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Heliworks Queenstown Helicopters

Heli Hunting

Experience an unforgettable heli-assisted hunting* adventure from Queenstown, offering access to New Zealand’s most remote and untouched wilderness. Departing from Queenstown, these premium experiences reach deep into Northern Fiordland, South Westland, Central Otago, and Northern Southland, opening up vast backcountry terrain that is otherwise completely inaccessible.

This is heli hunting in New Zealand at its highest level. You fly directly into pristine alpine environments, surrounded by rugged mountains, hidden valleys, and crystal-clear rivers. Every flight is designed to deliver true off-grid adventure tourism.

For aerial assisted hunting*, game is first located from the helicopter before you and your professional guide are safely inserted into the terrain on foot. From there, the experience continues as a fully guided ground-based hunt. This approach ensures precision, safety, and a highly immersive backcountry experience. No shooting is ever permitted from the helicopter.

Each experience includes helicopter flight time, expert guiding, and tailored catering, designed for either half-day or full-day luxury backcountry adventures in New Zealand. Every itinerary is carefully structured to maximise time in remote locations and deliver a seamless, high-end experience.

When booking a private heli hunting charter in Queenstown, the experience combines precision aviation, expert local knowledge, and unrivalled access into some of New Zealand’s most remote and untouched wilderness areas.

This is premium New Zealand heli adventure tourism, built for those who want true access, scale, and authenticity in the backcountry.

*In Aerial Assisted Hunting, clients are not permitted to shoot from the helicopter.

Heli hunting experience highlights include:

  • Expertly guided hunting experience with professional, licensed guides
  • Gourmet food included for a complete, all-day adventure
  • Aerial spotting via helicopter, ensuring access to prime locations and best chances for success
  • Explore remote areas like Northern Fiordland, West Coast, South Westland, Central Otago, and Northern Southland

What to expect while Heli Hunting

  • Options for half-day or full-day experiences to suit your schedule and goals
  • Enjoy remote areas with optimal conditions for success
  • Includes guide fees, food, and flight time; additional costs may apply for extended landing needs

What you need to know…

We’re sure you’ve carefully planned your hunting trip, and now it’s time to think about your helicopter transport to and from your block. Keep in mind that the helicopter has limits on cargo size, weight, and the number of passengers. To avoid leaving anything behind, consider packing light and efficiently.

Cargo

  • Large hard containers take up space – consider changing them for large waterproof carry bags that will stack better. Buckles and fasteners must be securely clipped down.
  • You must have no loose items; everything must be packed in your baggage.

Chilly Bins/Drinks

  • Plastic bins don’t make good use of space, and when full they are heavy. Put your chiled items in zip-up, soft cooler bags as they take up less room. If you are going to be taking drinks, bring cans not glass bottles. The glass is heavier, more dangerous and takes up more space.

Rubbish

  • Do the right thing, take al of your rubbish out. Rubbish bags must be double bagged to ensure that we don’t get spills in the helicopter, this could incur extra charges.

Animal Carcasses

  • If weight limits are met on the inward leg, there will not be much room for extra weight on the trip out. To reduce weight, bone carcasses out and place the meat in non-drip bags. We can take full carcasses as an extra load out with an underslung load, this is at an extra cost which your pilot can quote on.

Rifle Bags & Covers

  • Rifles must have the bolt and magazine removed. Hard plastic covers are heavy and take up space within the aircraft. Plan to bring your rifle in a soft zip-up type cover.

 


Half & Full Day Available


Private Charter


Gourmet Picnic Lunch


Mountains


Lakes

We offer complimentary return transport from downtown Queenstown. Please make sure to book this in addition to your flight experience. If you are self-driving, we are based in Frankton and we have plenty of parking available.

Bookings
• We recommend booking in advance via email.
• For the purpose of aircraft weight and balance and in accordance with the Civil Aviation Authority rules and regulations, we require all passenger weights at the time of booking. Once we have received and reviewed this information we will be able to confirm the booking.
• Our booking system will ask for your credit card details, which are securely stored to confirm your booking, however we will not charge your card until the day of your booking.
• Please note a surcharge will be incurred for credit and contactless payments.

Your flight
• You will need to contact us one and a half hours prior to your departure time for a weather check.
• Minimum passenger numbers are required for all scenic flights. We reserve the right to upgrade passengers or merge flights for operational reasons or flight management purposes if required.
• Flights depart on demand and are subject to availability.
• Flights depart from our Heliworks Queenstown base in Frankton.
• Advertised times away, flight and landing times are approximate and can be subject to weather conditions. On occasion, flight paths and landing locations may change at the pilot’s discretion.

Pricing
• Our prices change annually from 1 October. Please select your preferred date of travel on our booking system or view the pricing section to view pricing schedules.
• Prices are in NZ currency and include Goods and Services Tax.
• We reserve the right to change prices at any time without further notice. However, if we have confirmed an advance booking the quoted price will not be altered.

Payments
• We accept EFTPOS, Visa, Mastercard and cash. Please note a surcharge will be incurred for credit and contactless payments.

Cancellations
• Any cancellations made within 24 hours of departure will incur a 50% cancellation fee. If passengers ‘no-show’ for a flight, 100% of the fare will apply. If we cannot operate due to weather and as a result, passengers are unable to fly, no cancellation fees will apply.

 

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