Helicopter Tour with Alpine Snow Landing from Queenstown
Description
On this unique experience, fly high through alpine scenery to a carpet of snow! Lift off from base and fly to your pilot’s favourite, of the many breathtaking mountains in the southern lakes region, land among the snow and take in the scenery, build a snow man,sledge down the mountain, have a snowball fight or take your picture on top of the world. Re-board your helicopter after enjoying your winter-wonderland, fly over the stunning alpine scenery and back to the base.
Tour Options
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Pricing is based either per person or per helicopter at one rate
- Subject to favourable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
- Minimum passenger numbers apply for Shared flights
- There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements on shared flights. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- Comfortable shoes are recommended as you will be walking in uneven terrain
- A warm layer is recommended to bring with you or wear
- You will be contacted either the day prior or the day of your booking to confirm based on weather conditions
Reviews(47)
Simply spectacular. The team are amazing and customer service is #1 from the moment you contact them to the moment you leave. Pilots are really knowledgeable and made us feel safe and comfortable throughout.
Wonderful views, great experience, felt very safe with our pilot. Nice views of Milford sound, the peaks, rivers and lakes. Stopover at snow
Thanks so much for your review and thanks for choosing to fly with us.
The views were amazing! Our pilot Liu was very informative He gave us insights on the towns and mountains when while we were passing them. We had 15 minutes on the mountain to walk around and take heaps of photos. The helicopter was shut down so it was serene and peaceful on the Top.The entire experience was excellent from the start till the end. Would definitely recommend Over the Top Helicopters.
Fantastic to hear you had a great experience. Shutting down our helicopters is one of a few unique things we do at Over The Top so we are thrilled to hear that made a significant difference to your experience.
Great excursion, very friendly welcome, our pilot René explained everything perfekt, stunning views on a beautiful landscape.
Thank you so much, glad we could provide you with an iconic helicopter experience and show you our wonderful destination.
Our party of five (including one with mobility issues) had an amazing flight this morning. We had updates over the preceding days regarding the weather and where we would be flying and always felt that OTT were thinking of us. The flight itself was on a beautiful day around the mountains surrounding Queenstown. Highlights were every single part of the experience. René catered for all of our requirements (mobility issues, first time flyers and some scared of heights)!
Ben was a great pilot and guide! Terrific experience. Friendly, professional, top notch all around. It was truly over the top!
Hi James, Thank you for choosing to fly with us. Glad you had a fantastic time with Ben, we pride ourselves on our service and personable pilots. Hope to see you again in the future.
We booked this tour as I had never seen snow before and my birthday wish was to see snow. We made the booking online, and all communications with Over The Top in the lead up were excellent. We had a slight time change as fog stopped flights in the morning but they kept in contact with us and easily rescheduled. Transport was on time to collect us from our hotel (included) and staff were super friendly when we arrived. We waited for another person as we were booked in a group tour but they never showed up so we were fortunate enough for it to just be us. Our pilot Dave was fantastic, such a lovely guy, happy to have a chat and share his knowledge on the local area. As soon as I mentioned I had never seen snow before he said he would take us to the highest point up at Double Cone. Snow was pretty light on when we went, Queenstown lakes hadn't received a lot of snow yet but after a short flight Dave found a spot with great snow for us. We landed on the snow and it was everything I had hoped for! Dave let us spend plenty of time up there (possibly more than our allocated time - lucky us!) He took photos and let us explore our surroundings. I could tell he knew how special this was for us, he let us do our own thing, enjoy the snow and the spectacular views. A short flight back to the airport and out tour was sadly over. I would absolutely do it again and would go straight back to Over The Top without hesitation. It was an experience of a life time! Thank you so much!
Hi Anna, Thank you for such wonderful feedback, we are very happy to hear you had a great time with us. I have passed your compliments onto Dave for you, I'm sure he will very much appreciate your kind words. We hope you enjoyed the rest of your stay in Queenstown and wishing you a safe onward journey.
Amazing experience. The pilot was great and the scenery was insanely beautiful. Would highly recommend - a definite trip highlight!!
An experience of a lifetime. Our Pilot Steve made everyone feel comfortable and excited. The views were stunning and the information during the flight so great. Landing on the snow and getting out was the icing on the cake. A perfect day.
I don't have a fear of heights, but I was a little nervous before we took off. However the Over the Top team, Victoria and Rene (Pilot) were really lovely to deal with and made our experience to the top of the Remarkables just epic! We had the perfect time with perfect weather, we couldn't have asked for anything more. Simply the best. Thank you Over the Top!
