Mount Cook: Mountains High 40-Minute Helicopter Flight
- 40 minutes
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Aoraki/Mount Cook ‘the cloud piercer’, our highest peak dominates the Southern Alps mountain range that divides New Zealand’s South Island into east and west. The Mt Cook National Park’s towering mountains, vast glaciers and remote snowfields inspired Sir Edmund Hillary, before his quest of Mt Everest. This flight takes you past the Hochstetter Icefall on Aoraki/Mt Cook and the upper Tasman Glacier before a thrilling alpine landing in the snow. You’ll fly home through the remote Burnett Mountains with the expansive and arid Mackenzie Basin below you.
Inclusions
What's included
- Scenic helicopter flight with snow landing (5 - 10 minutes)
- Pilot guide
What's not
- Items of a personal nature
Itinerary
This flight takes you past the Hochstetter Icefall on Aoraki/Mt Cook and the upper Tasman Glacier before a thrilling alpine landing in the snow.
Marvel at the Hochstetter Icefall on Aoraki/ Mount Cook. Be thrilled by an alpine landing in the snow.
Experience the remoteness of the Burnett Mountains and the expansive Mackenzie Basin below you.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.8
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Ratings come from 61 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 6 travellers
- Operated by
- Totally Tourism - The Helicopter Line
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- It is recommended that warm clothing and suitable footwear be worn on this tour due to cold temperatures.
- Please advise preferred flight time at time of booking
How it compares in New Zealand, outside the cities
- Its from-price is 215% above the median of the 124 experiences we list in New Zealand, outside the cities.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 29 of 124.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
Special offers in New Zealand, outside the cities
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
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