• Garden City Helicopters - Upon checking in at reception, you will be weighed and shown a safety video. Your pilot will then greet you and assist you into the helicopter for your departure to Akaroa.
• Akaroa Lighthouse - Take a helicopter flight from Christchurch to Akaroa, enjoying the views of Christchurch, Diamond Harbour, and Akaroa Harbour.
• Akaroa Craft Distillery Tasting House - After landing on the hill above Akaroa at our helipad, soak in the stunning view of the harbour. A short drive will take you down into the village to the Akaroa Craft Distillery Tasting House at 45 Rue Lavaud. The Tasting House has been carefully restored to create a homely, relaxing, and memorable environment for guests to sample a variety of gins and learn about the story and vision of the Akaroa Craft Distillery.
• GCH Aviation - You will be driven to the helipad and take a helicopter flight from Akaroa back to Christchurch.
• Akaroa - The story of a place. Whangaroa. Hakaroa. Akaroa.

But my tale begins millions of years before names, when two mighty volcanoes rose from the sea. Flows of lava spilled down their flanks, forming land.

Over time my fire ceased. Wind and water ground down my vast volcanoes. The rising ocean flooded my extinct calderas, forming the harbours of Akaroa and Lyttelton. My island became a peninsula, connected to Te Wai Pounamu by rocks and sands washed down from the Southern Alps.

The land and the sea

The essence of Akaroa

Many have told my story. But only one has distilled the essence of this place to make poems that run over your tongue. Songs that sing in your mouth.

Akaroa Craft Distillery - Tales of the harbour told in gin

• Snacks
• Live tour commentary in English
• Taste of Akaroa Harbour through local gin samples