Aoraki / Mt Cook Scenic Flight from Queenstown
- Enjoy the scenery of the Southern Alps and Aoraki / Mt Cook on this scenic flight from Queenstown
- The aircraft offers only window seats giving you unobstructed views of this beautiful part of New Zealand
- Your flight route will take you from Queenstown, past Mt Cardrona, over Wanaka into the Southern Alps and around New Zealand's tallest mountain Aoraki / Mt Cook
- Take in views of stunning and remote glaciers including Tasman Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glaier
- Your pilot will point out vast snow fields, beautiful turquoise glacial lakes, intricate river systems and glacial formed valleys
- As the flight heads back to Queenstown you will see views of the Tasman Sea and the West Coast
What to expect
This Mt Cook Scenic Flights allow passengers to enjoy all that Mt Cook scenery has to offer within half a day, perfect for the traveller who may not have more to time to explore. Only from the air can you truly appreciate the immense scale and spectacular grandeur of this region, and our Mount Cook scenic flights cover many of the landmarks that make this part of the South Island a must-see attraction.
Departing from Queenstown airport, you’ll climb out past Mt Cardrona and over the Wanaka township into the heart of the Southern Alps and around New Zealand's tallest mountain, Mt Cook. Tracking along the Southern Alps offers views of the immense mountains that form this formidable barrier: Mt Glenmary, Mt Hooker and Mt Dechen to name a few. Views of some of the 3,000 glaciers abound, and out to the east as you draw closer to Mt Cook you’ll see the flat plains of The Mckenzie Country.
The region contains many water channels that feed water from glacial lakes Pukaki, Tekapo and Ohau into the Waitaki River, flowing to the East Coast. Once you arrive overhead Mt Cook, we will take you on a grand orbit of the Mt Cook area where you’ll see some of the major glaciers that make up the area: Tasman Glacier Franz, Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier. As you turn back toward Queenstown, you’ll have views of the west coast of the South Island and the Tasman Sea.
