Half-Day Milford Sound Flight and Cruise from Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Trip Type: Air Tours
Duration: 4 hours
Milford Sound is an area of extraordinary natural beauty. It offers a majestic fiord, dramatic and awe inspiring scenery and prolific flora and fauna. This tour allows you to combine the stunning flight to Milford Sound with a beautiful cruise on the fiord. Relax as you enjoy the best of both worlds from above and from the sea.
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Milford Sound is an area of extraordinary natural beauty. It offers a majestic fiord, dramatic and awe inspiring scenery and prolific flora and fauna. This tour allows you to combine the stunning flight to Milford Sound with a beautiful cruise on the fiord. Relax as you enjoy the best of both worlds from above and from the sea.Your tour begins with a complimentary pick-up from your central Queenstown accommodation (charges may apply to rural locations). After check-in completion, your pilot will give a thorough pre-flight briefing on the route and scenic highlights likely to be encountered. These include the famous Skippers Canyon, the Paradise region (recently made popular as film locations for Lord of the Rings/Hobbit Trilogies), and the Donne glacier among many other awe-inspiring features. Your 35-minute flight concludes with an over flight of the fiord of Milford Sound, prior to landing.
The second half of the adventure begins in Milford Sound, where your pilot personally escorts you to the boat docks to board either your beautifully scenic Milford Sound Cruise. Traverse the full length of the 12km fiord over 1-hour and 45-minutes. You will receive reserved seating on the boat, with complimentary tea and coffee. Spacious outdoor viewing decks allow you to take in all of the Fiordland scenic highlights, including waterfalls taller than Niagra Falls, and an array of indigenous flora and fauna.
Following your Milford Sound cruise your return flight takes in many of the pristine alpine lakes and waterfalls that Fiordland National Park is recognized for, including the Sutherland Falls which span 580m (1904ft). Flight time is another 35-minutes, with a total trip time of approximately 4-hours. After enjoying your scenic flight back from Milford Sound landing back in Queenstown you will be taken back to your accommodation to complete the journey.
The second half of the adventure begins in Milford Sound, where your pilot personally escorts you to the boat docks to board either your beautifully scenic Milford Sound Cruise. Traverse the full length of the 12km fiord over 1-hour and 45-minutes. You will receive reserved seating on the boat, with complimentary tea and coffee. Spacious outdoor viewing decks allow you to take in all of the Fiordland scenic highlights, including waterfalls taller than Niagra Falls, and an array of indigenous flora and fauna.
Following your Milford Sound cruise your return flight takes in many of the pristine alpine lakes and waterfalls that Fiordland National Park is recognized for, including the Sutherland Falls which span 580m (1904ft). Flight time is another 35-minutes, with a total trip time of approximately 4-hours. After enjoying your scenic flight back from Milford Sound landing back in Queenstown you will be taken back to your accommodation to complete the journey.
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