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From Queenstown: Franz Josef Glacier Hike & Scenic Flight

By True South Flights
9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$1,699 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 6h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Enjoy return scenic flights from Queenstown to Franz Josef
  • Explore a glacier with an experienced guide
  • Take a stunning helicopter ride over spectacular glacial scenery

Activity location

    • Queenstown
    • Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Building 8 Suite 1B/12 Hawthorne Drive, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand | Please check in at our office 30 minutes prior to departure. We are located in the Remarkables Park Town Centre in Frankton, near Queenstown Airport, with free all-day parking. It is best to park near the New World supermarket and walk across the carpark entrance to our building on the corner of the main road (Hawthorne Drive). Please let us know if you don't have access to transport and require a pickup in our shuttle van.
    • Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

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From Queenstown: Franz Josef Glacier Hike & Scenic Flight
  • Activity duration is 6 hours and 30 minutes6h 30m
    6h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30 AM
Price details
NZ$1,699.00 x 1 AdultNZ$1,699.00
Total
Price is NZ$1,699.00
Until Sun, 29 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's included
    2x scenic plane flights from Queenstown to Franz Josef return, with pilot commentary
  • What's includedWhat's included
    2x Helicopter flights from Franz Josef Township to Franz Josef Glacier
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Two-hour glacier hiking experience
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All specialist equipment (crampons, waterproof pants, and jackets)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Bags, Jeans, Selfie sticks, Tablets/iPads, Vaping
  • Not suitable for: Children under 10 years, People over 254 lbs (115 kg), People under 66 lbs (30 kg), People with low level of fitness, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

Fly over the Southern Alps, home to over 3000 small glaciers. Visit Franz Josef Glacier on the western face of Aoraki/ Mt Cook or the Tasman Glacier on the east side. Enjoy the flexibility of seeing either glacier in case of poor weather conditions on your tour of choice.

Check in on arrival at either the Franz Josef Glacier tour or Tasman Glacier tour and get to your helicopter. Have a safety briefing as your equipment is handed out.

Go out to a deep part of the glacier via a scenic helicopter flight. Pass over the deep crevasses of the icefalls and waterfalls to land at the upper Franz Josef Icefall. Alternatively, take a scenic helicopter flight over the Tasman Terminal Lake to the Tasman Glacier.

Be fitted with crampons for your trek out onto the glacier, exploring ices caves, and seeing the natural, ever-changing wonders of the South Island’s glaciers.

Location

Activity location

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    • Queenstown
    • Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Building 8 Suite 1B/12 Hawthorne Drive, Frankton, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand | Please check in at our office 30 minutes prior to departure. We are located in the Remarkables Park Town Centre in Frankton, near Queenstown Airport, with free all-day parking. It is best to park near the New World supermarket and walk across the carpark entrance to our building on the corner of the main road (Hawthorne Drive). Please let us know if you don't have access to transport and require a pickup in our shuttle van.
    • Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand