Duration
Allow 6 hours duration plus optional stop-overs.
Cost
Cost $820.00 per person (plus Milford Sound cruise or Queenstown attraction/transfer options).
Take in the best of all worlds with a Southern Alps flight and the adventure of Queenstown. Depart Dunedin International Airport and fly due north over the Maniototo Plain, famous for its dramatic light and cloud formations. Arriving at the Waitaki River, we take in the huge earth and concrete Benmore Dam before heading upstream over Lake Pukaki and the ice grey Tasman River. Its source is the Tasman Glacier, one of the largest sub-tropical glaciers in the world. We circle Aoraki Mount Cook, a breathtakingly beautiful peak of snow and icefalls, then head south following the Southern Alps over lakes Ohau, Hawea, Wanaka and Wakatipu. Then we descend into Milford Sound with its giant waterfalls, towering cliffs and much photographed Mitre Peak. Here, you have the option of landing for a cruise on spectacular Milford Sound or we can continue on to Queenstown where we can land and you can indulge yourself in this tourist Mecca, famous for its bungee jumps, rafting, jet boating, paragliding, vineyards, lake cruises - the choice is yours. The return trip is equally dramatic, flying over Queenstown before following the mighty Kawarau and Clutha rivers, and crossing the tussock - covered Lammerlaw Mountains to Dunedin.
