Lake Pukaki Airport is located on State Highway 8, three minutes from the town of Twizel. Air Safaris has a small base there and can pick up or drop off passengers before or after the Grand Traverse.

Glentanner Park Airport is located only 18km’s from Aoraki Mt Cook village. Air Safaris use Glentanner for inter airport pick up or drop offs before or after the Grand Traverse. This is especially convenient for tours operating to a tight schedule.

Mt Cook Airport is close to Aoraki Mt Cook village. Air Safaris use Mt Cook for inter airport pick up or drop offs before or after the Grand Traverse. This is especially convenient for tours operating to a tight schedule.

Situated in the heart of glacier country. Air Safaris owns and operates an airfield approximately 8km west of the Franz Josef township and a bookings and information office in the Franz Josef town centre.

Air Safaris main base and airport facility (since 1975) is located alongside the main highway 4km west of the Lake Tekapo township. Our airport has plenty of free parking, toilets, WiFi, coffee and has a great area for non fliers to sit and enjoy the view. A sales and information office is situated centrally within the small township.

Lake Pukaki is the largest of the three glacial lakes in the Mackenzie basin. It’s fed from the Tasman Glacier via the braided Tasman River. On clear days the views across Lake Pukaki to Aoraki Mt Cook are stunning. It has a maximum depth of 70m and like Lake Tekapo and Lake Ohau has the distinctive turquoise blue colour created by finely ground glacial rocks called “rock flour”.

“Aoraki” – the cloud piercer. New Zealand’s highest mountain at 3754m (12,316 ft). Permanently covered in snow and ice, it was first climbed on Christmas day in 1894. Get up close to Aoraki Mt Cook from your very own window seat on an Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

Mt Tasman is New Zealand’s second highest mountain at 3497m (11,475ft). The Balfour icefall and glacier on Mt Tasman’s western flank is just one of the stunning views you’ll see from an Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe is 13km long descending from 2600m down to the rain forest just 300m above the Tasman Sea. The massive Fox Neve snow field is a stunning highlight on the Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

The Franz Josef Glacier descends from the southern alps into the rain forest of the West Coast. Maori legend has it that the glacier was formed by “the tears of Hine Hukatere” when her lover Wawe was swept away in an avalanche. Viewing the glacier from above is a highlight of an Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

29km long with ice up to 800m (2600ft) deep, the Tasman is New Zealand’s longest glacier. Moraine (rock and gravel scraped or fallen from the valley walls) covers the ice for much of its length. At its terminus is a glacial lake 150m deep often filled with giant floating ice bergs. Lake Tasman feeds the braided Tasman river and Lake Pukaki.

At 16km’s in length, the Murchison Glacier is New Zealand’s second longest. It flows in parallel valleys the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers are separated by the Malte Brun range. This range is dominated by Mt Malte Brun 3170m (10,400 ft).

Lake Tekapo covers the first part of your Air Safaris Grand Traverse. Glaciers grinding against rock produce a fine powder called “rock flour”. When washed into the lake this is what produces the stunning turquoise colour. Lake Tekapo is 120m deep and has an average temperature of 7 degrees C. In the summer months it is popular for boating, water sports and trout and salmon fishing.

Famous for its rainbow and brown trout fishing, this spring fed lake provides a striking contrast to the turquoise blue glacial waters of Lake Tekapo. Rowing boats are the only mode of transport on Alexandrina as sail and motor boats are prohibited.

Nestled on the southern shoreline of Lake Tekapo, the village is home to 350 permanent residents. It is dominated to the west by Mt John. Lake Tekapo village is the home of star gazing in New Zealand. Having one of the clearest night skies in the world it is an “International Dark Sky Reserve.” The village hosts thousands of visitors from all over the world. The “Church of the Good Shepherd” on the lakefront is the most photographed place in the country.

Situated in the heart of glacier country. Air Safaris owns and operates an airfield approximately 8km west of the Franz Josef township and a bookings and information office in the Franz Josef town centre.

Air Safaris main base and airport facility (since 1975) is located alongside the main highway 4km west of the Lake Tekapo township. Our airport has plenty of free parking, toilets, WiFi, coffee and has a great area for non fliers to sit and enjoy the view. A sales and information office is situated centrally within the small township.

Glentanner Park Airport is located only 18km’s from Aoraki Mt Cook village. Air Safaris use Glentanner for inter airport pick up or drop offs before or after the Grand Traverse. This is especially convenient for tours operating to a tight schedule.

Mt Cook Airport is close to Aoraki Mt Cook village. Air Safaris use Mt Cook for inter airport pick up or drop offs before or after the Grand Traverse. This is especially convenient for tours operating to a tight schedule.

The Franz Josef Glacier descends from the southern alps into the rain forest of the West Coast. Maori legend has it that the glacier was formed by “the tears of Hine Hukatere” when her lover Wawe was swept away in an avalanche. Viewing the glacier from above is a highlight of an Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

29km long with ice up to 800m (2600ft) deep, the Tasman is New Zealand’s longest glacier. Moraine (rock and gravel scraped or fallen from the valley walls) covers the ice for much of its length. At its terminus is a glacial lake 150m deep often filled with giant floating ice bergs. Lake Tasman feeds the braided Tasman river and Lake Pukaki.

At 16km’s in length, the Murchison Glacier is New Zealand’s second longest. It flows in parallel valleys the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers are separated by the Malte Brun range. This range is dominated by Mt Malte Brun 3170m (10,400 ft).

Lake Tekapo covers the first part of your Air Safaris Grand Traverse. Glaciers grinding against rock produce a fine powder called “rock flour”. When washed into the lake this is what produces the stunning turquoise colour. Lake Tekapo is 120m deep and has an average temperature of 7 degrees C. In the summer months it is popular for boating, water sports and trout and salmon fishing.

Famous for its rainbow and brown trout fishing, this spring fed lake provides a striking contrast to the turquoise blue glacial waters of Lake Tekapo. Rowing boats are the only mode of transport on Alexandrina as sail and motor boats are prohibited.

Nestled on the southern shoreline of Lake Tekapo, the village is home to 350 permanent residents. It is dominated to the west by Mt John. Lake Tekapo village is the home of star gazing in New Zealand. Having one of the clearest night skies in the world it is an “International Dark Sky Reserve.” The village hosts thousands of visitors from all over the world. The “Church of the Good Shepherd” on the lakefront is the most photographed place in the country.

Lake Pukaki is the largest of the three glacial lakes in the Mackenzie basin. It’s fed from the Tasman Glacier via the braided Tasman River. On clear days the views across Lake Pukaki to Aoraki Mt Cook are stunning. It has a maximum depth of 70m and like Lake Tekapo and Lake Ohau has the distinctive turquoise blue colour created by finely ground glacial rocks called “rock flour”.

“Aoraki” – the cloud piercer. New Zealand’s highest mountain at 3754m (12,316 ft). Permanently covered in snow and ice, it was first climbed on Christmas day in 1894. Get up close to Aoraki Mt Cook from your very own window seat on an Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

Mt Tasman is New Zealand’s second highest mountain at 3497m (11,475ft). The Balfour icefall and glacier on Mt Tasman’s western flank is just one of the stunning views you’ll see from an Air Safaris Grand Traverse.

Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe is 13km long descending from 2600m down to the rain forest just 300m above the Tasman Sea. The massive Fox Neve snow field is a stunning highlight on the Air Safaris Grand Traverse.