To experience the Atherton Tablelands from the ground is amazing, however, to see it from a helicopter is a whole new experience.
Design your own Scenic Helicopter Flight or try one of these suggested itineraries for your tour..........
Scenic Helicopter Flights from Atherton
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Fly over the spectacular Crater Lakes Eacham and Barrine and the Seven Sister Cinder Cones. This flight incorporates unsurpassed views of the picturesque ‘patchwork quilt’ of the Tablelands Plateau.
A great Gift Voucher flight.
PRICE: $155 pp 3 Pax / $185 pp 2 Pax
Departs from Atherton Aerodrome
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Wind down through World Heritage Rainforest along the North Johnstone River Gorge, beneath Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Bartle Frere - Queensland’s two highest mountains. The densely forested slopes and cloud-swathed peaks provide a breathtaking scenic backdrop to the Tablelands. Fly back over Lake Tinaroo, past the Seven Sister Cinder Cones and the rolling hills of the dairy farms, and onto the intensively cropped Tablelands surrounding Atherton.
Optional Extra: Create a lunch tour and land at a Boutique Cafe for lunch
TOTAL PRICE: $550 per flight for 1-3 people
(NB: Total price not per person charge)
Departs from Atherton Aerodrome
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Discover the vastness of the Australian Outback and Mount Mulligan west of the Great Dividing range, where the country turns from forest to open savannah. The Mount Mulligan Escarpment is nearly 10 times the size of Uluru and about 18km long. Fly over Mareeba Shire the centre of a rich agricultural area producing crops such as sugar cane, coffee, mangoes, pineapples, avocados, lychees, and a variety of other exotic fruits and vegetables.
Optional Extra: Create a 1/2 day tour and land at Skybury Coffee Plantation for a tour and lunch.
PRICE: $1169 per flight for 1-3 people
(NB: Total price not per person charge)
Departs from Atherton Aerodrome
Scenic Helicopter Flights from Ravenshoe
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Fly around the Ravenshoe Wind Farm, then enter the misty mountains of the Cardwell Range to the spectacular Cannabullen Falls and Elizabeth Grant Falls. This area is only accessible by hiking the Misty Mountains Trails. Admire the big rock Tully Falls that is fed from the Koombooloomba Dam.
A great Gift Voucher flight.
PRICE: $155 pp 3 Pax / $185 pp 2 Pax
Departs from Ravenshoe
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This flight shows you the diverse range of flora that exists in a close proximity, from dense rainforest to wet schlerophyl to open wood land forest. Fly over the Koombooloomba Dam, past the Tully Falls and down the pictureque Tully Gorge. Then into the dense misty rainforest of the Cardwell Range to the spectacular Cannabullen Falls, then on to the Elizabeth Grant Falls. Fly back via the Ravenshoe Wind Farm.
TOTAL PRICE: $550 per flight for 1-3 people
(NB: Total price not per person charge)
Departs from Ravenshoe
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The Blencoe Falls Section of Girringun National Park boasts spectacular scenery. The Blencoe Falls plunges 90m to the pool below, before cascading a further 230m to the base of the gorge. Open forest dominates the escarpments and she-oaks line the Herbert River. Along the gullies and upper slopes of the Herbert River Gorge, vine-thicket rainforest persists. Standing tall and regal, hoop pines are a distinctive feature of the landscape around Blencoe Falls.
Optional Extras:
- Add extra flight time and create a 1/2 day tour including a landing in the Upper Herbert Gorge, a picnic lunch, a swim or a fish.
- Get dropped off in the Gorge for a self guided rafting trip - requires advance booking to organise National Park permits and permission.
TOTAL PRICE: $1169 per flight for 1-3 people
(NB: Total price not per person charge)
Departs from Ravenshoe
