Helicopters Otago

My family and I were cruising around New Zealand and wanted to experience the real beauty of the island, and we thought, the only way to really see it well would be by air. I reached out to a few helicopter tour companies and although all were friendly (as most Kiwi's are) Heli Otago went above and beyond in their correspondence (thank you Ros!) to set up our private chartered flight tour based on the area's that we wanted to see. The flights are all very weather dependant and I appreciated that Ros was very straight up about the fact that if the trip needed to be cancelled, it would be. The entire operation is very much safety first, which we appreciated.Our pilot Kevin was amazing. He gave us some great insight on the islands history and on some of his personal experiences from working on movie shoots which took place down on the South Island. We also learned about their company a bit and were interested to find out that their main work is actually in the agricultural and rescue sectors. We passed by one of their other helicopters working on a field at one point and were able to witness the precision their pilots have, which was impressive.The highlight of the trip was definitely the scenery though, because it's just so beautiful out there. We were extremely lucky on our day for weather and the Heli Otago team even managed to secure a landing permit for us to touch down for some pictures!I can't thank Ros, Kevin and the entire Heli Otago team enough for our unforgettable experience! It was amazing from start to finish.

Stayed in my / near car only

Only looking.

Great staff, thriving business

Provided a great service to Otago area well maintained good ppl state of the art machines .

We had an amazing day flying to the Cardrona Distillery! Thank you for supporting Ronald McDonald House! Big thanks to our pilot Alex

Hi Folks ,I Just wanted to say well done with your efforts with yesterdays fire on signal hill .I live in Waverley and I was watching the helicopters working out the window . I was blown away by the skill of the pilots in such trying windy conditions . I was amazed at the co -ordination the pilots had in (A ) getting the water in to the monsoon buckets and then (B) flying in the thick smoke without a collision. These Guys worked tirelessly for over 7 hours . well done. By the way according to a fascinated watcher here the red helicopter could do a round circuit to pick up water, drop water and pick up water again in 2 minutes. well done to all who assisted, a big thumbs up to you all.kind regardsA Alexander

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Thank you for all your hard work, especially the medics.One thing I have learned during my time on earth is that life is short, but these guys made it a bit longer.