Product Overview

A beautiful scenic flight over fiordland from Queenstown to Milford Sound, complete with pilots commentary. Including a 2 hour cruise on the fjord to experience the breathtaking beauty of Milford Sound from the water. 

Product Description

Our most popular Milford Sound tour is our Fly-Cruise-Fly.

No trip to the South Island is complete without visiting the breathtakingly beautiful Milford Sound. The fiord itself extends 16km inland from the Tasman Sea, with sheer granite cliffs extending up to 1700m above sea level. Like all the fiords and valleys in the Fiordland National Park, Milford was carved by five different glacier actions during the last great ice age 75,000 to 14,000 years ago. Some glaciers still remain, with the large blue cracking ice-falls providing a stark contrast to the rainforests below.

With between seven and eight metres of rainfall per year, Milford Sound is the wettest place in New Zealand. The lush rainforests cling to the cliff faces while seals, and the occasional dolphins and penguin ply the waters below. 

You’ll leave from Queenstown Airport for the Fly-Cruise-Fly Milford Sound tour, with a guaranteed window seat, soaring across three mountain ranges, magnificent alpine valleys, lakes and glaciers into Fiordland National Park, New Zealand’s largest National Park. After arriving overhead Milford Sound, we will descend into the fjord to give you a close up of the features that make up this unique landscape before landing at Milford Sound Airport. Your pilot will escort you to the boat terminal to join our cruise boat partners, on the Gem of the Sound to enjoy a 2hr cruise of the fjord. Your journey will take you out to the Tasman Sea where you’ll encounter some of the wildlife that makes up this region. Expect to see seals and occasionally dolphins and penguins as you pass close to magnificent waterfalls and sheer granite cliffs, while your skipper provides you with a detailed and entertaining commentary of the region and its history. Berthing back at the wharf, you’ll be met by your pilot and escorted back to your awaiting aircraft. After leaving Milford, you’ll climb out over more snow-capped mountains on a different flight path, returning over Lake Wakatipu and descending back into Queenstown.

Our pilots pride themselves on providing an entertaining and knowledgeable commentary covering the entire flight. They love what they do and they will go out of their way to make you feel special on your Milford Sound tour. We can provide courtesy transport to and from your accommodation and Queenstown Airport, and we have free parking available should you choose to drive yourself.

Departure Times

Summer Oct-March: 8:00am, 10:30am & 13:00pm

Winter Apr-September: 09:30 & 12pm

Duration

Approximately 4,5 hours

What To Bring

- A Camera

- Snacks/Lunch (available for purchase on board the cruise)

- Sunscreen/sun glasses

- Insect Repellant

- Warm Layers

 

Company Info

True South Flights is a team of pilots and administrative staff, led by Peter Daniell who has been running True South Flights since 2012. Although we have grown since then, expanding our fleet and our business offering, we’ve retained our small-business sense of personalised customer service. We pride ourselves on having the best customer service of all the scenic flight operators out of Queenstown, and our goal is to provide a seamless and positive experience which will be the highlight of your holiday.

We can guarantee large-window seats for each passenger on all our aircraft so you don’t miss out on a single detail. Our pilots are bursting with local knowledge, and are eager to share their love for this beautiful country.

We are always happy to discuss your needs and create a personalised trip just for you, or include you on one of our popular and proven tours.

We pride ourselves on having the best customer service of all the scenic flight operators out of Queenstown, and our goal is to provide a seamless and positive experience which will be the highlight of your holiday.

Contact us by phone or email or use the book now link to secure your spot immediately.

Thanks for flying with True South Flights!