Te Anau Helicopter Services

Te Anau Helicopter Services is a helicopter company based in Te Anau, New Zealand. Its website says it helps guests discover Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound from the air. The company offers scenic flights, packages, hiking transport and other services in and around the national park.

Scenic flights cover Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound and Milford Sound. Options include a Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound flight, a Taste of Fiordland trip, and a flyback from Milford Sound to Te Anau. Guests can also take a coach and cruise to Milford Sound and fly back to Te Anau by helicopter. A Milford Sound heli, cruise, heli option is also offered.

Packages add more to a trip. They include a Fiordland local lunch, Epic Manapouri and a Fiordland Big Day Out. Hiking transport includes a Kepler Track heli hike and Dusky Sound Track transport. The hiking transport lets guests see Fiordland from the air before their hike starts.

The company also offers weddings and proposals, hunting and fishing transport, and photography flights. It also lists commercial operations as a service.

The fleet has four helicopters, three of them Squirrel H125s. The H125 B3E carries six passengers and up to 1,200 kg on the cargo hook. The McDonnell Douglas MD500E has four seats and lands on slopes up to 15 degrees.

Guests praise the crews for their efficiency and support. One thanked the team for getting them around Fiordland during tricky weather at short notice. Another said the heli crew were prompt and gave clear instructions and useful information on a mountain trip. A third thanked the team for door to door transport from Martins Bay Hut to a car in Te Anau.

Flights cover Fiordland National Park, Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound and the Manapouri area. The company says its flights show the wild, remote side of Fiordland from the air. Guests can take a helicopter flight from Te Anau.

Services

• Scenic flights
• Milford Sound flights
• Doubtful Sound flights
• Dusky Sound flights
• Packages and experiences
• Kepler Track heli hike
• Hiking transport
• Weddings and proposals
• Hunting and fishing transport
• Photography flights