Up close, from way above — whale watching like never before. - The pilot, Daniel, was engaging, informative and fun, which made the whale watching by helicopter flight that much more special.

Whales and Tekapo - What an amazing trip! Daniel was an excellent pilot, whale spotter, and story teller. Our family loved our whale watch and flight down to Tekapo. Highly recommend!

Helicopter scenic flight @ Kaikoura - The most epic trip ever! Recommend 200%, and Daniel was a great host & very experienced pilot. Make this a must on your next trip to NZ, and support a family owned business, as they are the only 1 left in this area.

An opportunity for a once-in—a-lifetime experience - Our experience with South Pacific, piloted by Daniel, the owner, was a spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Daniel is an experienced and capable pilot, who handled his gorgeous helicopter expertly. He was an informative, conscientious trip leader. We saw a lone sperm whale and were even more impressed by a huge blue whale and calf, which we understand was a rare and exceptional experience. We would highly recommend. this adventure, as it is one of the highlights of our three week trip to New Zealand.

Highlight of our NZ holiday - This tour was the highlight of our NZ holiday. The company is extremely professional and dealing with them was seamless. Monique picked up our group of four from our cruise ship jetty. We traveled to their office where all the safety procedures were discussed. It was an extremely busy day for them but they had plenty of staff on hand to help. We spent a spectacular 40mins viewing 4 different sperm whales followed by a landing up on the headland with amazing views. They took wonderful care of my elderly parents assisting them in and out of the helicopter. This is an experience not to be missed in Kaikoura.

AMAZING NEW YEAR DAY experience!! - Saw a whale feeding and dolphin pod, stopped at top of mountain for view and celebratory champagne💖 Truly special experience!!

Wonderful whale watching from a helicopter above - We arrived in Kaikoura at 10pm in the dark on our UK Titan holidays trip all around NZ. Today 25Nov we had a morning whale watching cruise and were lucky to see a sperm whale on the surface and got good photos. The excursion was great BUT after a 10 minute sojourn at the hotel we were collected by South Pacific Helicopters and couriered to the helicopter base. Soon we were in the air and wow just wow how fantastic this experience was. Sliding off over the sea swooping around the sperm whale watching the circling spotter planes ,: this was just something else - a treasure of a lifetime. Then watching swimmers with dusky dolphins and not just a dolphin or two but a pod or two of 100s of dolphins. Then a cliff top landing a flight over Kaikoura the last road and our hotel - magic. My thanks to everyone involved in the company - this has been a holiday of a lifetime and South Pacific Helicopters provided the crowning experience that surely cannot be battered. Thank you so much for being such lovely hosts and giving us such special treatment in. Very safe and friendly way. Absolutely brilliant - do not miss out.

A once in a lifetime experience - Because the whale watching boat trip the previous day was canceled due to bad weather, we looked for an alternative. We found this at South Pacific Helicopters. We had booked the premier flight. The flight where you look for whales and also land on a mountain. Partly thanks to the help of the great pilot Dan, one of us, who is in a wheelchair, was able to get into the helicopter. This pilot had indicated when booking that he would make sure this was successful no matter what. Almost immediately after take-off we spotted a large group of dolphins. The search for the whales took about 45 minutes before we discovered a whale. It is very special to see such a large animal from the air. After this we flew to Mount Fyffe at an altitude of 1600 meters for a landing on top of this mountain. It had snowed the night before, which made it even more spectacular. All in all, a very special excursion that we will always remember.

Awesome tour! - Daniel, his wife and entire crew provided a welcoming and seamless experience!! The communications were helpful , we felt entirely safe and totally feel as if we got our moneys worth!

Don’t think twice, just do it! What a truly great holiday experience. - This was possibly the best experience of our whole holiday in NZ. What a special family firm this is. From the moment we entered the office, having just had our boat trip cancelled, Monique was so helpful and friendly. Her husband, Dan, took the trouble to greet each of us individually, by name. The trip itself was totally awesome (we saw two blue whales and then we only landed on top of a mountain!). Put aside the superlatives, I genuinely cannot recommend this firm and this trip highly enough. A massive thank you to Dan and Monique for providing such a brilliant memory.