White Island NZ's Most Active Volcano
Land on and Explore White Islands Active Crater Floor
Explore Mt Tarawera's Volcanic Trail of Destruction
Tailor Made Tours and Charters

Experience the romance of landing and taking off in a floatplane with panoramic views of Rotorua and Mt. Tarawera

White Island Helicopter Tour - Land and explore

Fly to and land on New Zealand’s only permanently active volcano White Island. Enjoy spectacular views of our hidden lakes district, distant volcanoes and stunning local geothermal activity

Mt. Tarawera - Volcanic Landing

Join us as we explore our volcanic landscape changed forever by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera

Volcanic Crater Lakes Tours

Join us to view Rotorua beyond the crater rim. Enjoy spectacular views of our hidden lakes district, distant volcanoes and local geothermal activity in this captivating overview of this local area

By Helicopter By Floatplane

Orakei Korako

Combine spectacular aerial views of Mount Tarawera with flights over the vibrant geothermal reserves of Waimangu and Wai-O-Tapu before landing to explore the hidden valley of Orakie Korako.

By Helicopter By Floatplane

Fly / Drive Combo

This unique experience allows visitors to fly to Mt Tarawera with Volcanic Air, taking in the scenic wonders of the area from the air, before landing on Mt Tarawera for your guided crater walk experience.
By Helicopter

White Island and Tarawera Volcanic Combo

Experience the thrill of combining our two signature helicopter tours landing on both Mount Tarawera and White Island. By Helicopter

We offer you an extensive range of scenic helicopter flights and scenic floatplane air tours.

Rotorua's Volcanic Air Tour Specialists

Volcanic Air is conveniently located at the Rotorua City Lakefront within walking distance of many of our major hotels and our cafe / restaurant district.

From the first experience of flight in either a floatplane or helicopter through to the thrill of exploring our stunning lakes district, vibrant geothermal reserves and remarkable volcanoes, Volcanic Air have an option for everyone.

Helicopter options include landing on two of New Zealand's most iconic volcanoes, White Island and Mount Tarawera. White Island is our only permanently active volcano and walking around the active crater floor on an almost lunar like landscape is a once in a lifetime experience. In contrast landing on the summit of Mount Tarawera is awe inspiring. This is the site of the largest eruption in New Zealand's living memory and standing on the summit commands stunning views of the volcanoes massive craters and the surrounding lakes district and national parks.

Floatplane tours offer the romance of taking off and landing from various lake sites and flying over the regions unique volcanic landscape. Popular is our Mount Tarawera / Waimangu Volcanic Valley flyover however for the more adventurous landings by floatplane at the hidden valley of Orakei Korako and exploring the valleys geothermal activity offers a unique over view of our lakes district volcanoes and geothermal playground.

We invite you to step on board with Volcanic Air and create memories that will stay with you for a lifetime.

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Free Phone within NZ 0800 800 848

Phone +64 (7) 348-9984

Fax +64 (7) 348-4069

Postal Address
PO Box 640 ,
Rotorua ,
New Zealand

Physical Address
Rotorua City Lakefront ,
Memorial Drive ,
Rotorua ,
New Zealand

Email info@volcanicair.co.nz

GPS coordinates
South 38 07 46
East 176 15 10

Directors
Phill Barclay, phill@volcanicair.co.nz
mobile: +64 27 4930 861

Dorien Vroom, dorien@volcanicair.co.nz
mobile: +64 27 2450 287

Tim Barrow, tim@volcanicair.co.nz
mobile: +64 27 4942 092

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