11 Helicopter Flights in Fiordland Worth the Petrol

1.Scenic Flight Transfer to Queenstown from Milford Sound

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 54 reviews · from $357Our pick

Fly from Milford Sound to Queenstown over Fiordland, Sutherland Falls, the Southern Alps, and Lake Wakatipu, with hotel transfer included.

“Instead of flying from Queenstown to Milford Sound we flew Milford Sound to Queenstown after walking the Milford Track. Our flight with Air Milford was spectacular and the icing on the cake after our walk. Antony was fantastic and flew Read more”

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2.30-Minute Fiordland National Park Scenic Flight

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 41 reviews · 30 min · from $230Best value

Fly over Te Anau, the Kepler Mountains, Hidden Lakes, and Main Divide, with a mountain tarn landing on this 30-minute Fiordland helicopter trip.

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3.Guided Kepler Track Heli Hike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · from $474

Review of the Kepler Track heli hike from Te Anau, with helicopter views, alpine walking, forest trails, water taxi return, costs, and tips.

“Fantastic guided hike on part of the Kepler track (about nine miles or 14 km total) with great views”

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4.Fiordland Heli-hike from Te Anau

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · from $286

Review the Fiordland Heli-hike from Te Anau, with a helicopter flight, Kepler Track hike, Luxmore views, and water taxi return.

“Great communication, great pilot, great views and a lot of fun. Highly recommended. I can't say enough great things about how well the company is run and how much we enjoyed the day.”

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5.Doubtful Sound: Scenic Flight with 2 Landings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 17 reviews · 1h 10m · from $636

Fly over Doubtful Sound, Campbell’s Kingdom, and Mount Kidd with two alpine landings on a 70-minute helicopter tour from Fiordland.

“Super nice scenic helicopter ride with 2 stops in cool area. The weather was bad in the morning and the proactively rescheduled for the afternoon. Very good communication. Take the front seats :-)”

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6.Scenic Flight to Milford Sound

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 15 reviews · 1h 20m · from $310

Fly from Queenstown to Milford Sound in 80 minutes with guaranteed window seats, pilot commentary, Fiordland views, and hotel transfers.

“We loved it! Was such great fun and the pilot’s were awesome 🤩 worth the money!”

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7.Full Day Kepler Track Guided Heli-Hike

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 8 hours · from $457

Fly to Mount Luxmore, hike the Kepler Track through alpine fields and beech forest, then cruise Lake Te Anau back to town.

“The entire day was awesome, starting with being picked up out the front of our hotel and the helicopter ride over the bay and up too Luxmore hut. Our 2 guides were very friendly and made the day even more enjoyable, some of the group couldn’t make it all the way up the mountain to Mount Luxmore so the group split and one guide took 4 of us all the way up the mountain and the other turned around and waited back at Luxmore hut. The walk to the top is well worth the effort for those who have reasonable fitness, the views are just stunning. The walk down back…”

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8.Discover Doubtful Sound // Helicopter Scenic Flight from Te Anau

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $586

Fly from Manapouri over Lake Manapouri and Doubtful Sound on a 50-minute helicopter tour with scenic views and possible fjord landing.

“Great views, beautiful and informative. Seeing the whole area was awesome. Great pilot. A very wonderful experience, recommend for sure.”

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9.Milford Sound: Helicopter Flight with Glacier Landing

★★★★★★★★★★3.6 · 7 reviews · 30 min · from $355

Review of Milford Sound’s 30-minute helicopter flight, glacier landing, Sutherland Falls views, weather tips, price, and practical advice.

“Spectacular however would have been good to have landed on glacier or been informed prior to flight that it was not safe to land due to weather conditions, was inly informed about this one in the air up near the glacier. Very grateful to have had the opportunity to fly earlier though., a little misleading.”

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10.Glacier Galore Helicopter Scenic Flight from Milford Sound

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · from $369

Review of Milford Sound’s 25-minute helicopter flight, including a Tutoko Glacier snow landing, views, price, practical tips, and value.

“awesome experience. lovely and super friendly staff! views from above are spectacular. photos and videos won't give the views justice!”

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11.Taste of Fiordland // Helicopter Scenic Flight from Te Anau

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · from $245

Review of the Taste of Fiordland helicopter flight from Te Anau, with alpine landing, lake views, pricing, timing, and booking advice.

“Was a great tour really enjoyed our experience a loop flight would have made it amazing would recommend this trip. Pilot was very knowledgable and easy to talk to which made the experience.”

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