Embark on one of the world’s most breathtaking alpine excursions and get up close and personal to the remarkable beauty and awe-inspiring environment of the Franz Josef Glacier.
This once in a lifetime experience gets you to the very heart of this incredible glacial environment - exposing the most spectacular ice formations, mighty pinnacles, and pristine alpine terrain.
You’ll have the opportunity to experience this ancient glacial environment from astounding aerial view before exploring by foot, and even descending into the glacier itself!
A truly immersive experience that will be treasured for a lifetime, the Franz Josef Glacier Heli Hike is the ultimate journey into New Zealand’s alpine paradise!
Hi Moh'd, Thank you for your feedback. We are so thriled you were able to experience our Heli Hike with us. The weather does play a major role in our operations. We do wash our socks and gloves after each trip so that they are going out fresh and clean for the next trip. Our jackets and trousers are washed often however we are unable to wash after every trip as they are made of a specific waterproof material. Frequent washing can deteriorate the effectiveness of the material in keeping guests dry on the ice if the weather were to change while guests are on the ice. Health and Safety go hand in hand. Both equally important here and are our top priority. We hope you enjoy the remainder of your trip around New Zealand. Kind regards, The Helicopter Line, West Coast
Our first trip got cancelled due to low lying cloud, so flew the following and had an absolute bluebird! Well run company, organized, would have been nice to fly a little further or over the glacier before or after the hike just to really take in how big it truly is! Tom our glacier leader was incredible, very enthusiastic
Hi Bailey, Thank you for your lovely review. We are so thrilled you were able to re-book with us and experience our Heli Hike. We are unfortuantely unable to fly you higher up the glacier for the Heli Hike tour due to the high amount of scenic flight air traffic. The Heli Hike flight is direct transport to the ice. We do offer different scenic flight option to see more of the glacier. We will pass on your feedback to Tom and let him know you enjoyed your Hike with him. Wishing you all the best with your New Zealand Adventure. Kind Regards, The Helicopter Line, West Coast.
It's definitely worthed the money!! We were super lucky and blessed with good weather, clear blue sky and sun out. All staffs were super friendly and all equipments provided. I was super lucky to get front seats on the helicopter as well based on weight. I am super thankful for our guide kailie and brett for guiding us on our hike up the glacier. Overall, i loved this experience and would come back again for ice climbing maybe if i'm back in NZ! Thank you everyone!
Hi Jia Yun, Thank you for your wonderful review. We are so thrilled the weather co-operated and you were able to experience the thrills are Heli Hike can offer. We are pleased that your found our staff friendly and the Kailie and Brett gave you an experience that has left you wanting to come back. We wish you a safe journey home. Kind Regards, The Helicopter Line, West Coast
Can’t describe how amazing the trip was! We were lucky to get great weather in morning and we spent almost 2 hours on the glacier and did a decent hike! Stunning!! and the guides were awesome! By far the most amazing trip I’ve experienced and I have done a few! They give you pants, jackets and crampons. Heli ride is about 3-4minutes and they land on the glacier itself! You get partial refunds if you don’t get the full time spent on the glacier due to weather conditions which is great. But we spent the whole time up there! Don’t listen to the bad reviews! This was worth it!
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Moh'd from United Arab Emirates wrote on 25 February 2020
Great Experience
It was a great experience although it was cancelled the first time due to weather. The only drawback that they need to work on is the hygeine of the socks, jackets and trousers. They need to have them cleaned before every session as they were not. Health comes before safety.