Itinerary
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Stop At: Southern Alps Air - Scenic Flights, 12 Lloyd Dunn Avenue Wanaka Airport SH6, Wanaka 9382 New Zealand
Milford Sound Glacier Flight & Cruise from Wanaka. Depart Wanaka Airport and enjoy views of the Clutha River and Lakes Wanaka and Hawea before reaching the rugged Southern Alps. Travel through 2 National Parks with views of many glaciers, waterfalls, mountain lakes, ice, sno and much more. Upon reaching the West Coast of NZ you turn into Milford Sound and fly the full length of the fiord. Once safely landed at Milford you will join the scenic boat cruise to enjoy spectacular views from the water. Your pilot will meet you off the boat and fly you back to Wanaka on a different flight path so you can see even more spectacular landscape. Departure times are 8.45am and 1.30pm October through April and 11am May Through September. Allow 4 hours.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Siberia Experience, 12 Lloyd Dunn Avenue Wanaka Airport, Wanaka 9382 New Zealand
Siberia Experience is a Fly-Walk-Jetboat package - a wilderness expereince in Mt Aspiring World Heritage National Park that will take your breath away. Begins with a 25 min spectacular scenic flight through the Southern Alps with stunning views of glaciers, waterfalls, mountain lakes, river valleys, rugged Alpine highlights and nature galore.Your flight ends when you land in the remote Siberia Valley amongst soaring mountains and alongside the crystal clearl waters of Siberia Stream. The 7km walk part of your adventure begins here on a well marked track which leads you through the valley and into the native beech forest and into the Wilkin Valley where you meet the jetboat for the last rush of excitement for the day. A 30 minute jetboat safari back to base at Makarora. Allow 4 hours approx - time may vary. Allow 1 hour to self drive from Wanaka to the departure point of Makarora.
Duration: 4 hours
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12 Lloyd Dunn Avenue, Wānaka 9382, New Zealand
4 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 23 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : ginsengNewYork
So happy I chose this company ! Young, brilliant pilot flew us to Milford Sound over majestic peaks in near perfect conditions. Smoothest landings ever! Blown away by such beauty...
All in all, a very smooth operation!!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-28
Posted By : Peter_V
The flight, cruise and flight back was phenomenal in terms of views, comfort and style. I couldn't recommend this experience enough! Totally worth it! Winston our pilot was friendly, informative and a great pilot!
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Posted On : 2024-04-07
Posted By : Ronda_M
The morning of our trip was windy and overcast in Wanaka and was canceled due to weather in Milford Sound. That afternoon the weather cleared up and they were trying to reschedule our flight for 2:00pm but it was cancelled too stating weather conditions were bad in Milford Sound. The next day we booked another boat cruise & drove the 10 hour roundtrip there only to find out from boat crew, that the weather had been a perfectly beautiful day the afternoon of cancellation. So we missed a beautiful afternoon and spent the following in the rain.
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Posted On : 2024-03-12
Posted By : JanJohan_K
The scenery of Mount Aspiring National Park is amazing when seen from above. The combo of flying to Milford Sound, then doing the milford Sound Cruise, and then flying back via different path is greater than great!
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Posted On : 2024-01-14
Posted By : Mike B
Amazing views on the flight to Milford Sound. What a way to experience Fjordland without the long, busy drive.
The fjord cruise was also excellent, but the flight in and out of Milford Sound from Wanaka was amazing. Highly recommend!
Southern Alps Air and our pilot Winston were great.
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Posted On : 2024-01-10
Posted By : Shannon_B
This was such a cool flight! Hamish is a skilled and safe pilot. He did an excellent job providing an amazing experience. We couldn’t stop talking about what an amazing flight we had.
Everything was stunning and the boat cruise was very family friendly.
The communications via email through Viator left a lot to be desired. Hopefully they work on that, the experience itself was fantastic.
FYI - they will only fly under visual flight rules, not IFR. This means if the weather is bad you will need to reschedule. Try to book an afternoon flight because the clouds lifted through the day while we were there around Christmas. Also if your flight does get cancelled, know that it is for your safety. It’s a great pilot who decides to stay on the ground when weather looks marginal.
Sign up for this! It was awesome!!!!
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Posted On : 2023-12-27
Posted By : Elena_T
The flight was absolutely stunning, cruise is fun and exactly the right length. Trip is very well organised and schedule worked out exactly as advertised.
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Posted On : 2023-12-21
Posted By : Catrin_D
Unfortunately our trip.was cancelled due to poor weather conditions.
We were however very luck to have taken the trip.with another company from queenstown a few days later.
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Posted On : 2023-12-15
Posted By : Peter_A
You NEED to do this…
My partner has a fear of heights and I thought she’d struggle…she absolutely loved it and felt completely safe throughout the flight (slight turbulence and all)
The pilot went well out of his way to make sure everything you could have wished for was covered-from a very knowledgeable commentary about each step of the flight, to offering to take pictures for you outside the aircraft. He was fun, witty and VERY polite-a credit to his firm.
The flights themselves were breathtaking and I can’t imagine a better way of soaking in all of the scenery-probably the best flight I’ve been on so far.
The cruise was very good too in an uncrowded large boat, again, allowing you to soak up the scenery in a unique way.
This trip was worth every bit of the price and I would do it again should I visit the South Island in the future…highly recommended and the highlight of this holiday so far 👍🏻
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Posted On : 2023-12-01
Posted By : Tracey_C
Stunning flight and picture perfect day at Milford Sound. Henry, our pilot did a wonderful job and was very informative.
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Posted On : 2023-11-02
