Wingsuiting Over Franz Josef
Member of the French Free fly Team Vincent Cotte joined us this weekend for some free fly fun. Vincent has come and shared his knowledge and passion for skydiving and wing suiting with the Skydive Franz team! He ran some angle coaching sessions with the team and experienced wing suiting from 18,000ft! Vincent mentions how…
The Top 9 Free Walks in Aoraki/Mt Cook Village
At 3764 metres, Aoraki/Mt Cook is the highest of the country’s 27 mountains over 3000 metres. It is higher by more than 1500 metres to Australia’s highest peak, Mt Kosciusko at 2228 metres. Aoraki/Mt Cook sits at the heart of New Zealand’s Alpine country, within the 700 square kilometres of Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. It has…
Free Fall Your Way Into 2019!
We have had an amazing start to the year! With people coming from all across the world to complete their sky dive experience with us. We have a fun, highly experienced team on board with us for this summer season!. Make sure that Skydivefranz is at the top of your bucket list for 2019!
Skydiving in NZ Makes Virtuoso’s 2019 Must Do List
In its 2019 Luxe Report, Virtuoso has gathered nine top experiences for travelers to do this upcoming year. Surveying 17,500 travel advisors, Virtuoso came up a list of 9 must do experiences for travellers in 2019 and featured activities such as sailing the Norwegian fjords, seeing the beaches at Normandy, attending the Rugby World Cup, or sailing along Croatia’s coast aboard a private yacht. Topping this list as the number 1 must-do experience for 2019 was Skydiving in New Zealand! Franz Josef is best place in New Zealand to skydive. You’ll get incredible views of the mountains of the Westland Tai Poutini and Aoraki/Mt Cook National Parks – including our highest mountains, and the glaciers – which number over 200 and include the popular Franz Josef, Fox and Tasman Glaciers. Tandem skydiving is the fastest, easiest and safest way to enjoy the…
Skydive Franz joins the Inflite Family
INFLITE, one of New Zealand’s leading aviation tourism companies with bases across New Zealand have announced the purchase of Skydive Franz Josef Glacier, the country’s only skydive operator to offer the thrilling 19,000ft skydive. The Skydive Franz operation adds a dedicated team of Skydive staff to the INFLITE team and Pilatus PC-6 Porter to the…