Great tour. Amazing views and Spencer was so detailed and made sure both side of the helicopter were able to view all scenery without any disruptions. Will be recommending the tour to family and friends. read more

A 45-minute adventure you'll never forget! The staff were great. The helicopter was new and clean. The ride felt very safe. And the sites surpassed every expectation. I highly recommend purchasing the inflight video - we've enjoyed rewatching it and sharing it with others. read more

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What a spectacular way to experience the beauty of Maui! I highly recommend Sunshine Helicopters and Carlos was the perfect pilot to highlight our trip. Thanks for such a perfect morning!! read more

Had an amazing time, great views and such an experience flying over the island. We were able to see waterfalls that weren't accessible to us any other way, flew over the crater and around the entire island. read more

Definitely recommend to everyone. Such a fun experience to do with your family while getting to see areas of hawaii that you wouldn't be able to see otherwise. Our Pilot Spencer was a very great pilot with easy take off and landing. Great commentary and facts about all the islands we got to explore. Great staff that made the experience so much easier. 10/10 to recommend!!! read more

Everyone was extremely friendly and helpful. The helicopter trip was amazing! Definitely recommend!

Had a great time! We were a little nervous at first but Spencer made us comfortable and delivered a smooth but exciting ride. Would definitely recommend it. And paying the extra for the front seats is worth every penny. read more

Did not know what to expect but it was absolutely amazing. The staff is friendly and so was the pilot Carlos! I would definitely do it again 100% recommend. read more

Carlos was great and made us all feel comfortable! Definitely a must do when on Maui!

First time helicopter flyer and it was great! Pilot was kind and friendly. The views were astonishing l!

Amazing experience, breathe taking views. Pilot Carlo made sure that everyone in the helicopter had a great view of the waterfalls and valleys. read more

We went on the 45 minute tour covering west Maui and Molokai. Our Pilot Cody was such a great guy. The staff was friendly. They gave us a security briefing, clicked our pictures. Since we usually drive to the Haleakala summit and road to Hana, we chose this areas to be covered in the helicopter ride. It was a wonderful experience since we got to see the parts of the island that are usually not accessible through road. The pilot flew down to the remote waterfalls of Molokai and Maui. We spotted a few whales on our way and the pilot was nice enough to fly around it. Overall a 5 Star to the pilot and the staff read more

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Awesome ride!! If you're coming to Maui, definitely see the island using the helicopter. Staff was awesome and very friendly.

Spencer was a great pilot and for guide! Safe, friendly, great views!!!

My wife and I took the tour right before returning home. It was the best way to end our honeymoon. I highly recommend getting a tour, because there are amazing sceneries on the island that you can only see from the sky. Unfortunately for us it wasn't whale season, but there's a spot where you can see many whales as well as panoramic view of all the islands. Don't bother taking many pictures because they don't really turn out that good. Just enjoy the view. read more

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Great sky adventure. We did the Moloka'i helicopter tour and saw Hawaii's tallest waterfalls from the sky. We went at the end of December and were able to see humpback whales from the sky. Our pilot, Pete, was a friendly narrator. He allowed us to ask him questions from our microphones. The entire tour and conversation were recorded. We purchased our ride video and photo at the end of the flight. read more

Awesome Flight, Knowledgeable and Personable Pilot Brian. Highly Recommend Sunshine Helicopters

Amazing views! Very friendly pilot, and he gave a great tour. We sat in the back, and were able to see everything really well.

Great tour, good pilot, really great weather, smooth ride. Recommend the 1st class seats.

Awesome ride. Once in a lifetime experience! My kids and parents enjoyed it a lot. You can see the whole Maui on just one hour. Brian the pilot was friendly. read more

Sunshine helicopters were so professional and attentive. Carlos made sure everyone on the flight was able to see the all the attractions. His calm smoothing voice over was also a highlight. I would definitely recommend for anyone looking for an amazing way to discover the island. read more

Amazing place!!! The people are so nice and so very helpful. 10/10 would recommend to anyone in Maui, Hawaii. Try to Carlos if you can he's a great pilot and made the trip so fun!! read more

Awesome experience. Our pilot Spencer was amazing and took us all over the Island. We were able to see some spectacular views And learned about the history of the smaller islands around. The staff are all amazing as well and extremely welcoming! Loved it. read more

I took the helicopter ride over the Big Island, HI on 12/07/16. I had, the day before, taken another helicopter tour with another company, so I can compare the two. This one was fine - no problems. All safety measures were followed to the letter and the pilot was knowledgeable and skilled. My hotel recommended this company and we were picked up at our hotel at 6:30 a.m. sharp and shuttled to a remote helipad on The Big Island. The address is 62-100 Kaunaloa Drive, Kamuela, HI 96743. Ph: 808-882-1851. They also recommended flying early. That was good, because the island experienced heavy rains later in the day and flying would have been out of the question. Instead, we had good weather and visibility. We boarded the aircraft carefully and were set to go. Our pilot gently lifted off and away we went to explore the island and the erupting volcano. Our experience was pleasurable. The pilot's narration and knowledge of the island was very good. He seemed a bit bored considering he does this up to 5 times a day. The flight was about 2 hours. He was safe and flew the copter in an appropriate manner. The only thing that bugged me a bit was the fact that their video equipment was malfunctioning before the flight and they didn't tell us that we needed to take a lot of photos ourselves. I was kind of relying on the video at the end of the trip, but they announced after the flight that all three video cameras aboard were dysfunctional. You might want to ask about this ahead of time. Other than that, I would recommend this flight company to you. read more

We booked this online with upgraded seats, only to get a call 2 days before the flight that the flight wasn't available (not weather related..) . We then had to scramble to find another helicopter tour. Why offer it, take and charge my card, just to say it's not happening? read more

Amazing experience. Aside from a little miscommunication in the beginning regarding weather conditions this was a spectacular flight and Adventure for our whole family. I recommended the larger whisper helicopter which felt a little safer. Would definitely be a return customer read more

What an amazing experience! We went on the West Maui/ Molaka'i tour!! Cody was our pilot and we had a blast! The views were fabulous! Great service on land! Made us feel safe and secure!! A must see!! read more

Amazing memory! Highly recommend! Great prices and nice building. Our pilot was informative, fun, responsive and kept checking in on us. We saw so much and felt completely safe! Use this company read more

We had a fabulous trip. Carlos was a great pilot. He was very knowledgeable and an amazing pilot. We saw waterfalls, breaching whales and amazing coastlines. I would highly recommend this experience.... It's worth the money. Ask for Carlos. He's the best! read more

Wow....taking a helicopter ride has been on my bucket list forever. We finally did it yesterday...amazing!! Since this was so important we did lots of research for a reputable company....Sunshine Tours for sure certainly gave us 5 star service and the prebaord process very professional too. Once on the helicopter our pilot Pete checked all our headsets to be sure he could hear us and we could hear him too. We sat in the front and after the tour I asked the other couples in the back if they could see and they said yes had no problem with getting to see everything. After the tour their were affordable t-shirts and hats for sale as well as the boarding photo and video but there was no push to sell. Overall the staff, pilot, facilities and most importantly the helicopter succeeded our expectation...thank you for making my adventure the best!! read more

Drew was a wonderful tour guide. First time on a helicopter was well worth the trip! Saw places we could never see on our own.

It's not cheap but it's a unique experience. I don't know if every tour has the same route, but we cruised from the airport over the northwest coast of Maui, on to Molokai to buzz the leper colony, then over the Auau Channel between the Kaanapali coast and Lanai, ducking into valleys to check out waterfalls along the way. We got to see several vistas that were likely not accessible any other way, probably not even by plane as the valleys were too narrow for a plane to maneuver and low cloud cover blocked visibility from above. Quite a visceral experience and a very different sensation of flight compared to an airplane ride. Some interesting weather as well, we were mostly flying right beneath thick low clouds, and there were a few spots crossing over ridges where valleys facing the trade winds generate strong updrafts that you can feel buffeting the chopper, but our pilot Rob did a great job of smoothing it out and overall there was less turbulence than you get on a jumbo jet ride. read more

There were some parts of this tour that were great but when I factor the problems I have to give it 2 stars. I knew that I wanted to take a helicopter tour on my trip to Hawaii so I spent sometime looking into the different operators and I settled on Sunshine because they covered a lot of the worth while things on the Big Island and they also had "1st class" seating available so you can sit next to the pilot which should mean a good view. I figured if I am already paying money to go on this tour its worth paying a little bit more to make sure I get a good view (avoiding the middle back seat for instance). Its turns out even with a "1st class" seat you can still end up in the middle of the front seat. I was seated next to a fairly big guy in the front and there really wasn't enough space for both of us on the seat -which made the flight very uncomfortable. Also since I was seated in the middle the ride was less immersive then it should be (the immersive flying experience is one of the things I like most about riding in a helicopter). This took a lot away from my overall enjoyment of the flight. There were some good things about the flight. First of the staff was generally nice and the pilot was good and he pointed out lots of sights on the tour. I also got a chance to see the volcanoes and waterfalls on the Big Island. I would not recommend this tour because it seems like the experience is very inconsistent. If you have a good seat then the tour is probably great. However a "1st class seat" is not guaranteed to be good. Its unfortunate that despite some of the impressive sites on the tour I still wanted it to end because the seat was so uncomfortable since I was cramped in there with someone else. :( Its not clear to me that there is a tour operator that is any better either. read more

We booked our Sunshine Helicopter Tour before reading the reviews here and elsewhere. Needless to say, after reading them, I was worried. Turns out, I needn't have been. Based on limited time and availability, we chose the Hana/Haleakala tour and we sprung for the "first class" seats, meaning the two seats in the front next to the pilot. This turned out to be an excellent decision. I would highly, HIGHLY recommend this as your view is unobstructed and the seats have much more room. On our arrival, we were greeted warmly and then sent to the "weigh in." The woman behind the desk was friendly and professional. Then followed the safety briefing. We saw none of the issues the other reviewers mentioned, though we did not use the bathroom.... Our pilot, Fred, was simply fantastic! He is very knowledgeable about the history of the island, very funny in a dry way that I appreciated, and of course, a most competent pilot. It was a bit windy and bumpy up there but we didn't feel more than a breeze. As to the tour and the scenery we saw - ok, this was my first visit to Hawaii and my first helicopter tour so maybe I am naive - but it was stunning. Indeed, I think the only way to see the grandeur and beauty of the islands is from a helicopter. Ocean, mountain, valley, rain forest, and more gorgeous waterfalls than we could count kept us enthralled for the entire 50 minutes. Fred's commentary was unobtrusive and informative throughout. And after agreeing before hand that we would NOT buy the DVD they try to sell you, we did. I KNOW! But while we took our own footage, Fred's commentary was a vital part of the whole experience. I noticed that we were the only ones who tipped Fred on our return. Folks, if you go, tip your pilot, please! It may be fun to fly all over the islands, but it is work. And the knowledge and stories he shared were well worth it. So five stars for Sunshine Helicopter Tours! Mahalo! read more

Sunshine gets 5 stars for the actual helicoper ride and 1 star for the DVD we got of our trip - which officially averages them out to a 3. The helicopter tour was amazing. The helicopter was really nice and the pilot was awesome - full of information!! The staff was very helpful also. You can't beat the views from a helicopter. We checked out the haleaka crater, lindberg's grave, hana, the 7 pools, and a few waterfalls during our tour. It was my favorite part of our trip actually and I couldn't wait to get home and watch the dvd and show it to people so they could see the awesomeness that was our tour! We got home and one of my first stops was the PO box for this DVD and we watched it the night we got home - jet lag and all! the first 15 min or so were awesome. There are 5 camera views and they switched between them all which was working pretty well. After we left the crater they switched it to the in cabin view and for the next 30+ min - which was pretty much everything of interest besides the crater itself we watched ourselves and our cabin mates looking at stuff and pointing. That's it. I don't know about you - but $50 to watch people looking out a window? No thanks. I emailed them today to complain about our DVD - maybe it was an honest mistake. If so I'm hoping they give me a refund because I'm certainly not going to watch this every again and I'm definetely not going to make any of my family and friends watch it. read more

It was off the charts. We thought so safe while on the adventure of a lifetime. They were so professional and the helicopter was beyond clean, and we learned so much about Hawaii. OK read more

Hawaii may be one of the best places to see by air, cuz every single inch of it is stunning, planet earth-style natural beauty. We opted for the Haleakala crater tour with Fred as our awesome pilot! He was knowledgeable, professional, casual, and funny! As an added plus he likes to fly low to the ground so you really see all the majestic details like baby wild goats running down the mountainside and African orchids - the only flower growing in the rainforest on the crater. Amazingly smooth ride and great experience. Front row seats are $$ and I saw just fine from the back. Would definitely do this again! And yes, agree with the previous reviewer... Tip your pilots! They make it look smooth but it isn't easy! read more

Just finished a tour of West Maui and Molokai - amazing! The views are incredible and you get pretty close to some of the waterfalls. Our pilot was Loggy and he had some cool info to share with us which made the ride that much more interesting. Referred to us by Mike Hursey who works for Diamond Resorts. The rest of the staff there was very nice and briefed us on safety very well. Highly recommend Sunshine Helicopters! read more

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Our pilot Matt Loggy was awesome! Have us a great tour filled with fun facts about Maui and Molokai! Appreciated all of his answers to our many questions:) Front desk staff Tierra and Isaih very friendly and informative as well. Just when I thought our honeymoon couldn't get any better, sunshine helicopters out the icing on the cake. Can't say thank you enough! Mahalo and thank you to all of our wonderful family and friends who gifted to this amazing experience:) read more

Sunshine Helicopters - Aerial Tours Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

We were very pleased with this service.The company is a bigger outfit than I expected from their website, it was very professional and the building and helicopters are well maintained and in good condition. Multiple staff on site, all very friendly and knowledgable. I checked them out in the Aviation Accident Database before we booked and didn't find anything of note. To be fair, most of the company's in business on Maui were very clean on that front. I do wish they had told us they would be taking our picture before and after the flight, it would have made the parade to and from the helicopter less confusing (and less scary). I also wish they had discussed what to do in the even of motion sickness... and provided bottled water, or water in some capacity, or suggested we bring our own. I dunno. I was pretty uncomfortable for about half the trip, and I wasn't the only one. I aslo wish we had gotten more inland on the West Maui part of our trip. We booked the West Maui Deluxe. But we did get to see a lot of Molokai, including inland. The guide was very kind (and cute). I really liked him. My fiance helped fix their camera, which allowed them to even take our photos. It might have been nice if we got our photo for free in exchange. I'm pleased to have a photo of us together though, those are hard to take on a trip for two. That sounds like a lot of complaining. Really, I loved it and I liked this company. I wish I hadn't felt ill but I would do it again with better preparation. In fact I'm considering doing the Hana Haleakala Tour through Sunshine... with some dramamine maybe. read more