The Grand Tour: Glacier Snow Landing

26 Ratings

Franz Josef / Waiau

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Embark on the ultimate helicopter scenic flight excursion in New Zealand’s South Island. Explore glaciers, Mount Cook and Mount Tasman, and experience a snow landing for photo opportunities.

Duration: 40 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

HeliServicesNZ Fox & Franz - Our Fox Glacier and Franz Josef locations include our Helicopter scenic flight office, souvenir/gift store and cafe

What's Included

Pre-flight safety briefing

What's Not Included

Souvenir photos (are available to purchase) when conditions allow
Entry to Franz Josef Cinema to view WESTLAND WONDERLAND 40 minute South West New Zealand spectacular

Additional Information

THE MAJESTIC TOUR with snow touchdown (prepare for 40 minutes)
The ultimate flying experience! Discover both ice fields while also marveling at Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. The highlight of this journey is your landing on the snow for picture taking. Plus, if the weather favors us, we’ll take you across the main divide to witness the Tasman Glacier….

Location

29 Main Road

Main Road

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Dianer631

May 22, 2024

Fantastic way to see the glaciers with a great crew! - Wow this was spectacular, the views, the landing, our pilot was helpful and gave a great commentary. This will be a highlight of this holiday. The check in and ground crew were also very helpful and considerate of my mobility issues. Couldn’t have been kinder.

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David_p

May 2, 2024

Customer service - Unfortunately we could not fly do to bad weather They tried numerous times during the day for us to have our flight but to no avail Even the next day but we had to continue our journey Our booking was cancelled Received a cancellation confirmation within an hour or so money was refunded within 24 hrs Customer service was excellent

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Tmhutchinson

Apr 1, 2024

Choose these guys for your tour - From booking to arriving safely back, this was so easy. Staff, including ground crew and pilot were helpful, professional and knowledgeable. Views amazing - we ran out of adjectives.

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Jhmttl

Mar 15, 2024

Spectacular Views of Mt. Cook, Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers - I wish I could give more than five Stars. Our helicopter departed from Franz Josef early in the morning before the clouds rolled in. It was a perfectly clear sky. We flew around Mt. Cook, Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier and did a snow landing. The ride was smooth and the views were spectacular. I strongly encourage everyone to take the Grand Tour.

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Wanderlustz123

Mar 14, 2024

Expensive but good - My elderly mum and I were very fortunate to have favourable weather for our trip. The route may vary subject to the number of other operators in the area. Your weight determines where you sit, the lightest get the front seats. You can only take a camera on board all.other items are left at the office. We flew early in the morning to give ourselves the option to postpone if the weather was poor. The pilot was very professional and the security briefing is taken seriously.

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Ali_s

Feb 13, 2024

Beautiful scenery and glacier landing - Landing and walking on the glacier and how massive it is and how really massive the glacier was. The scenery is just amazing up there

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Karen_t

Jan 8, 2023

Awe Inspiring - This trip is an absolute must. Amazing, awesome and any other word you could use. We had the most perfect weather. We were meant to do the 40min flight but the winds on the other side of Fox down into the valley were not cooperating. They gave us the refund for the difference. Pilot was so informative. Would definitely recommend.

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Greg_a

Dec 5, 2022

Awesome once in a lifetime experiencr - The whole experience, helicopter flight, sights of glaciers, Mount Cook and landing below same on snow above glacier, AWESOME, do glad we did it, Sam our pilot was so competent, friendly and informative along the way. Thankyou

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Evan1988

Nov 19, 2022

Simply Amazing - This was absolutely breathtaking, what an experience! Went with my wife and 3 yo daughter and did the Grand Tour from Franz Josef - wow, it was well worth the money!!! The views the entire time were so good and the experience was second-to-none! From booking to check-in, to the actual experience, we could not fault this company. Wonderful staff for check in and safety brief, and our pilot was so personable and friendly it was just like chatting to a mate. He was very knowledgeable with the surrounds and always pointing stuff out to us, could tell he really loves his job (Easy to see why, though) Would highly recommend this tour and this company to anyone travelling through Franz Josef, we didn't stop smiling the entire time! Thank you for an amazing experience!

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Andy

Nov 7, 2022

Stunning views , great experience - A must do trip while in Franz. Great experience from start to finish. Booking desk we’re really good. They had to cancel our first flight due to bad weather, but we went the next day and seeing the glaciers up close was amazing. We had about 7 minutes on the ice with loads of photo opportunities

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From $346

up to 6 guests

1 Adult