The best scenic flights in Australia, in one place.
Compare operators, aircraft and trip times — from Heart Reef and Uluru to Sydney Harbour, the Kimberley and the Great Ocean Road.
Where do you want to fly?
In-depth guides for Australia's bucket-list scenic flight destinations.
Heart Reef
Heart Reef is a naturally occurring coral formation in Hardy Reef, sitting roughly 70 km off the coast of Airlie Beach. It can only be seen …
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef stretches 2,300 km along the Queensland coast. A scenic flight is the only way to grasp its scale — from the air you …
Uluru
Uluru and Kata Tjuta are the centrepiece of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. A scenic flight is the only way to appreciate the sheer scale of…
Sydney Harbour
There are few cities in the world more dramatic from the air than Sydney. A scenic flight over the harbour gives you a postcard view of the …
The Kimberley
The Kimberley is one of the most remote regions on earth — three times the size of England, with almost no roads. Scenic flights are the pra…
Great Ocean Road
From the air the Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and London Arch make sense — you see the limestone cliffs in plan, the ocean turning teal o…
Where are you flying from?
Operators, airports and reachable destinations for every major scenic flight base.
Whitsundays
The Whitsundays is one of the best scenic-flight bases in Australia. Three airports, a heliport, a seaplane base on Airlie Beach L…
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory rewards scenic flying like nowhere else in Australia. Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon in the centre; Kak…
Sydney
Sydney is the only Australian capital with regular harbour seaplane departures. Add helicopters out of Mascot and fixed-wing from …
Cairns
Cairns is the closest mainland city to the outer Great Barrier Reef and the gateway to the Daintree, Cape Tribulation and the Athe…
Melbourne
Melbourne's scenic flight scene is shaped by what's nearby — the Twelve Apostles to the west, Phillip Island to the south, the Yar…
Broome
Broome is the western gateway to the Kimberley. From Broome International Airport you can reach Horizontal Falls in 40 minutes, th…