Once in a life time experience Originally we wanted to do a glacier hiking, but I have a doubt whether I am physically fit as I... read more was pretty tired after so many hike and trek along the journey, we decided to do twin glaciers helicopter tour, weather was not so good on the day that we arrived, all the helicopter tour were cancelled, thus we hope the next day will be better, in the morning we went for a walk to the base of the glacier, back to hostel the front office staff told us that the weather is good and most of the helicopter start to operate the tour, thus we just walk to the helicopter nearby our hostel and book the trip, we came back 2 hours later and great things is only me and my friend, we were happy to have our private tour, the view is amazing, wonderful and exciting experience, bonus point is the 10 mins snow landing whereby it was really breath taking ! A must do if you are not ready for glacier hiking, if not, why you come to Franz Josep ? read ess

Fantastic Fox, Franz and Mount Cook! We only decided the night before that we were even going to book a helicopter flight over the glaciers.

If... read more you have limited time, do not have the right gear or can't face the 1.5 to 2 hr walk to come 400 to 500 meters from the terminal face...this trip is for you!

We booked the 30 min Fox/Franz fly over with Mount Cook views and a landing on Franz.

From the minute we called at 8am to arriving at The Alpine Adventure Centre, we were met with friendly and enthusiastic staff.

We arrived around 2.5 hours early from Greymouth and they kindly allowed us on the earlier flight - they must of sensed our excitement.

Bill was such a smooth and safe pilot but that didn't mean a boring ride...oh no! A wonderful, steep ascent over the mountains and gradual turns over the glaciers made the ride exhilarating!

I don't want to add spoilers here, please just book this trip, don't beat yourself up about the cost, just do it and worry about it later...it is worth every cent!

The commentary was brilliant but the views will literally take your breath away. Deep cracks with blue ice, formations that look straight out of a Sci-Fi movie and the snow, brilliant white snow!

When the flight came to the end it didn't feel too short but obviously you don't want it to come to an end.

If you don't want to hike on the glacier or walk to it, do not miss out on this bucket list experience.

I am writing this from my hotel and wondering how I will sleep tonight as I am still buzzing 5 hours later! read ess

REALLY AWESOME! Don’t miss it! This is a must do in Franz Josef! You will not be disappointed! We booked with another operator one month... read more in advance but got cancelled because of bad weather. We were super lucky to get a slot with HeliServices! They were very professional and had very good service.

The pilot and copilot were very friendly and excellent photographers as well. We had a smooth snow landing in mountain at 4800m high. Super nice view of the glaciers and snow mountain and the pilots let us take our time to take photos!

Really perfect experience!

MUST GO. RECOMMENDED! read ess

Amazing experience ! This experience could be described in one word: outstanding! The views, the service, our pilot Josh, .. everything about this... read more trip was great! We only visited the Franz Josef Glacier but what an amazing experience, incredible! read ess

Awesome Experience! we took the Franz Josef and Fox Glacier loop on the helicopter and had a landing to take pics. ... read more Really a wonderful experience of a lifetime! not to be missed if u are heading to Franz Josef. We were only allowed to carry our cell phones or cameras on board and all else were locked up for us securely. V good service by the wonderful staff. read ess

'Simply the Best' We stayed in Haast en route from Wanaka to Franz Josef. On the morning of our departure we decided to... read more see what Haast Heliserviceshad to offer. We were very warmly greeted and the options were clearly explained to us. We fancied a glacier flight but we didn't want the 'industrial' scale operations found for Fox and Franz Josef. What we got was an extraordinary, memorable and wonderful experience. My wife and I flew with pilot Scott in the smaller of the two modern aircraft that are on offer. Our trip high above the Haast Pass gave superb views of Mt. Cook and Mt. Tasman but stunning close up views of the pristine glaciers atop Mt. Dechen. Scott flew us expertly and with great local expertise and knowledge. The whole experience felt personal and bespoke in an area where glacier flights are an industry in themselves.

I urge anyone considering glacier flights in this part of New Zealand to look beyond the highly publicised Fox and Franz Josef options. Visit these guys in Haast because they are SPECIAL!! No recommendation is high enough and we came away just thrilled by our time above this World Heritage Area in the company of Scott.

What a fantastic hour we had!! read ess

Amazing!! Could not recommend this any higher, we took a quick flight along the coast to see a seal colony and... read more also landed on top of one of the hills to take in the amazing views.

Great value and amazing service! read ess

Ride of a lifetime We are currently touring NZ and visited the beautiful Lake Tekapo. Whilst there it was our 44th wedding anniversary so... read more to celebrate we treated ourselves to an hour long helicopter ride. The staff were extremely friendly. Our pilot Simon was very pleasant and very knowledgeable. The flight was over and all around Mount Cook Tasman and over Franz Joseph, fox and Tasman glaciers as well as around the lakes. The views were amazing the weather was perfect. We landed on the highest helipad in NZ at 8000 ft had our photos taken with Mt Cook in the background. We were so lucky it was an incredible day. Thankyou Tekapo Helicopters. Moira and Trevor Wright read ess

Awesome View Took the 60 minute flight and it was a trip of a lifetime, we had an amazing pilot called Brooke,... read more He was the best and so knowledgable about the area, the commentary was great and pointed out key things and showed us a great time!! Not to be missed for sure!!The ground staff where awesome as well and very professional and safe! read ess