SilverCross Helicopters

Silvercross Helicopters is a Cape Town operator offering chartered helicopter tours and transfers around the Cape Peninsula, the winelands and the wider Western Cape. Its head base is at the Signature Hangars in the General Aviation area of Cape Town International Airport, with a second helistop at Century City in Milnerton.

Tours and services

• Full Peninsula Tour: a flight of about 50 minutes over the city, the coast and Cape Point
• Scenic Wine Lunch: a 60 minute scenic flight with a landing for lunch at wineries such as Delaire, Idiom and Jordan
• Shark Cage Diving: a flight to Gansbaai and back to the city, with a tour time of about 5 hours
• Whales and Wine: a seasonal flight (July to November) over southern right whales, with lunch at a Hemel and Aarde valley estate
• Half day and full day helicopter experiences, where guests choose destinations from a menu
• Hotel transfers between the airport, a city helipad, winelands hotels and Cape Town hotels
• Helicopter Flying Safari: a tailor-made package using an Airbus AS350, with the pilot acting as guide and host, on routes within 200 km of Cape Town International

Fleet

The fleet page lists two types. The Airbus H130 seats six passengers plus a pilot, with an air-conditioned cabin, leather interior, forward-facing seats and a single engine. The Airbus H120 is listed with two aircraft in the fleet, seating four passengers plus a pilot, also single engine and single pilot.

Destinations

Hotel and landing options listed on the site include the Constantia and Cape Winelands estates, the Hemel-en-Aarde and Overberg area, the Garden Route, and game and beach lodges further afield. The site says many more destinations are available on request.