The Adventurer: Tasman Glacier Heli-hike | 3 hours

80 Reviews | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (Te Wahipounamu)
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10:45am
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Combine the excitement of walking on New Zealands biggest glacier with the thrill of breathtaking scenic helicopter fly-bys of New Zealands largest mountain, Aoraki/Mt Cook. You fly in to your drop
8:45am
2 Adults x $478.30
$956.60
Approx Total
$956.60
Combine the excitement of walking on New Zealands biggest glacier with the thrill of breathtaking scenic helicopter fly-bys of New Zealands largest mountain, Aoraki/Mt Cook. You fly in to your drop

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Harness (if required)
  • Quality leather boots and woolen socks
  • Two scenic flights
  • Crampons (and/or snow shoes in winter)
  • Professional guide
  • Water proof jacket and over-trousers
  • Adjustable walking poles
  • NA

Overview

Combining two scenic flights this is a low fitness Tasman Glacier exploration for up to 2 hours ice time at approximately 1300 metres. Following your knowledgeable, professional, NZMGA trained Guide you will learn about and be in awe of New Zealand's big mountain country. This is Mother Nature at her finest and you will leave understanding why this area forms a part of the UNESCO Te Wāhipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.

Meeting points

The turn off to Aoraki/Mt Cook is on SH8 by Lake Pukaki. Driving east this can be found 8kms from Twizel and driving west, 50kms from Lake Tekapo. Turn onto SH80, which leads you to the Mt Cook Village. 6kms from the Village, follow signs to the Mt Cook airport.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

You will fly in to your drop off point on a remote part of the glacier. Once your crampons or snowshoes are fitted you’ll go exploring the amazing ice formations, following your guide as they cut steps in the glacier, using skills handed down from NZ’s mountain pioneers. Your trip finishes with another spectacular scenic flight back to our Aoraki/Mt. Cook base.

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Additional Info

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Please bring
  • 3-4 layers of warm upper body clothing
  • Warm trousers (no jeans)
  • Sunglasses and sun protection
  • Hat and gloves
  • Drink and snacks
  • Subject to favourable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
  • We are unable to delay the departure time of our experiences due to strict helicopter scheduling. If you miss your confirmed departure time and we are unable to resell the space created, you will be charged for 100% of the cost

Free Cancellation

June 18100% refund
June 19No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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4.9

80 reviews

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Showing 1-5 of 77 reviews with 5 stars

Fun glacier walk

Published on Feb, 2025

Fun experience hiking on the glacier. Short, 10 minute, helicopter ride up to the landing site. We had two hours on the ice with a very knowledgeable guide. It was not strenuous at all and they took very good care of us. I would highly recommend this trip if you are looking for a glacier experience.

Top notch excursion

Published on Jan, 2025

The best glacier excursion ever. Walked/crawled through glacier caves/wholes. Drank glacier water. Made slushie with glacier ice. Learned tons. Hunter was an awesome guide. The heli ride was amazing. On the way back we made a close fly by a glacier on a mountain’s face. Highly recommended.

Beautiful experience

Published on Dec, 2024

We had a great experience both with the helicopter ride and the glacier hike. The staff and guide were competent and the views were stunning.

Fantastic adventure on tasman glacier

Published on Nov, 2024

This experience was everything promised in the description-- a 2-hour experience out on tasman glacier beneath majestic Mount Cook, even Including a descent ten feet down into a blue white hole with the water surging underneath. with the help of Jimmy, our expert guide. He was not only quite informative but also extremely generous and patient In helping each of us make the most of all the different kinds of experience out on the glacier.

Allow extra days in case weather prevents a flight

Published on Nov, 2024

I’m giving this operation 5 stars because they obviously take safety first. We were scheduled to go on Thursday 21/11 and initially the weather looked like our flight would go off. The 9am had but we were booked on the 11am tour. We got weighed, our backpacks were weighed. Wrist bands, hiking boots, socks put on. Poles added to the bag. Then the flight was canceled as snow & wind came rushing in. We were gutted. We had missed out on another helicopter & hike on the Kepler trail due to Mother Nature as well. We are a Colorado family & know how quickly weather can turn in a hot minute in the mtns. We’ve had our own experience with friends hiking in our summer months. You can get sleet, snow dumping on them when it had been a sunny alpine day. We thank the team for your kindness & professionalism. We’ll be back to Mt Cook and allow more time. Because Fri was epic but we had to travel to Christchurch to stay on our schedule. We did our own nice hikes in the Tasman Glacier area. But a helicopter tour would have been the best!

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