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Ultimate Discovery - 45mins 3 Glaciers Scenic Flight

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Experience New Zealand’s three largest glaciers and the incredible Southern Alps with a 15 minute snow landing!

Highlights

See the glacial ice & crevasses while flying over Franz Josef, Fox & Tasman Glaciers
Enjoy a 15 minute snow landing to fully experience Southern Alps
Fly past Mount Cook & Mount Tasman

Departing from Franz Josef Township this 45minute flight includes

Flying over the Franz Josef, Fox Glaciers & Tasman Glaciers
See Mount Cook and Mount Tasman
15-minute snow landing in the Southern Alps included

Glacier Country Helicopters is a local family, owned and operated company. Husband and wife duo Poppy and Gus Gordon who are both commercial pilots started the company in 2014. You’ll find them at the hangar or flying one our helicopters most days.

Our friendly team are certified Qualmark Gold, have received the Traveller’s Choice Award several years and look forward to showing you the glaciers, rainforests and mountains that form our incredible back yard.

Adult $595.00

Child $595.00 (Aged 4 - 17 years)

Infant $300.00 (Maximum 1 infant per booking)

What's included

45 minute helicopter flight - including snow landing

Duration

Allow 90 minutes for the whole activity

Location

Check in 30 minutes before flight departure time : 10 Main Road, Franz Josef / Waiau West Coast 7886 New Zealand

Child Friendly

This experience welcomes families with children.

Notes

Please Note: Do you have limited mobility e.g. injury, arthritis or recent surgery? There are two high ladder style steps into the helicopter. This information could affect what helicopter we fly you in. Please let us know as you proceed through checkout.
Flights require a minimum of 4 pax to depart. Solo travels & smaller bookings are welcomed and we will aim to pair you up with another booking.
Our helicopters hold a maximum of 6 passengers (including infants) if your group is bigger than this please note you will be separated into different machines.
Flights, routes and departure times are all subject to change due to weather conditions.
In the summer season there may not be fresh snow on the landing site. We will always do our best to get you snow photos, but conditions are different each summer.
We ask that no one with cold or flu symptoms fly with us for safety reasons.
Bad weather refunds:If your experience is cancelled by the operator (due to weather) you will be entitled to a full refund. Your booking is only valid for the time & route you have booked. If the flight time or route you booked is unable to go ahead your booking will not be able to be rescheduled or transferred to an alternative route or flight time.
Cancellation policy:All bookings are non-transferable and cancellations must be made 24hours in advance or 100% cancellation fee will apply.
*This is in addition to Bookme's T&C's

Available Bookings from 26 Dec to 8 Jan 2025

All prices are shown in NZD ($)

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Adult$475.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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Adult$475.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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Adult$475.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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Adult$475.00 Less than 6 at this price!
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Infant$239.00

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Infant$300.00

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Nicki Franks from New Zealand wrote on 11 March 2023

Do it!

What an amazing experience to be able to get up close to the glaciers! The team were friendly and efficient in their organisation of the tour. I would highly recommend them!

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Thank you Nicki, I have passed your feedback onto the team!

Gareth Meyer from New Zealand wrote on 22 January 2023

January

We had an amazing experience with Glacier Country on their Ultimate Explorer trip. Originally we had booked for the afternoon but the forecast was for heavy cloud so we had phoned to query if the trip would go ahead and they offered to move us onto the earlier flight. We had blue skies with a small amount of cloud starting to roll in. Seeing the glaciers from above was incredible, as was the snow landing. The pilot commentated on the landscape as we went and was keen to ensure we all got the best views regardless of the side of the helicopter we were sat on. One of our top NZ experiences so far!

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Thank you for the review Gareth, the weather does change fast here so having some flexibility really does helps us get you out during the best weather!

Joanna Kelly from New Zealand wrote on 17 March 2022

Best views from the top of NZ!

Gus and Megan were so friendly and knowledgeable, shifting flights around so customers had the best weather experience. Highly recommend this company and trip - it should be on everyone’s bucket list to do at least once! Thanks for an amazing adventure, Jo

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utek1 from Germany wrote on 01 December 2024

Great!!!

It was great!! Because of the Bad wifi we can Not Tell more sooo Great!!

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JY from New Zealand wrote on 29 May 2024

Won’t book again

We were there last month, the weather was not ideal on the first day so they rebooked us. The second day was perfectly sunny and cloudless but they still refused to take off while other heli tour companies were all operating just fine. We literally saw more than a dozen helicopters going into the mountains and returning. The blonde girl at front desk was kind of rude too. Book any other heli company other than this one.

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From Ultimate Discovery - 45mins 3 Glaciers Scenic Flight

Hi, I've checked back on your booking and see we didn't fly at all on the day you were rebooked for, and you were given a full refund. Each company in town makes their own weather calls as we have different routes and landing sites to make the calls on. It looks like there were extremely high winds around our landing sites that day hence the sky was cloudless. We generally have one of the lowest cancellation rates in town due to the variety of landing sites we have but that doesn't mean we can always fly. There is also a lot of helicopter work in the area that isn't scenic flights. We will not be bullied into risking our team or customers by flying in conditions our pilots do not consider safe. Thank you

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Child Aged 4 - 17 years

Infant Maximum 1 infant per booking

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