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A helicopter ride in Queenstown puts the lakes, glaciers and mountains below you. Choose a short scenic flight over The Remarkables, land on snow or a glacier, or head further to Milford Sound. Book a flight for yourself or give it as a gift and let them pick the day.
A helicopter ride in Queenstown covers ground that would take days on foot. From town you can fly over The Remarkables and Lake Wakatipu, land on snow or a glacier, cross to Milford Sound, or hike somewhere only a helicopter can reach. Every flight needs individual passenger weights at booking, so have them ready.
Short flights are the easiest way in. The Remarkables scenic helicopter tour is 20 minutes over the range and Lake Wakatipu, with a snow landing in winter, conditions permitting. The 45 minute essential tour adds Skippers Canyon and two landings, and the scenic tour with a snow landing sets you down on a mountain top.
For something more, the grand glacier tour lands on a remote glacier, and the Earnslaw Burn flight with a Paradise picnic lands beneath a hanging glacier for a locally made picnic. In winter, the Remarkables sunset flight leaves daily at 4.30pm, lands on the range and includes bubbles or beer.
Glenorchy is at the head of Lake Wakatipu, with Mount Aspiring National Park behind it. The 45 minute Mt Earnslaw flight passes over country used in the Lord of the Rings films and lands at Earnslaw Burn. The flight with an alpine snow landing and the 40 minute flight with a glacier landing go further into the mountains.
Milford Sound is a long way by road, and a short hop by air. The 50 minute Milford Sound flyover crosses the Southern Alps and follows the fiord, while the Milford Sound and glaciers flight adds a glacier or alpine landing. For the longer trips, the flight and cruise and the heli-cruise-heli trip both include time on the fiord.
The Milford, lakes and Sutherland Falls tour runs for two hours over the Milford Track and the falls, which the operator bills as New Zealand's tallest waterfall. The West Coast beaches and glaciers tour flies the length of the fiord to land on a remote beach. See more things to do in Milford Sound and Fiordland.
Prefer to walk once you land? The Earnslaw Burn heli hike is four hours with a guided walk at a hanging glacier, and the Milford Track guided heli-hike covers 11km on the famous track, with a snow landing. For full days, the Franz Josef Glacier heli hike and the Tasman Glacier heli hike both leave from Queenstown, with several scenic flights and a guided glacier hike. A moderate level of fitness is needed.
For two, the private scenic flight with alpine picnic lands at a secluded spot for a gourmet picnic, and isn't available in winter. The private helicopter flight and winery tour with lunch adds four Gibbston wineries, and the private heli fishing trip flies you to a backcountry river for a day of fly fishing with lunch.
For a group of four or more, the altitude golf and helicopter flight plays a par 3 at 4,500 feet, with five golf balls each. In winter, the snowmobile trip with a helicopter flight is a 75 minute guided ride on the Garvie Plateau, open to ages six and up.
Browse all helicopter flights and flying experiences, or see more things to do in Queenstown, including skydiving, jet boating and bungy jumping. Explore Central Otago, Wānaka and Te Anau too, or browse wine tasting and tours and fishing charters.
Flights range from about 20 minutes for a short scenic tour to four hours for Milford Sound flight and cruise trips. Heli hikes and fishing trips run for a half day to a full day.
The Remarkables tour has a snow landing in winter, conditions permitting, and the snow landing tour, the grand glacier tour and the Glenorchy glacier flight land on snow or ice. Several Milford Sound flights also include a glacier or alpine landing.
Yes. Individual passenger weights are required at booking for aircraft weight and balance, and some operators may charge extra or cancel if the weights are wrong, so give accurate figures.