences preventing monotony while combined duration remains manageable fitting within half-day timeframe, demonstrating thoughtful product design maximizing customer satisfaction through complementary activity pairing rather than random bundling, while combo pricing provides cost savings incentivizing purchasing integrated package rather than separate bookings generating operational efficiencies for tour operator through coordinated scheduling and resource allocation.

Tour Highlights

• Start with exciting adventure combining city tour and river cruise
• Take 1-hour amphibious 'Duck' tour on land and water
• See Gold Coast's famous landmarks during sightseeing
• Enjoy thrilling jet boat with power stops and 360° spins
• Experience wild fishtails and slides with expert driver
• Upgrade to 55-minute extended Broadwater tour
• Learn Aquaducks built from military LARC or DUKWS vehicles

Crafted for explorers of adventure tourism, devotees of unique experiences, and seekers of combined activities, this combo package delivers an exhilarating journey through amphibious novelty and aquatic thrills. Join this exciting adventure to uncover Gold Coast landmarks and jet boat intensity, crafting memories that spin like 360-degree maneuvers on sparkling waters.

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