12 Apostles Helicopters
12 Apostles Helicopters
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10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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About
12 Apostles Helicopters, on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road, offers you a unique opportunity to see the Shipwreck Coast and Port Campbell National Park from the air. Join us for an unrivalled view of Australia's most spectacular coastline in the comfort and safety of our luxury fleet of helicopters.
Princetown, Victoria, Australia
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2024
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Wayne Brown
Gisborne, Australia41 contributions
Mar 2020
A thrilling ride in the smaller Robinson R44 chopper, it's like a flying bubble, over some of the prettiest scenery in Australia. Our pilot Tash gave us a good description of the many rock formations, coves and islands along the coast. Took lots of photos. The helicopter base is right at the 12 Apostles car park and I bought a ticket on the spot in the afternoon when plenty of people were there, and took the basic $145 ride. The chopper runs close to the coast almost to Peterborough, then flies back a bit further out from the shore, I guess to keep the flight tracks separate in busy times. You also buy a video USB of the flight for $45. Most of the flights were the bigger choppers with 7 passengers, mine was in the baby chopper with 3 passengers. Great fun.
Written 14 March 2020
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Jorgen D
Tremelo, Belgium356 contributions
Dec 2022
Does what it needs to do, we had a one hour flight and saw what we wanted to see. Flight was in an Airbus helicopter, 7 people can fly at the same time so you will be sitting with others. You get some explanation on the way but in our case not so much. It’s a real factory where you need to run to get in and out to minimize time on the ground;
Respecting flight times could be better as we had a reservation but needed to wait half an hour because others with shorter flight-times were served first (otherwise they needed to wait to long??)
Expensive but nice experience
Respecting flight times could be better as we had a reservation but needed to wait half an hour because others with shorter flight-times were served first (otherwise they needed to wait to long??)
Expensive but nice experience
Written 30 December 2022
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Fiona C
Gold Coast, Australia96 contributions
June 2022 • Family
We did the 20 min helicopter tour and thoroughly enjoyed the tour. The pilot was excellent pointing out the landmarks and mother and calf whale that was along the coastline.
Staff were accommodating in our requests. Considering we hadn’t pre booked our tour at short notice they were great to deal with.
Definitely recommend this attraction to anyone visiting the 12 apostles and wanting to experience it from the sky.
Staff were accommodating in our requests. Considering we hadn’t pre booked our tour at short notice they were great to deal with.
Definitely recommend this attraction to anyone visiting the 12 apostles and wanting to experience it from the sky.
Written 5 July 2022
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Sara and Josh B
6 contributions
Nov 2022 • Family
Extremely disappointed with the people skills.
They open at 10am, we were there at the property as expected 945am.
Checked in got briefing.
Advised a slight delay.
However a 16min and a 25 min flight went before us.
When I approached the gentlemen they advised problems with the aircraft.
I asked to speak with the manager/owner to which he agreed.
(There was an aircraft sitting out in the yard doing nothing and was going to be operatio al later in the day).
Whilst waiting the owner jumped in a smaller aircraft, managed to start the engine after a 45min wait.
After out 16min flight, the manager or owner didn't show, when asked he was busy and the staff avoided me like a plague.
When you book flights for 10am, I suggest these aircraft's are primed and ready to go at 10am.
Not 45 mins past the scheduled booking.
Left and front headset mics didn't work.
They open at 10am, we were there at the property as expected 945am.
Checked in got briefing.
Advised a slight delay.
However a 16min and a 25 min flight went before us.
When I approached the gentlemen they advised problems with the aircraft.
I asked to speak with the manager/owner to which he agreed.
(There was an aircraft sitting out in the yard doing nothing and was going to be operatio al later in the day).
Whilst waiting the owner jumped in a smaller aircraft, managed to start the engine after a 45min wait.
After out 16min flight, the manager or owner didn't show, when asked he was busy and the staff avoided me like a plague.
When you book flights for 10am, I suggest these aircraft's are primed and ready to go at 10am.
Not 45 mins past the scheduled booking.
Left and front headset mics didn't work.
Written 7 November 2022
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Cornish Donuts
Melbourne, Australia88 contributions
Mar 2021 • Couples
We drove from Warrnambool to the 12 Apostles and made the impromptu decision to see how much a helicopter flight would be over the apostles. We decided to book into the next flight ($145pp for 15min flight). We are so glad that we did. It was a beautiful clear sunny day. Each passenger has a headset so you can hear the pilot identify the different landmarks. We were on the flight with 2 other couples. If you get the opportunity, we would highly recommend you do the flight over the apostles.
Written 7 March 2021
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Corinne V
Perth, Australia213 contributions
Oct 2022
This was definitely a highlight of our GOR trip.
The weather was a bit overcast and slightly windy, but it was still a great way to see the 12 Apostles. We choose the 25min "Bay Of Islands" flight and it was definitely money well spent. The commentary by our pilot was informative and interesting.
The only negative , was the "safety briefing" was pretty non-existent . These guys do this all the time and luckily , everything was fine, but there wasn't much of a safety briefing.
Would I do it again? For sure!
The weather was a bit overcast and slightly windy, but it was still a great way to see the 12 Apostles. We choose the 25min "Bay Of Islands" flight and it was definitely money well spent. The commentary by our pilot was informative and interesting.
The only negative , was the "safety briefing" was pretty non-existent . These guys do this all the time and luckily , everything was fine, but there wasn't much of a safety briefing.
Would I do it again? For sure!
Written 5 December 2022
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PmK
1 contribution
Nov 2022 • Business
I am a tourism Operator, Today I took 2 students tourists for a helicopter ride of 165 aud. Instead of letting us know in a respectful way, they can’t fly without a minimum 3, Nick one of the fight admin at the office was very rude and disrespectful to me and my guests. I am sure he wouldn’t spoken to a local Australian like that because that person would have slapped him on his face!
In this unfortunate time of Covid-19 any business should be open and welcoming with awesome customer service. Also needs to be Respectful to all regardless from which background they come. Racist has no place in the real world.
In this unfortunate time of Covid-19 any business should be open and welcoming with awesome customer service. Also needs to be Respectful to all regardless from which background they come. Racist has no place in the real world.
Written 3 November 2022
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Xanerin
Alice Springs, Australia1,472 contributions
May 2022 • Couples
What a super professional company and we can not express our thanks to them. Yes we could see the weather was not perfect so we did not mind waiting and they made sure that we had an amazing experience. Not many companies care as much as this company and we were certainly impressed. This company is a must if you want to really see the beautiful coastline and I will have to say, one of the smoothest helicopter flights we have done. Thank you to everyone!
Written 29 May 2022
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Amber C
Melbourne, Australia1 contribution
Feb 2024 • Family
We had to wait forever and letting big groups to go through because they prioritised big groups, and they told us with a lot of attitude. Then, he tried to break our group up to fit in others, just a whole lot disrespectfulness. Avoid if you can.
Written 16 February 2024
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Penny R
Sydney, Australia13 contributions
Feb 2022
In celebration of our Wedding Anniversary, we wanted to do something special so we took the 25-minute 12 Apostles to Bay of Islands flight giving us a bird’s eye view of the rock formations to truly appreciate the beauty (especially Bay of Islands), which was very impressive!! Blake was a great pilot and very knowledgeable about the area. Despite being short staffed due to Covid, the staff were friendly and professional. For extra $$ you can get a copy of your flight in USB. The whole experience was truly impressive and would highly recommend it.
Written 3 March 2022
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Hi. Would like to know if our family of 5 can be on the helicopter together or is there a capacity limit?
Written 14 December 2022
Is there any ticket for kid below 3 years for helicopter ride...What is the ticket cost
Written 23 January 2020
12AH
Port Campbell, Australia
Infants under two years of age can fly on the lap of an adult for a $20 fee. Over two years of age, a child must sit in their own seat and are the same price as an adult ticket.
Written 24 January 2020
Hi everything you need to know can be found on their website....12 apostles helicopters com au
Written 8 July 2018
I would like to know how much is the HD video, how long is it and can you buy when you're there?
Written 15 March 2018
To answer this question , the ride lasted approximately 15 minutes so the video goes for 15 minutes . It started recording from the moment the helicopter left the landing pad .
Written 2 April 2018
hotred371
New Delhi, India
Recently i got a ride.And gave me a usb drive with recorded video .But this usb not read in computer.So how to read in computer so tell me .
Written 20 January 2018
When you plug the USB into your computer , go to my pc and the bottom should be removable drive either name of the item on it
Written 4 February 2018
I need to cancel 12 Apostles Helicopters - Booking #27336 - 22/12/2017 02:57 AM
Because of eye surgery we will need to cancel our trip to Australia.
We need to cancel our helicopter flight tour 12 apostles. I already paid via credit card. How to proceed with the refund
I already sent two emails and I did not get an answer
Written 12 January 2018
12AH
Port Campbell, Australia
Hi Susana,
We replied to your emails. In case you haven't received them, here is the reply-
Sorry to hear about your eye injury and the need to cancel your trip to Australia.
I am happy to let you know that I have refunded the full amount of your flight and you should see the money in your account over the next couple of days.
I hope you will be able to make it to Australia in the near future and we look forward to flying you when you do.
Kind Regards,
12AH team.
Written 13 January 2018
Hi, should I book the ticket in advance? Or to only buy it when I am there?
Written 19 April 2017
Hi , No need to book unless is christmas holidays etc. We arrived on a saturday and only had about 45 minutes to wait. Tip is to book the flight as soon as you get there. You will get a timeslot , if there is a bit of a wait you can get something to eat at the kiosk or walk over the viewing area to get your ground view. They have about 7 choppers , so they get through the line up quickly.You wont regret it , it is spectacular from the air. The pilots also give great commentary during the flight. Hope this helps. You can also get a video of the flight.
Written 20 April 2017
Bellekoo
Singapore, Singapore
Anyone have experience in bringing a 23month old toddler? What should the parents be aware or take note of? Thanks a million!
Written 8 March 2017
I remember seeing parents with toddlers in the lines waiting to go on the flights. They have special babies safety vests too. And you can only wear a sun hat while waiting in the line, you must remove the hat and leave handbags etc behind. They have a place you can leave them though. And if you want to take photos make sure you get a window seat!
Written 8 March 2017
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