When we decided to go to New Zealand we debated on whether or not to take a helicopter tour to see some of the glaciers. We did a helicopter in Kuaui, HI which was one of my favorite things I've ever done on a trip so I really wanted to try a helicopter again. The week before we left we finally decided to book it and we were not disappointed!
There were heli-hike options to a few of the popular glaciers but we opted for the Mt. Aspiring and Glaciers tour. This provided us with an alpine landing and a glacier landing in our 60 minute flight. It was 60 minutes of some of the most spectacular scenery we have ever seen! Hopefully my pictures will back up this statement.
After the helicopter tour we headed into the town of Wanaka to check into our B&B for the night. It was our first authentic B&B experience and we really enjoyed it. We stayed in a private apartment off the side of this retired couple's home and in the morning they cooked us breakfast, complete with fresh squeezed orange juice.
The picture below captures something interesting we watched as we sat on the shore of Lake Wanaka and ate take out for dinner. These people hooked a hose to the water jet of a jet ski. They had made some contraption so that the water provided propulsion to push this lady out of the water like a rocketman. Genius.
In the end, it was a perfect day!
There were heli-hike options to a few of the popular glaciers but we opted for the Mt. Aspiring and Glaciers tour. This provided us with an alpine landing and a glacier landing in our 60 minute flight. It was 60 minutes of some of the most spectacular scenery we have ever seen! Hopefully my pictures will back up this statement.
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| Lifting off from the north end of Lake Wanaka |
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| On our way to the alpine landing area |
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| Derek video taped almost the entire ride. We haven't gone through the video yet so nothing to share right now. |
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| Enjoying the beautiful views from the alpine landing area |
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| Where the plane landed. It snowed a few days ago so there was still a bit where we landed. |
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| Can you spot the glacial lake in the valley between the mountains? |
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| Back in the air and headed to the glacier |
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| Flying past one of the glaciers in Mt Aspiring National Park |
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| Waterfall from the glacier |
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| Up close with the edge of one of the glaciers |
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| Stream running through the valley |
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| Cracking on the glacier |
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| Made it to the top of the glacier |
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| Pretty excited! |
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| The clouds wanted to block views of Mt. Aspiring but we did get a picture with it peaking out above the cloud. |
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| Mt. Aspiring National park |
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| Heading back to Wanaka |
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| View from outside our room at the B&B |
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| Rocketman? |
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