Mt Cook Tour & Ultimate Alpine Experience Combo from Queenstown

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Duration:12 hours (approx.)
Location: Queenstown, South Island

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Mt Cook Bus Tour & Ultimate Alpine Experience, this small group, fully guided bus tour to Mt Cook combines all of the key highlights of Mt Cook with scenic flights in a helicopter and a ski plane including a Tasman Glacier landing plus free time to do other optional activities of your choice. Led by our famously passionate tour guides, notorious for bringing your journey to life by sharing their stories and rich background knowledge, and run in modern, comfortable minibuses packed with extras ensuring your comfort and safety.

While the destinations you will be visiting are truly spectacular, we at Cheeky Kiwi Travel believe it is our small groups, our guides, the journey and the little details that set our tours well apart. Secret stops, wildlife viewings, specially designed vehicles, complementary refreshments and many other pleasant surprises ensure our tours are an experience to remember.

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WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Queenstown
Your tour starts in the stunning city of Queenstown. As we drive out of the city your guide will not only set the scene for your adventurous day but also point out and guide you past some of the area’s top highlights.
2. Kawarau Suspension Bridge
Departing Queenstown we then make our way through the Kawarau Gorge passing stunning views, the Kawarau Suspension Bridge and the famous Roaring Meg Lookout. Time and light permitting we will stop for that first great shot of the tour.
3. Cromwell
Exiting the Kawarau Gorge we enter the fruit and wine growing region of Cromwell. Passing huge fields of vines, we cross Lake Dunstan and follow this beautiful lake towards Lindis Pass.
4. Lindis Pass
Climbing in altitude, Lindis Pass has amazing views down through the valleys. Being one of only three alpine roads through the otherwise impassable Southern Alps, we stop at the famous lookout at the top of the pass for an essential photo.
5. Omarama
While driving through the endless plains of the Mackenzie district we will spot several of the famous Merino breed of sheep before stopping at the quaint township of Omarama. While in Omarama we have time for a break or even to try the best creamy chicken pie in NZ (in our opinion)!
6. Lake Pukaki
Turning west we begin to enter the Aoraki National Park and Lake Pukaki begins to emerge in front of us. Lake Pukaki is one of the bluest lakes you will ever see and is stunningly framed by the backdrop of Aoraki/Mt Cook and the Southern Alps. We stop for some amazing photos and to marvel at the sight that we are beholding. It’s not hard to see why many Lord of the Rings scene were filmed nearby and we will point them out for you.
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Check-in and get ready for an unforgettable experience flying in a ski plane and a helicopter, on the same day, for the ultimate experience of Aoraki/Mount Cook! This amazing scenic adventure includes a glacier snow landing on the Tasman Glacier.
8. Tasman Glacier
As part of you ultimate alpine experience you will land on the Tasman glacier and get a chance to explore this amazing location.
9. Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (Te Wahipounamu)
While in the national park you have 30 minutes free time to enjoy free walks/hikes or one of the extra optional activities. Some of our recommendations include Kea Point Track or the Sir Edmond Hillary Alpine Centre. Whatever you decide to do we will pick you up and drop you off where you need to go and make sure you are well looked after.
10. Aoraki Mount Cook National Park Visitor Centre
After your flight we arrive at the Mt Cook Village, weather depending, we should get some amazing shots of the mountain itself. At 3724m, Aoraki/Mt Cook is New Zealand’s highest peak, however, the mountain can be viewed without any acclimatisation whatsoever from the village which is just 750m above sea level.
11. High Country Salmon
Farewelling Aoraki/Mt Cook Village and making our way back to Queenstown we stop in at High Country Salmon, a local salmon farm, where you can feed the fish and taste some of the freshest salmon in New Zealand.
12. Jackson Orchards
During summer months when the sun is still up and as we get close to Queenstown, we often stop at Jacksons Orchard to try or buy some delicious local fruit or real fruit ice cream.
13. Queenstown
Sadly the tour must come to an end as we re-enter Queenstown and say our goodbyes.

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Posted By : Alex_o
The helicopter/ski plane made the long journey well worth it! Seating can be a bit cramped throughout. The stops helped to break up the trip. The Wrinkly Rams was a nice little cafe, and the salmon farm on the way back had some fresh sushi rolls! We may drive on our own up to Mt Cook next time though
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Posted On : 2023-11-26 16:53:41

Posted By : JenniBrisb
Chinsan our tour operator (pilot lol) for today was superb, funny. Made the trip so enjoyable and fun. Would definitely recommend. Thank you for an awesome experience.
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Posted On : 2023-07-06 03:18:27

Posted By : xaviere r
So first of all, the team is amazing. John made sure everyone had all the facts in a timely manner and more, he did his best to make the trip lively and interesting. The other member I interacted with was very sweet. The tour in itself was nice, we saw beautiful things and learned a lot.
However, the organization, I was not satisfied with. I booked the helicopter flight and received an email only the day before warning about the weather and possible cancellation. It was of course canceled due to bad weather but we only had the confirmation on the day itself at 10 am. I also was not the only one in this situation and all of us had the same disappointing experience of going on a trip we wouldn’t have booked without the helicopter option and not given the option to back down earlier.
Now, I understand the team did their very best and have no control over the weather, nor the flight company decisions. It doesn’t make the experience any better.
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Posted On : 2023-05-28 02:04:00

Posted By : amiesing
Was an amazing but long day. Cheeky kiwi travel picked us up from our hotel at 6:50am and off we started our tour. First stop was at Tarras to grab quick brekky and refuel and stretch our legs then back in the van as it was very early not much could be seen in the surroundings outside.
Next stop was a lookout close to reaching Mt Cook National Park was absolutely beautiful
Once we reached Mt Cook you had the option of a 3hr hike or 1hr hike.
We had booked to do glacier landing / helicopter flight but due to bad weather it got cancelled.
We ended up doing the 1hr hike to Tasman Glacier Lake which was incredible we got to see little icebergs formed in the lake.
After our hike we went back to the Hermitage for lunch and to take in the views of Mt Cook.
We got picked up at 2:30pm and made our journey back to Queenstown we stopped at High Country Salmon and Roaring Meg Gorge
We got dropped back at our hotel by 6:30pm
Our tour guide John was very friendly and knowledgeable made sure we all had a great time and have us lots of tips for our stay in Queenstown
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Posted On : 2023-05-21 19:59:21

Posted By : Kngezwitschnicola
Shane was an awesome guide! He was knowledgeable, funny & friendly. A small group but he made it engaging and fun. Would defos book again & recommend to others looking for tour guides when in NZ. Thank you again Shane, we had a great time ☺️
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Posted On : 2023-01-11 03:46:32

Posted By : DillyPiece
We had a great day with Crystal as our guide - she was good fun and really got the [small] group to be a team. Unfortunately, the weather was awful - so sadly our flights around Mt Cook were cancelled (prompt refund though) but Crystal made sure we had a full day - visiting the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre and Hermitage Hotel, as well walking to Lake Tasman to see the calving icebergs there. The stop at the salmon farm on the way back was also entertaining. Highly recommend Cheeky Kiwi.
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Posted On : 2023-01-02 16:28:10

Posted By : Naseem_S
The helicopter ride was amazing and weather was great. Stops timings could have been better. Stops at the same stop twice should have been avoided. And clear instructions for not touching the things on the seats to the new people should have been given.
Appreciate the the tour operator Mike for calling the Uber for us, that's very sweet of him to do. Loved it
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Posted On : 2022-12-09 05:25:41

Posted By : 624yutongw
I would rate 10 out of 5! Shein (not sure about the spelling) is sooo nice and helpful. Always tells sooo many history and stories. He made really nice plans and we all had an excellent day in Qtn!
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Posted On : 2022-10-28 03:16:50

Posted By : Raes_travels76
Amazing day, beautiful weather, great commentary very informative and interesting. Awesinspiring scenery

Helicopter ride was just breathaking
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Posted On : 2022-09-15 16:04:25

Posted By : SarahkoaCampbell
Meeting new people , helicopter ride , stopping at Lake Pukaki, shopping at Hermitage for T shirts an merch.
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Posted On : 2022-08-28 00:07:21