Milford Sound Cruise and Helicopter Flight including Scenic Landings from Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Trip Type: Luxury Tours
Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes
Looking for the ultimate way to experience some of the most dramatic scenery on the South Island? Take a private heli tour from Queenstown to board a cruise on Milford Sound in search of seals, dolphins and other native wildlife. Then enjoy a snow landing on the highest peak in Fiordland National Park. Finish your unforgettable day with a picnic below a hanging glacier at the Middle Earth waterfalls, one of the most magical locations featured in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”.
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Looking for the ultimate way to experience some of the most dramatic scenery on the South Island? Take a private heli tour from Queenstown to board a cruise on Milford Sound in search of seals, dolphins and other native wildlife. Then enjoy a snow landing on the highest peak in Fiordland National Park. Finish your unforgettable day with a picnic below a hanging glacier at the Middle Earth waterfalls, one of the most magical locations featured in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”.This Milford Sound and Middle Earth Waterfalls Heli Tour is an unbeatable combination!
Milford Sound is one of the most popular destinations on the South Island, attracting a million visitors a year. Most arrive in a steady stream of buses, but you can skip the long winding road aboard a chopper. Fly past rainforest covered valleys and spectacular alpine lakes as you enjoy Fiordland National Park, a World Heritage site, from a bird's eye view.
Enjoy an alpine landing (or lake landing, depending on the conditions) before continuing on to Milford Sound itself for a Encounter with Nature Cruise. We cruise past Mitre Peak and enjoy the breath taking views of this world-famous location from a different perspective.
Then board your chopper again and continue on to Earnslaw Burn. We use a helicopter company that has the only landing rights to one of the most magical locations featured in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. So if you’re a Tolkien fan keen to walk in the footsteps of Bilbo and his company of dwarves under the waterfalls of Middle Earth (seen when they depart Rivendell to continue their quest), this is the perfect heli adventure for you! Those who may not have seen the film yet will be equally impressed by the surreal views that transform from native tussock fields and rolling high-country farmland to glaciers and plunging waterfalls.
After a picnic lunch, you’ll ascend dramatically for over 1,000m past the blue ice of the hanging glacier and head back to Queenstown via the Richardson mountain range.
Milford Sound is one of the most popular destinations on the South Island, attracting a million visitors a year. Most arrive in a steady stream of buses, but you can skip the long winding road aboard a chopper. Fly past rainforest covered valleys and spectacular alpine lakes as you enjoy Fiordland National Park, a World Heritage site, from a bird's eye view.
Enjoy an alpine landing (or lake landing, depending on the conditions) before continuing on to Milford Sound itself for a Encounter with Nature Cruise. We cruise past Mitre Peak and enjoy the breath taking views of this world-famous location from a different perspective.
Then board your chopper again and continue on to Earnslaw Burn. We use a helicopter company that has the only landing rights to one of the most magical locations featured in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”. So if you’re a Tolkien fan keen to walk in the footsteps of Bilbo and his company of dwarves under the waterfalls of Middle Earth (seen when they depart Rivendell to continue their quest), this is the perfect heli adventure for you! Those who may not have seen the film yet will be equally impressed by the surreal views that transform from native tussock fields and rolling high-country farmland to glaciers and plunging waterfalls.
After a picnic lunch, you’ll ascend dramatically for over 1,000m past the blue ice of the hanging glacier and head back to Queenstown via the Richardson mountain range.
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