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 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 huge rock that the Tully Falls flows over when it is flowing from the Koombooloomba Dam.
A great Gift Voucher flight.
PRICE: $155 pp 3 Pax / $185 pp 2 Pax
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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)
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Fly over the Herberton township and valley, the original mining hub of the Tablelands. Then over the intensively cropped Tablelands surrounding Atherton, over Lake Tinaroo, the Crater Lakes past the Seven Sister Cinder Cones. Then onto the rolling hills of the dairy farms, while taking in views of 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. We 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.
Imagine being able to see all of this in just one hour of flight time - its unbelievable how much you get to appreciate.
Optional Extra: Create a lunch tour and land at a Boutique Cafe for lunch
TOTAL PRICE: $1100 per flight for 1-3 people (PAX)
3 PAX = $367 per person / 2 PAX = $550 per person
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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: $1375 per flight for 1-3 people (PAX)
3 PAX = $458 per person / 2 PAX = $688 per person
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