Wanaka activities: Skydive, paragliding, scenic flights & helicopter tours

Airborne Adventures

Lake Wanaka's Airborne Adventures

Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea from the air are an experience never to be forgotten and there’s no better way to capture the majesty of the region.

The towering snow capped Southern Alps, turquoise waterways of Lakes Wanaka and Hawea and native bush all combine to make up one of the most spectacular sights in the world. Discovering it from above is a thrilling experience whether you chose to board a plane, a helicopter or challenge yourself to a tandem skydive. You can even take the controls yourself as you learn to fly.

Feeling the adrenaline rush of a 12,000 ft jump over New Zealand’s most breathtaking landscape is a lifetime experience. Another is to discover the wilderness of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area, which stretches from Mt Aspiring National Park to Fiordland, with a scenic flight, for many the highlight of their New Zealand adventure. Make Lake Wanaka, New Zealand the starting point to your sky high adventures. You’ll be blown away.

More information on Airborne Adventures, Lake Wanaka, New Zealand

Learn to Fly (6)

Lake Wanaka is a very special part of New Zealand, the scenery is dramatic, the landscapes are stunning - huge mountains with glaciers plunging into shimmering lakes. Under the guidance of an experienced pilot you have the opportunity to learn to fly either a fixed wing plane or helicopter with one of our operators.
Scenic Flights - Fixed Wing (8)

Our carefully planned sightseeing routes allow you to view the unique alpine terrain of southern New Zealand. Experience and capture on film the panorama of the Southern Alps, with views only available by air. These flights enable you to experience all the beauty of this region of New Zealand in a time span impossible by any other mode of transportation.

Scenic Flights – Heli (6)

Having the World Heritage, Mount Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks on our doorstep, we offer options of flights from shorter local flights, to the longer Tititea/Mount Aspiring and neighbouring glacier flights, to the even longer Milford Sound, Fiordland and Aoraki/Mount Cook flights with the opportunity to land to do a remote landing.
Skydiving / Paragliding (2)

Lake Wanaka unmatched and extreme scenery: New Zealand’s highest mountains - Mount Cook (Aoraki) and Mount Aspiring (Tititea) - alpine lakes, New Zealand’s second longest river, the Mt Aspiring National Park rain forest, quintessential high country... jump right into the view with a tandem skydive or paraglide!