This was an amazing experience! Our pilot, Matt, was a wonderful tour guide. We did the 60 min tour of West maui and molokai . I was terrified at first but Matt was very calming, and that helped me to relax and enjoy myself. We could tell that he truly loves the beauty of the islands and sharing it with others. Would highly recommend this to anyone! read more

Sunshine Helicopters - Aerial Tours Near Me - Kahului, Hawaii

Such a fun and warming experience. Came here for our honeymoon and it was our favorite thing we did! We got the pilot Matt and he was so fun! I highly recommend this place! read more

The trip was fantastic and the staff was very kind and accomodating. The pilot was a little bland, but very knowledgeable and good at what he does. You won't regret a helicopter ride with this company! read more

My boyfriend and I recently went on the Molokai Deluxe Tour which takes you through the West Maui Mountains and then over to the Island of Molokai. We had a great time! We got to see many waterfalls and the Fish Ponds of Molokai. My favorite part of the trip was whale watching from above! Unbelievable sight! Guests have the option to pay a little extra for the "first class" seats next to the pilot, which we did not do, but wished we would have. The guests in those seats had a great view; however, we were still very happy with our experience. This is a great way to do an island hop without all the hassle of extra traveling. read more

Our first helicopter ride. We had an amazing time. Beautiful views of the water falls, valleys, and coral reefs. Our pilot Matt gave us an informative commentary throughout the trip. Thank you Jerry with World Class Concierge for setting us up on this amazing trip. We will be recommending you to our friends and family. read more

Went to Maui for my hoony moon and this was by far the best activity we booked. If your looking to see things most people don't this is it. We took the tour of Maui and Molokai. The views and history are great. First class seats are worth the extra money I wouldn't do it any other way. read more

A-ma-Zing the staff on the phone, check in and pilot all super friendly and attentive beautiful aircraft, smooth, easy check in and gorgeous ride We chose the West Maui Molokai trip which was absolutely Spectacular! Even with seats in the back our views were amazing! Although next time i may splurge for the first class seats! Great trip read more

Aloha Sunshine Helicopters!! Just wanted to thank you all for such a breath-taking experience! For this being my very 1st helicopter ride, the staff was unbelievable. Tierra was so nice and checked us in. Dez was polite and very informative when it came to the safety briefing. Isaiah helped us with photos and kept us safe while moving to and from the helicopter and was so full of Aloha. Matt was our Pilot and made us all very comfortable and kept the ride informative, exciting and very smooth. We saw sooooo many spectacular waterfalls that could not be duplicated. I definitely recommend the West Maui/Molakai tour, you will not be disappointed. Haku was also very helpful in getting our custom video as well. From the layout of the office to the restrooms, the conditions of the facility were impressively clean and welcoming. Thank you so much to Jerry and the Sunshine Team. You have made this experience so memorable, I'll never ever forget it! Mahalo!! read more

We highly recommend Sunshine helicopters. Steve was our pilot. He was funny, professional, and had amazing knowledge of the islands. I'm a certified flight instructor for helicopters. I can attest that this was a safe operation and very well run From the moment we stepped in the front door it was a great experience. read more

Had a wonderful experience here! First time on a helicopter tour, the pilot was very informative and fun! Had a great sense of humor and an awesome selection on music playing while on the tour. Felt extremely safe! Don't recall the pilots name but he mentioned he flew for a little in Corona,CA just a few minutes from where we are from. The girls at the front desk were great as well. Very thorough with everything. I would recommend for the men to not bring a hat and ladies don't bring a bag if you can avoid it. They tell you what you can and can't bring the day before but just a heads up. read more

What a great way to start our day. This was an amazing experience. Beautiful waterfalls, rainforest, ocean waves. Very inspirational. Everyone was very personable and our pilot/tour guide Cody was very informative and charismatic. Would definitely do this again. read more

Fabulous tour of West Maui and Molokai. Our pilot, Pete, gave us a smooth ride. Never felt at all uneasy or motion sick. Gorgeous views: waterfalls, birds, mountains, mountain goats, coastline. Totally recommend the first class front seats. read more

Great helicopter tour over Maui and Molokai. I always saw the helicopters flying over the beach and never really thought it seemed worth it. Well, I was wrong. We decided to take one up and it was amazing. Definitely recommend. read more

Crew were very kind and accommodating to us as we arrived after the scheduled check in time and they still happily checked us in. Flight was good. Scenery around molokini island was the highlight of the trip-watching the waterfalls. The only down thing was the helicopter door which was shaking on my side (and not the other side), not sure what was going on with it but it wasn't comfortable & made me get nauseous. Otherwise the trip was a nice one. read more

Hard to review since our helicopter tour got cancelled on us twice. We understand and are not disputing the fact that it was not safe to fly, but we really wish someone would have called a little earlier then 30 mins before our check-in time since driving from Lahaina to Kahului there and back twice was a waste of our time. read more

We were scheduled for a Helicopter ride with Sunshine Helicopters on 6/17/14. We were 10 minutes into a helicopter flight when the drive shaft broke off at 2500 feet. Me, my husband and 4 daughters were in the helicopter at the time. We were crossing the ocean and headed towards the mountains when this happened. The pilot was able to coast down nose first towards the trade wind and auto-rotate and capture the updraft and pull it up at the last minute and made a hard landing in 10 foot high brush on an ancient Hawaiian temple. If this would have happened anywhere else it would have been a different story. The pilot did an awesome job and saved our lives. Besides almost wiping out my entire family, the Owner "Ross Scott" only apologized for the inconvenience. Looking back, they got us out of their building as quickly as possible and on top of it made us pay parking to get out of their complex....REALLY? It's all about business and money, who cares if 7 people almost died. read more

Our pilot Tim was great! Made sure everyone got a good view of the sights and was pretty knowledgeable of the history.

I think the problem here was the weather. We had booked a 1 hour long flight which was suppose to go all the way around Maui. When we got there w\the weather was clouding over down towards the Hana coast. We were told in advance that they may have to modify the trip based upon the pilots input but it requires 4 people or more to say no otherwise the trip proceeds. That was the last we heard. Kind of divide and conquer. When asked only in individual groups of two, no one wants to be the people who say "No" not sure if we canceled we would of gotten our money back as they said nothing about that. They never did tell us what flight plan/route the pilot was going to do. Being helicopter pilot myself during the tour I could see from a speed standpoint he was putting a long trying to waste time to fill the 1 hour commitment of flying time. Lesson learned in the future speak up and cancel the tour when the weather is even questionable and demand a refund or rebook read more

We did the Maui-Molokai tour on the Whisper copter. Definitely worth the extra money. Two of us sat in the back. I was in the middle and the view age was fantastic. My daughter sat in front (we did not pay extra for that!). The staff was friendly and professional. Rob, the pilot, provided the narration and a very smooth flight. The scenery was absolutely spectacular and breathtaking. Ask him to track whales on the return to Maui. I would definitely use this company again. The only negative was that the DVD of the trip was poor and they would not sell it to us. They said there were transmission issues. No biggie as I probably would not have purchased it anyways. read more

We booked this ride 09/21/13 during our honeymoon and were so excited to go. However we never got to go. We drove an hour to get to the airport , waited around for over an hour while watching others take off only to then be told we would have to be rescheduled due to weather. ??? After questioning this decision they finally told us that it wasn't the weather but the fact that the other people on our flight canceled and it wasn't cost effective to just take two people up. After they saw our disappointment, the guy told us he would schedule us for the following day and upgrade our seats. We were fine with that and agreed. While scheduling the new trip, the guy realized we had booked this as a combo they had advertised with a submarine tour which came at a discounted price. He seemed a bit flustered after realizing this but said he would honor it because it was his error. So the following morning we drive up to the airport only to receive a call when we're almost there that they have to cancel again because of weather. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!! They are liars and just didn't want to follow through with their promises. They ruined two mornings for us that could have been spent better somewhere else on Maui! read more

The helicopter ride was outstanding. We went to Molokai and it was amazing. Our pilot was great! He shared so much knowledge in the air. If you are in Maui you don't want to miss it. read more

We paid $730 for two tickets to take this tour on our 30th Anniversary only to listen to a screaming baby the whole tour. Also, waterfalls on Molokai are not flowing in June...they are barely a trickle! When I complained to the manager and requested some type of credit, she was extremely rude and refused my request. Extremely disappointing! read more

Terrible experience. The pilot did not check to see if headsets worked for all passengers. I spent an entire hour just listening to the noise of the helicopter, no communication, no flight safety briefing, nothing. Pilot did not acknowledge my existence, I was seated directly behind him. Pilot did NOT check on all passengers at all. This lack of flight briefing and lack of tour guide ruined the experience. No refund offered!! read more

The team at Sunshine and the tour experience were both outstanding, exceeding our expectations. If you get Matt (or probably any of the others) as your pilot/guide, you're in for a great ride. Although weather kept us from seeing the south side of Maui, we saw eastern Moloka'i instead - amazing! I'm already looking forward to another great trip... read more

We had the pleasure touring maui island with sunshine company. Great service and the pilot, matt, was wonderful. Very knowledgeable about the area and the most important thing, the ride was very smooth. Great experience. read more

Our time with Sunshine Helicopters was great from start to finish. We opted for the circle island tour and had Matt as our pilot. Both my husband and I were blown away by how much knowledge he shared about everything we were seeing. He shared VERY interesting facts and let us listen to air traffic control during landing. Awesome experience! As first time helicopter riders, we were completely at ease. read more

Awesome experience! We got to see so much of Hawaii we never would have gotten to see! Our pilot was very knowledgeable about Maui and Molokai and we defined felt like we got our monies worth! read more

Here for honeymoon. Everyone said check out the helicopter rides and this one was in the Best of Maui Book as the best Helictopter Ride company. We took the Hana/Haleakala tour. The briefing session and people greeting us were friendly and pleasant. The pilot was humorous and kind; can't remember his name now. Views are breathtaking although if you are looking to get real good pictures I would opt for the 1st class seats as the middle two seats are blocked on one side by your companion and the other the other two people. You cannot choose where you sit either; they determine the seating based on weight distribution. My initial thought going in was my wife and I switching seats halfway through but to no avail. Overall, very good it is a bit expensive. We paid $210/person plus we tipped the pilot and bought the $15 photo from our trip. read more

We had a trip booked. It says it may be changed due to weather. They called to confirm 3 times. We got there early as asked, and we're told the weather was such that the trip wold be modified to go to some other places. We said that was fine. They then told us they need to wait til the other people showed up and confirm with them. The other couple said they didn't want to go on the modified trip, so our trip was canceled to accommodate the other couple. We walked next door to Mavrick Helicopers and they didn't have a trip going but called a piloted and took just the 2 of us... read more

I had never been on a helicopter before. The person I was traveling with found this tour from Lahaina Myth and Magic aka Maui Theatre kiosk. The guy booking the trip, Craig Johnson, told my travel partner that he would assure us both window seats because He had an "in" with the owners. Also, we were to get a free photo standing next to the copter. Wrong on both counts--I ended up in the middle with no view. The day was a little cloudy and the ride was bumpy. The cabin had the odor of a Porta Potty. Between the turbulence and the odor I became airsick. I was having a hard time seeing anything before I became ill but now it was impossible. At one point the pilot asked if I was OK and I indicated I was not. Today, when I got my credit card statement, I requested a partial refund and the Director of Operations, Bill Dixon, told me he reviewed the inflight DVD and I was having a "fine time" so no refund. When I asked him how holding a vomit bag to one's face indicates a 'fine time' he did not have an answer. Both the booking agent and Sunshine seem to be running a scam. Over an hour after the miserable flight ended we went back to try to get a receipt and find out what it would have cost if we had booked it ourselves. We practically had to beg for a receipt. The front desk person refused to tell us how much to book a flight on our own -- "that it depended". So caveat emptor. If you don't have a strong stomach and/or don't get a window seat you are throwing your money out the window. Prices seem to vary greatly. Certainly, do not book anything from those flim flam booking agents that are at all the hotels or in any other places frequented by tourists. Just because they are at a hotel doesn't mean they are legitimate. read more