Highlights

• Four incredible helicopter landings – including;

• An alpine lake

• A glacier

• Campbell’s Kingdom and;

• Our exclusive landing location, the Earnslaw Burn!

• Relaxing atmosphere with incredible scenery

If you really want to see Fiordland in all its beauty then this is the flight for you –the diversity of this special landscape will astound! Lifting off from our base past the iconic Remarkables mountain range, you will cross Lake Whakatipu and head to the South.

After crossing the scenic Mavora Lakes, the high peaks of Southern Fiordland come into view across Lake Te Anau – the largest lake in the South Island.

World Heritage Fiordland National Park now unfolds in front of you; with lush rainforest and towering mountains plummeting into the waters of Doubtful Sound itself. Keep an eye out for some of the abundant wildlife below you – dolphins and seals swimming in the ocean, with keas, kakas and hawks soaring above.

Fly over Doubtful Sound before turning into the hidden valley of Campbell’s Kingdom, almost prehistoric in its landscape and complete with a lake and waterfall!

Now fly north across the remote peaks and valleys of Fiordland towards Milford Sound. See scenic Lake Quill and the mighty Sutherland Falls – New Zealand’s second highest waterfall and certainly one of the most impressive – and the rugged West Coast before Milford Sound takes us inland.

View Bowen Falls and Stirling Falls which cascade into Milford Sound, before climbing to Fiordland’s highest peak Mt Tutoko.

Cross the densely forested Hollyford Valley before we descend into one of our favourite and also exclusive landing sites – the Earnslaw Burn with its blue ice and its towering wall of waterfalls. Finally cross the Richardson Mountains and see the Shotover River below as you return to Heliworks in Queenstown.

The Earnslaw Burn has been featured on:

• Lord of the Rings

• The Hobbit

• Travel Guides Australia

• Tracked

• The Summit 

*In winter months (June – August) the Earnslaw Burn does not have as many fast flowing waterfalls compared to our spring and summer months (September – March). It is still a stunning and magical location to visit during winter as there is usually extra snow coverage on the glacier and throughout the valley.