Join Air Safaris and Tekapo Adventures for an authentic exclusive high country experience by both helicopter and 4WD.  

This journey offers breath-taking landscapes travelling through Glenmore Station, one of New Zealand’s finest Merino wool providers and incredible high country Stations. Private entry offers remote access to the remarkable backcountry and outstanding scenery of The Cass Valley.

Journey on an incredible Mackenzie High Country experience by scenic 4WD tour into Lake Tekapo’s legendary natural landscapes. Discover towering mountains, glaciers, river crossings and incredible scenery, while learning about the unique geology, ecology and history that formed this part of New Zealand’s South Island.

After stopping for refreshments at the historic musterers Waterfall Hut in the lower part of the Cass Valley get picked up by an Air Safaris helicopter and continue up the Cass Valley via Tin Hut Stream to near the Liebig Range and the edge of the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park.

Enjoy the incredibly rugged high alpine environment of Glenmore Station and look across to the permanent snow and ice of the national park. See the high alpine areas that are the summer home to the Merino Sheep on Glenmore and some of the most incredible back country skiing areas New Zealand has to offer.

Experience the excitement of a landing at high altitude beside the legendary “Whiskey Hut” to enjoy the spectacular vista and get some photos.

The return flight back to Tekapo offers a totally different perspective of the Cass & Fork Valleys to the drive in. From the air get a birds eye view of all the unique glacial landforms that make up the topography of the Mackenzie Basin.

This experience offers an amazing insight into our high country environment.

Air Safaris also offer a less expensive combo that includes the 4WD trip above returning to Tekapo followed by a 30 min aeroplane flight to the head of the Cass Valley and Liebig Range. This option is priced at $595 per Adult  and $425 per Child.