Product Overview

Milford Sound is an area of extraordinary beauty. It offers a majestic fiord, dramatic and awe inspiring scenery and prolific flora and fauna. Although the flight to and from Milford Sound has regularly been described as the most stunning part of our tour options, combining this with a Milford cruise on the fiord happens to be the most popular option.

Product Description

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 the “Spirit of Milford” to enjoy your Milford Sound Nature Cruise. Numbers aboard are capped at 150 passengers and on this intimate experience, Nature Guides offer a personal commentary. The “Spirit of Milford” catamaran explores nooks and crannies along the edge of the fiord, nudging into sheer rock faces to examine flora and fauna in detail.

Following your Milford Sound cruise you return flight takes in many of the pristine alpine lakes and waterfalls that Fiordland National Park is recognised for, including the Sutherland Falls which span 580m (1900ft). Flight time is another 35 minutes, with a total trip time of approximately 4 hours. After enjoying your Scenic Flight back from Milford Sound you will land back in Queenstown to complete the journey.

Departure Times

Current – 30th April 2022
9.30am – NZ$449 per adult & NZ$339 per child– includes morning tea aboard the cruise (consisting of tea, coffee and a small snack)
11.30am – NZ$449 per adult & NZ$339 per child – option to add on picnic lunch for NZ$20 per person

1st May 2022 – 30th September 2022
9.30am – NZ$565 per adult & NZ$340 per child – includes morning tea aboard the cruise (consisting of tea, coffee and a small snack)
11.30am – NZ$599 per adult & NZ$360 per child – includes picnic lunch aboard the cruise
1.30pm – NZ$565 per adult & NZ$340 per child – includes a complimentary beer, wine or soft drink aboard the cruise

Duration

Allow 4 hours

What To Bring

Because of the weather dependent nature of flying in the Southern Alps to Milford Sound, we recommend booking in for your first available day in Queenstown. So that, should the weather be unfavorable for flying on the first day, you will have maximum flexibility to roll your excursion on to a following fine weather day.

Company Info

Air Milford is proudly NZ owned and operated, offering luxurious and exclusive flightseeing in a fleet of Cessna aircraft around Queenstown and specialising in Milford Sound.  We have created a range of different flight options or you can create your own with our charter flights.

Our Queenstown flights are a fantastic way to see the region, choose a 20 minute experience taking in all the surrounding mountains and lakes or our quaint Walter Peak combo where you land, enjoy a farm tour, lunch and cruise on the TSS Earnslaw or even choose to get active and explore with our newest product our Ride from the Sky cycle package.

Our Milford Sound flights offer extraordinary beauty.  Be privileged to this majestic fiord, dramatic and awe inspiring scenery and prolific flora and fauna. Although the flight to and from Milford Sound has regularly been described as the most stunning part of our tour options, combining this with a Milford cruise on the fiord happens to be the most popular option.