Queenstown Helicopter Flight to Mount Aspiring National Park & Earnslaw Burn with Glacier Landing

Fly deep into Mt Aspiring National Park on a 50-minute helicopter flight with a glacier landing and views of hidden alpine lakes.

Getting started

Board your helicopter for a 50-minute helicopter flight into Mt Aspiring National Park. Settle into your seat as the rotors lift you away from Queenstown and the surrounding valleys. Once in the air, your experienced pilot begins sharing commentary about the route and the landscapes you are flying over.

What to expect

Mt Aspiring National Park helicopter flight

This flight takes you into the heart of Mt Aspiring National Park, known for its high peaks, glaciers, and remote alpine terrain. Across the 50-minute journey, you gain an aerial perspective of glacier-carved valleys and snow-covered ridgelines.

Features

• Explore Mt Aspiring National Park from the air as you follow glacier-fed valleys and climb toward the higher alpine basins that define this part of the Southern Alps.
• Exceptional views unfold on both sides of the aircraft, giving you clear sightlines to rugged peaks, long glacier tongues, and the contrasting green of lower elevation slopes.
• Commentary from your experienced pilot runs throughout the flight, highlighting key glacier features, pointing out notable ridges, and explaining how the landscape has been shaped over time.

Glacier landing and alpine lakes

Midway through the experience, the helicopter touches down on a glacier within Mt Aspiring National Park. This stop places you directly on the ice, surrounded by snowfields and high mountain scenery.

Features

• Glacier landing is a core part of the experience, giving you time on the ice to look across surrounding summits and see crevasse patterns and glacier textures at close range.
• Spectacular glacier views continue as you lift off again, with the helicopter tracking along the glacier surface so you can observe its contours, seracs, and the drop into the valley below.
• Discover hidden alpine lakes nestled in high basins near the glacier, their surfaces visible from the air as calm pockets of water set within rock and snow.