Helicopter Flight, Wine Tasting & Lunch in North Canterbury
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September 2026
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What you can expect
Combine a scenic helicopter flight with lunch and wine tasting on the Canterbury Winery Heli Lunch with Garden City Helicopters in Christchurch. Make an entrance with a helicopter landing at your choice of a premium vineyard, before sampling delicious wines and enjoying lunch. Allow 3 hours to experience North Canterbury’s magnificent wine region with a helicopter flight and landing at either Black Estate or Greystone winery.
Garden City Helicopters was established in Christchurch in 1983 and offers incredible scenic flights with outstanding safety records in New Zealand. Your Canterbury Winery Heli Lunch begins in Christchurch where you meet your experienced pilot and take off for the helicopter flight to your chosen winery. With a flight time of approximately 60 minutes in total, there are plenty of opportunities to take in the beautiful North Canterbury scenery, from snow-capped mountains, rugged coastlines and rich farmland & wine country. Then it’s time to land in style at your chosen vineyard of either Black Estate or Greystone winery, ready to taste produce from one of the finest vineyards in the region.
Choose your preferred venue for wine tasting and lunch on your Canterbury Winery Heli Lunch from Christchurch. Black Estate Winery is an organic and biodynamic vineyard, offering locally grown and fished produce. Greystone winery is 100% certified organic and creates vintage wines which provide a unique glimpse into a certain place in time. Garden City Helicopters provide a unique spin on wine tasting with helicopter transfers from Christchurch to the North Canterbury wine region.
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What you need to know
- Return helicopter flight from Christchurch to North Canterbury winery
- Visit one winery, Black Estate or Greystone winery
- Wine tasting at your chosen winery
- Lunch
- Experienced and friendly pilot
- Allow 3 hours (approx 1 hour flight time)
- 11:00am
- Departs from GCH Aviation, 73 Grays Road, Christchurch
- Operates Thursday to Sunday all year
- How many wineries do you visit on this Canterbury Winery Heli Lunch experience from Christchurch? On the Canterbury Winery Heli Lunch experience from Christchurch, you will visit one winery, either Black Estate or Greystone winery, where you will have wine tastings and lunch.
- Bring a camera, sunglasses, additional spending money, hat & sunscreen
- If you are sampling you must be over 18 years of age by New Zealand law and bring a valid form of ID. An international passport or NZ drivers licence.
- Minimum numbers apply for flight to go ahead (min 2)
- No child rates available
- Infants (0-2yrs) fly free of charge, please advise upon booking
- Infants must sit on a parent/guardian's lap for the flight (safety belt supplied)
- No food or drink is included in price for under 18 years old
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- Change your booking up to 24 hours before the start time of your experience
- Changes are not permitted within 24 hours of your experience
- Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience"
