Experience the best of the West Coast’s Glacier Country region on this hour long flight which includes two snow landings!
Departing from Franz Josef Township this 60minute flight includes
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.
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
Thank you for the lovely review! I have passed the feedback onto Dion.
We booked a plane/heli combined flight at Mt Cook with Inflite but got cancelled due to bad weather so we tried again at Franz Josef. Several companies operate there with near-identical pricing, but only Glacier Country Helicopters has a 60 min ride with 2 snow landings so we went for it. Absolutely fabulous experience to fly low over the glaciers, between the mountain tops and finally land on 2 glaciers. The first (Mannering) had soft powder snow, great for snowball fights and snow angels. The second (Shackleton) had hardpack, good for pictures and strolling around. Our pilot Gus was excellent. Highly recommended!
Kia Ora Benjamin, thank you for the review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your flight with us and that Gus made your experience just that extra bit special!
Fabulous experience. Would highly recommend!
Hi Barry, we are glad to hear you enjoyed your flight with us. Thank you for the 5-star review!
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grayman from New Zealand wrote on 09 May 2024
Glacier Helicopter Tour
Fantastic flight to a Spectacular wonder of the world. Felt very safe, secure and in good hands. Dion, the Pilot was awesome. Very professional, friendly and full of knowledge. Was well worth every cent. Would highly recommend.