Aoraki Mount Cook (Mount Cook Village) Tours, Tickets & Excursions

Experience the thrill of a helicopter flight and snow landing on a 20-minute scenic helicopter tour, departing from Mt Cook township. You’ll get sweeping views over the Ben Ohau Range in the Canterbury region before touching down on a landing site in a snowfield high in the mountains. Enjoy this South Island alpine setting as your professional pilot narrates the vista, including Lake Pukaki, from above.

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. Mt Cook & Hooker Valley Hike Tour, this small group, fully-guided day trip combines all of the key highlights in the area with the famous Hooker Valley Hike. 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.

Float into the air and above the mountains with this helicopter ride, which gets you to gorgeous high places without needing expert mountaineering skills. Glide over Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain and down the Tasman glacier, getting a spectacular view with helpful commentary from the pilot.

Take a break from the hectic Queenstown streets with this trip into the mighty Southern Alps. Spend the day at Mount Cook Village, nestled in the shadow of Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand’s tallest mountain. Enjoy free reign to set your own schedule, whether it’s hiking around the Alps, speeding around in jet boats or learning more about the mountains at Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Center.

If you’re going to jump out of a plane at 13,000 feet, you should do it where there are spectacular views to enjoy as you freefall to earth. Taking off from Twizel, you’ll see the snow-capped mountains, turquoise glacier lakes, and snaking glaciers of the Mt. Cook National Park. An unforgettable South Island adventure to reminisce about for years to come.

Get your adrenaline pumping and experience magnificent views over the South Island of New Zealand with this skydiving experience. Throw yourself out of a plane at 10,000 feet and enjoy approximately 20 seconds of freefall before parachuting down to earth. This is an unbeatable way to see the incredible South Island from above, including glaciers, lakes, the Southern Alps and New Zealand’s highest peak: Aoraki Mt Cook.

Take in a wide range of South Island highlights in just one day on this small-group tour from My Cook to Christchurch. Start your day taking in some amazing views of Mt Cook, before heading to see the amazingly blue Lake Pukaki and the serene Lake Tekapo. Finally, make a stop in the peaceful town of Geraldine before arriving in Christchurch City.

Gain up-close access to the remote alpine landscapes of the South Island on a premier helicopter flight. This 40-minute aerial tour from Mt Cook village soars above the Southern Alps and makes a snow landing atop Tasman Glacier, where you’ll enjoy prime views of Aoraki/Mt Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak. Back in the air. Then, fly through the Burnett Mountains and marvel at the expansive Mackenzie Basin below.

Experience a 35-minute scenic helicopter flight above the magnificent alpine landscape of Aoraki/Mt Cook and its surrounding peaks, and make a snow landing atop Richardson Glacier. You’ll soar above steep ridges and rise over a mountain pass that affords aerial views of the Ben Ohau Range. Step out and play in the snow before enjoying more expansive views down the Tasman Valley. Pilot narration on the sights is included.

Get your adrenaline pumping and experience magnificent views over the South Island of New Zealand with this skydiving experience. Throw yourself out of a plane at 15,000 feet and enjoy approximately 60 seconds of freefall before parachuting down to earth. This is an unbeatable way to see the incredible South Island from above, including glaciers, lakes, the Southern Alps and New Zealand’s highest peak: Aoraki Mt Cook.