Tandem Skydive 18,000ft from Franz Josef
Overview
Skydive amongst mountains, glaciers, lakes, rivers and ocean views. Skydive Franz has New Zealand’s highest mountain Aoraki/Mount Cook and the biggest glaciers Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers immediately on the right and the wide blue ocean on the left. Multiple departure times. Allow 3 hours for your tandem skydive experience.
Inclusions
- Round-trip shared transfer from booking office to airport except under covid restrictions
- Use of skydive equipment
- Use of helmet, gloves, goggles and jumpsuit
What to expect
Itinerary
Our 18, 000ft tandem skydive is the next level of adrenaline adventure and is NZ highest skydive. Experience 85 seconds of pure thrills while skydiving over New Zealand’s highest mountains, the Tasman Sea, stunning rainforests, glowing glaciers, mirror lakes and braided river beds.
Tandem skydiving is the fastest, easiest and safest way for an inexperienced skydiver to enjoy the thrill of jumping out of a plane, free falling through the sky at 200kph/120mph and floating safely to the ground under a parachute. You can simply enjoy the thrill of the experience knowing your tandem instructor has everything under control.
Stop At:
• Franz Josef Glacier, Glacier Access Road Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Franz Josef, Westland Tai Poutini National Park New Zealand
Our 18, 000ft tandem skydive is the next level of adrenaline adventure and is NZ highest skydive. Experience 85 seconds of pure thrills while skydiving over New Zealand’s highest mountains, the Tasman Sea, stunning rainforests, glowing glaciers, mirror lakes and braided river beds.
Tandem skydiving is the fastest, easiest and safest way for an inexperienced skydiver to enjoy the thrill of jumping out of a plane, free falling through the sky at 200kph/120mph and floating safely to the ground under a parachute. You can simply enjoy the thrill of the experience knowing your tandem instructor has everything under control.
Stop At:
• Franz Josef Glacier, Glacier Access Road Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Franz Josef, Westland Tai Poutini National Park New Zealand
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Please wear warm lightweight clothes and secure shoes (preferably with laces)
- Stroller accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- Subject to favourable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 70 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
KiaraTM
April 2018
Following a plane flight with breathtaking views where my tandem instructor made an effort to point out all the landmarks including Mt Cook, Mt Tasman and Franz Josef glacier we jumped out to an amazing 70+ seconds of freefall before parachuting down. The whole jump was incredible and I couldn't ...
Following a plane flight with breathtaking views where my tandem instructor made an effort to point out all the landmarks including Mt Cook, Mt Tasman and Franz Josef glacier we jumped out to an amazing 70+ seconds of freefall before parachuting down. The whole jump was incredible and I couldn't recommend it more. Once in lifetime experience. My only regret is I didn't get photos because I'd been skydiving before.ajab06
July 2021
Can’t begin to describe how amazing this whole experience is! The staff and jump itself are both hands down absolutely amazing. Will give you a rush like no other. Surrounded by amazing scenery, it feels like you are jumping into a painting! The crew are amazing, so professional but great sense o...
Can’t begin to describe how amazing this whole experience is! The staff and jump itself are both hands down absolutely amazing. Will give you a rush like no other. Surrounded by amazing scenery, it feels like you are jumping into a painting! The crew are amazing, so professional but great sense of humor and comforting to those who are nervous. Cannot recommend this enough. Will 110% be doing this again at some stage. If you’re not sold on this, trust me, it will be one of the most thrill seeking adrenaline pumping things you do in this breathtaking spot of NZ!!sportgoofy73
March 2020
if You are looking for an exciting and absolutely fascinating and thrilling opportunity to view glaciers and the marvelous landscape around the New Zealand alps, you are definitely doing the right thing to book a 20.000ft skydive. The team of skydive Franz takes good care of you during the whole ...
if You are looking for an exciting and absolutely fascinating and thrilling opportunity to view glaciers and the marvelous landscape around the New Zealand alps, you are definitely doing the right thing to book a 20.000ft skydive. The team of skydive Franz takes good care of you during the whole event, as this is a strongly weather dependent event it is in my opinion completely acceptable to have a 3h timeframe set for your exciting event , eventhough the actual flight and jump just takes about 45minutes. As I believe for most people it will be a once in a lifetime thing I can strongly recommend to book either the combo package (additional camera man jumping and camera of your tandem master) or only the additional camera man to have marvelous photo and video footage afterwards. The quality of the pictures and videos I received was way better than I expected. No shaking video, sharp, brilliant photos - just perfect. Thanks to my tandem master (who’s name I unfortunately forgot because of all the nervousness before the jump) and „my“ cameraman Sancho who really did a great job. The additional good thing about this event is, that you have a very good view on all the glaciers and the landscape during your approx 30min flight bringing you up to 20.000ft and Even this is documented in some pictures and Video and provided to you. If you are looking for excitement paired with professionalism, safety and fun you are definitely making the right decision to book and dive (jump) with skydivefranz.KNF222
March 2020
I recently visited Franz Josef and my friend and I decided to skydive by glaciers/mountains for our first time since all of our previous jumps were near beaches. We were very excited and decided to do the 20,000 foot jump and pay for the external camerman to really capture the beauty and scenery ...
I recently visited Franz Josef and my friend and I decided to skydive by glaciers/mountains for our first time since all of our previous jumps were near beaches. We were very excited and decided to do the 20,000 foot jump and pay for the external camerman to really capture the beauty and scenery of the experience. This entire situation set me back 500+ USD, but I was fine with it since this experience and footage would be epic and well worth it. Fast forward a few days when I receive my footage and I am mortified and so disappointed with the results. It turns out I literally paid almost 200 dollars for a video of my face flapping in the wind (i could have paid half the money and got that with a handcam). An 85 second jump and the photographer included about 3-4 seconds of the mountains and beautiful landscape...the rest was a view from below me of my face shooting up. My friend who was on the same jump had epic footage. The cameraman would go below her and get footage then go above her and get amazing mountain and landscape views and then do a 360 view around her and include everything. It was beyond clear that i was jipped in this scenario. I decided to email the company since i was so upset and disappointed and really felt i wasted my money on this photographer. My response from the company basically tried to pin it on my body type and weight compared to my friend?? I'm 10-15 pounds more than her and have NEVER had issues with this before as this is my 4th skydive. I was told my video "meets their requirements". They also tried saying it was because my instructor let me pull the chute. Well if they had told me that me being allowed to do this would sacrifice my money i paid for a decent video i obviously would have opted out of that. I am appalled and beyond disappointed that they consider these up to their standards and that they would try to stoop so low as to blame it on my weight. Moral of the story I guess is to not trust this company with your money for an extra photog, or tell your photog and be very very clear to not get 80 seconds of your face with the sky behind it (which i feel like you shouldn't have to do, but clearly im wrong). What an absolute ripoff.kathrynmarien
February 2020
An incredible and unforgettable experience from start to end. The lady who greeted us at the reception desk was extremely friendly and enthusiastic and even though our jump was pushed back due to the weather she didn't make us feel disappointed at al and immediately offered us a slightly later ju...
An incredible and unforgettable experience from start to end. The lady who greeted us at the reception desk was extremely friendly and enthusiastic and even though our jump was pushed back due to the weather she didn't make us feel disappointed at al and immediately offered us a slightly later jump. Thankfully the low clouds cleared in time and we were driven to the hanger to wait for our turn. All the staff and dive instructors were amazingly positive and friendly and kept such an excitable vibe going for everyone. Whilst getting equipment fitted and sorted you could tell they were all very thorough and took everything very seriously which made my husband and I feel extremely safe and in good hands. The plane journey up to 20,000ft was obviously very scenic and you could see all over Mount cook national park, Franz Josef Glacier and out to sea on the other side. The jump itself was a once in a life time feeling throughout. I was surprised at how safe I felt which meant I could fully enjoy every second. I would have happily done it all again and again until the sun went down! So glad we jumped with SkyDive Franz and will be recommending to everyone we know!Katie K
September 2019
What an office! That was beyond the best thing I have ever done! From the check in process with the lovely Lily at the desk, to the time I jumped with the fantastic Henry, I knew I was in safe hands. They made we feel calm and made sure I had the most amazing time, reassuring with every step. Ove...
What an office! That was beyond the best thing I have ever done! From the check in process with the lovely Lily at the desk, to the time I jumped with the fantastic Henry, I knew I was in safe hands. They made we feel calm and made sure I had the most amazing time, reassuring with every step. Over anything is Franz Josef, this is the thing to do!!!