About the Blanket Bay Experience

We can provide you with endless ways to help restore your physical and spiritual well-being in this enchanting corner of New Zealand.

Here are some suggestions that will help you plan your stay at the lodge.

Activities

We suggest you do not pre book activities as weather is often a factor. On arrival we will offer you the many different options and tailor these to suit your stay. An exception to this rule is fishing guides. Fly fishermen should reserve guides in advance.

Milford Sound

We recommend you do not book a day trip from Blanket Bay to Milford Sound using land transport. This would involve a road journey of at least five hours each way. Often, if you drive to Milford by coach or chauffeur driven car, you are unable to fly back to Queenstown due to weather, thus spending more than nine hours in a bus or car.

We recommend you take the scenic helicopter flight described below, the helicopters take off directly from our front lawn.

If you wish to fly to Milford by light aircraft it is sensible to use Glenorchy Air who fly from the airstrip close by rather than fly from Queenstown Airport which is a one hour drive from the lodge. Helicopter flights and Glenorchy Air can be arranged on arrival.

  • Scenic Helicopter Flights - Blanket Bay, in association with Heliworks, offers you the chance to experience a birds-eye view of this breathtaking landscape.
  • Hiking - The Milford Track, which leads to the heart of spectacular Milford Sound, has been described as "the finest walk in the world". Like the nearby Routeburn and Greenstone Tracks, it passes by pristine waterfalls and beneath soaring ice-clad peaks.
  • Horseback riding and mountain biking can be arranged by the front office team at the lodge.
Blanket Bay - Experience

 

  • Fishing and Heli-fishing - Legendary American travel writer Zane Grey once described New Zealand as "an angler's El Dorado". Our professional guides can take you to wild and untouched rivers offering the best fly-fishing in the world.
  • Other Activities - Explore the Dart River, departure by arrangement from our jetty.
  • Heli-skiing - Ski enthusiasts can enjoy some of the finest skiing in the world during winter (July to September) on the pure powder snow of the surrounding mountain slopes, only minutes away from the Lodge.
  • Pure Adventure - In association with Pure Adventure Blanket Bay offers an unlimited array of professionally guided activities.

Check in

We would encourage you to try and arrive before six o'clock in the evening. This will allow you to settle into your room and enjoy some of the facilities before pre dinner cocktails.