See Aoraki / Mount Cook from the air — New Zealand’s highest peak, with Tasman ice below it, on the forty-five-minute Ultimate Discovery helicopter and on the sixty-minute Mount Cook Supreme flight with two snow landings. You take off in Franz Josef, not at Mount Cook village.
The Franz Josef Glacier Mount Cook Supreme ticket is about sixty minutes. From NZD 895 per person as labelled. One seat. You fly Franz Josef, Fox, and Tasman, then two landings of about ten minutes each — snow for photos, then Shackleton Glacier. Ultimate Discovery is forty-five minutes with one landing and the three big glaciers. Live checkout can differ. Cancel currently 24 hours before for a full refund as shown when you book.
You do not start at the Hermitage. You do not land on the summit. You look at Cook from Franz Josef air, you land twice on the sixty, you return. Hotel pickup is not included. A comfort seat is required from 120 kg / 265 lbs. Front seats extra, requested a day ahead.
The extra of the sixty is Cook with four glaciers and two landings. Stay on sixty if two pads from above are the point. Stay on forty-five if Cook with one landing is enough. Stay on twenty-five if Franz Josef ice alone is the point.
Tasman Glacier hangs on this peak. Shackleton Glacier is the second landing. Franz Josef and Fox open the west side. Another high NZ peak from the air on this site is not this one; this summit is Aoraki / Mount Cook.
Check in thirty minutes before at 10 Main Road, Franz Josef / Waiau. Allow about forty-five extra minutes for the van to the pad and back. Infants sit on a lap. Not listed as wheelchair accessible. English is listed. Bring a jacket and shoes you do not mind getting wet. Weather can change the landings; you are moved or refunded as shown.
Book the sixty-minute helicopter and see Aoraki / Mount Cook from the air with two snow landings.
See Aoraki / Mount Cook from a helicopter over Franz Josef Glacier. Book the Franz Josef Glacier Snow Landing 25-Minute Helicopter Tour.