Great value for money. Highlight of our NZ holiday. We had an amazing experience with Haast Heli. Staff were all extremely professional, they planned a great flight up the... read more coast line landing on the beach and flying in land back over the river. Scott’s knowledge was incredible, gave us a local in sight to this stunning area, pointing out landmarks and wildlife. We saw dolphins, seals and penguins. Scotts expertise in flying ensured that we always felt comfortable and safe. The coast line from the air is AMAZING!!!

My partner was very anxious of flying in a helicopter both Scott and Sheri reassured him that if at any time he was uncomfortable being in the air that they will return and land the helicopter immediately. He loved the flight and is very keen to do it again.

Great value for money. We can highly recommend to anyone wanting not wanting to just be a number on the more commercial flight like what we saw at the glaciers.

We will return for a longer flight next time we are in New Zealand. Thanks again Haast Heli. More read ess

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

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

'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.

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An unbelievable experience Came to Fox Glacier specifically for the glaciers (obviously!) but decided to not do the 4 hour trek as I... read more was a bit lazy 🙂 Decided to go for the 30 minutes Flight B option (Fox Glacier and Mt Cook) to allow us to have maximal views. My wife and I turned up early (we booked 11 am flight) as we checked out of our motel at 10 am. We were the only people flying after 10 (2 flights went out earlier) so we requested 1030 flight (which was kindly approved). The day was sunny and clear; and the whole experience was unbelievable.

First off, the service and friendliness of Kevin (front desk) and Toby (pilot) were of the highest standard. They made us welcomed and explained everything carefully throughout our whole trip. As it was only the 2 of us, we were both seated up front with Toby so we could both have the best view and the view was amazing. It was just spectacular and Toby was really good at guiding us through the flight plus he was very gentle on the flight pattern. We then got 10 minutes of time on the ice up Fox Glacier and he was very good at photo-taking too. The whole experience was amazing and if you are able to do it, this is a must do!! You will not regret coming with this company. read ess

Great trip down the coast After staying overnight in Haast we wandered down to the office and asked for tour options . We choose to... read more take a short jaunt down the coast in their small helicopter. It was great fun seeing dolphins and seals along the coast and the tour was longer than advertised which was a bonus . The staff were very helpful and very friendly . read ess

Fantastic Fantastic helicopter ride, for both the thrill of a helicopter ride and to be on top of the Franz Josef... read more glacier. We were heading north and first stopped in at Fox. No-one was flying due to cloud cover, and maybe try tomorrow. We couldn't stay overnight, so we were very disappointed. As we went through Franz Josef we stopped just on the remote chance... And yes, they were flying again. Within an hour we were walking to the helicopter. The staff were all friendly and helpful and the safety aspects taken very seriously. The helicopter ride was thrilling, the pilot friendly and professional, and the views! Oh the views... Landing on the glacier was a bonus. It's just one of those things you must do... 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

A tad squeezy but totally worth it! We were looking at reviews and also checking out the shops in Franz on the first day of our trip.... read more The weather was changing drastically because they were expecting a cyclone which seems like a pretty regular thing so all flights were cancelled that day. We didn’t want to stay in Franz for another day to wait out and based on the suggestion, we decided to head south and loop back to tekapo on our last few days to try our luck again on helicopter. Both Tekapo Helicopter and Air Safari were our top choices but eventually we went with Tekapo because the lady were very helpful on the phone to make the arrangement for us. Highly recommend to take the grand tour on helicopter just for the experience, don’t go for less 🙂

P/S: you can’t bring any bags onto the copters so only a camera with you. They would also try to squeeze in 6 people if there are some folks who are smaller in size so just be aware the space is quite tight and they would rotate you beside front and back seats and shuffle you on the back so it’s not all bad view. Just make sure you speak out or ask for a swap in seating after landing on the pad above the peak. read ess