The Remarkables by Helicopter
The Remarkables are the jagged mountain range rising directly across the lake from Queenstown, named for how sharply they catch the light at sunrise and sunset. They're also a working ski field in winter, and several scenes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring were filmed in the range.
Seeing it by helicopter
A dedicated Remarkables flight climbs into the range itself rather than just viewing it from town, putting you level with the jagged ridgelines and the basins between them that aren't visible at all from the Queenstown side of the lake.
Helicopter tours that fly over The Remarkables
Likely to sell outQueenstown, New Zealand
25-Minute Remarkables Helicopter Tour from Queenstown
Experience the best view in town. Land on the Remarkables spur, overlooking Queenstown and the Wakatipu basin with Coronet and Cecil Peaks in the distance. A sensational photo opportunity at 5,000 feet.
25 min
From $246.06 USD
Good to know
- •This is one of the few landmarks here with a tour named specifically for it, rather than being an incidental part of a longer route -- worth booking directly if this range is what you want to see up close.
- •Winter flights may show snow on the ski field terrain; summer flights show the bare rock and basins instead.
- •The range looks completely different depending on the time of day -- the name comes from how dramatically the light changes on the peaks.
Can you see where The Lord of the Rings was filmed from a Remarkables helicopter flight?
The Remarkables range was used for several Fellowship of the Ring scenes, and a flight into the range gives you a close look at the basins and ridgelines involved, though specific filming locations aren't marked or pointed out during the flight itself.
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