Over The Top Queenstown: Scenic Flights, Alpine Golf at Cecil Peak, and New Golf Simulators in Town

When it comes to bucket-list experiences in Queenstown, Over The Top Helicopters has long been at the top of the list. Combining world-class scenery with creative, bespoke adventures, they’ve built a reputation as the go-to team when “ordinary” just won’t do. From scenic flights over Fiordland to landing on remote alpine plateaus to hit golf balls into the sky, Over The Top offers a uniquely Queenstown blend of luxury, adventure, and pure fun.

In this blog, we’ll walk through what it’s like to fly with Over The Top to Milford Sound, experience their famous Cecil Peak Golf experience, and round things out with a session at their new golf simulators in town.

The Experience Begins: Lifting Off from Queenstown

Your Over The Top adventure usually starts just outside Queenstown, where you’re welcomed by a friendly team and your pilot for the day. Even before take-off, there’s a sense that this is something special. This isn’t a standard bus tour with a crowd and a loudspeaker; it feels more like a private expedition with your own guide to the Southern Alps.

Once you’re buckled in and the rotors start spinning, Queenstown shrinks beneath you. Very quickly, you’re climbing over Lake Wakatipu, the Remarkables range on one side and the jagged ridgelines of the Southern Alps stretching to the horizon. The pilot’s commentary adds context—glaciers, river systems, fault lines, early explorer routes—but for long stretches, the scenery is so overwhelming you don’t need words at all.

Flight to Milford Sound: Fiordland From Above

A helicopter flight to Milford Sound with Over The Top is a completely different way to experience one of New Zealand’s most iconic destinations. The standard coach journey is beautiful, but it’s also long and crowded. By air, Milford transforms from a tourist attraction into a vast, wild landscape.

On the way to Milford Sound, you’ll likely pass over:

• Deep, glaciated valleys carved over thousands of years
• Snow-capped peaks and hanging glaciers
• Remote alpine lakes and rivers that can only be seen from the air

As you approach Fiordland, the terrain becomes steeper and more dramatic, with sheer rock faces plunging into dark water. The moment you first sweep into Milford Sound itself—Mitre Peak rising sharply beside you, waterfalls streaming down the cliffs—is genuinely jaw-dropping. Seeing Milford from above gives you a true sense of the scale and isolation of the place that no bus window or boat deck can quite match.

Depending on the itinerary, you may land briefly in the region or combine the flight with a boat cruise, but even as a pure flightseeing experience, it’s unforgettable.