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    Sunshine Helicopters

    4.5 (97 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Brett P.

    Wow! Outstanding and certainly lived up to the Hawaii Reveal book recommendation. A must see of the island. Pilot was full of facts and gave a great history lesson to boot.

    Terra O.

    Great experience. Do this early in your trip. What a VIEW. Great crew. I felt super safe and I'm afraid of heights! Also two in our party have nausea often and we're not sick.

    Erin A.

    The volcano and waterfall tour was excellent! The views are spectacular for both sides of the helicopter. Ryan was our pilot and she was an excellent communicator! Having fun with her was an amazing bonus to an already fabulous experience.

    Courtney F.

    Amazing ride! Incredible views! This staff is just amazing. We got a shuttle from our resort. Maria, the pilot, is so knowledgeable and makes sure everyone on both sides of the helicopter can see. We had to change flight path and still had just incredible views. We signed up for their big island deluxe -and ended up doing the west Hawaii alternative. It still had everything we wanted to see.

    Expensive for 30 minutes ride, but it was enough to see many waterfalls and the north shore.

    Expensive but worth the ride. We saw many waterfalls. We also paid the extra $ to have a copy of the ride.

    Shawn T.

    Excellent group of people I was a bit nervous about taking flight in a but once up I felt @ piece.. definitely a must if u come to the big island of Hawaii. U won't regret it.

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    Jenn T.

    Absolutely the highlight of our honeymoon and visit to the big island. Such a wonderful way to get up close and personal with Kīlauea, Mauna Kea & Mauna Loa. The getting a chance to go inside the the valley, absolutely phenomenal.. the coast line is like no other. Mahalo for your professionalism. All the staff were fabulous!

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    So awesome. The pilot was wonderful and very informative. The rest of the staff was also very helpful and extremely friendly. The flight was very smooth and honestly the coolest thing I've ever done.

    The ride was so great and the pilot was so informative!! Will recommend!!

    One of the best things ever !! The people were great and friendly and the Pilot was so informative and the ride was so fun

    Dustin T.

    These guys were so well organized and helpful. Tim was our pilot was patient and knowledgeable and gave everyone in the copter great views. If you visit the island and really want to see all there is to see, you've got to do a helicopter tour. We got great views of the three big volcanos (Mauna Kea, Mauna Lani, and Kilauea) and saw active lava going into the ocean and we saw the most magnificent valleys on the north shore. The staff was awesome!

    This was an incredible experience!! We had the best pilot (Maria) who was very informative and the views were spectacular.

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    Jeremy S.

    Pretty cool. Ground staff was friendly when we arrived and the helicopter was right on time. Our pilot/guide did a good job pointing things out and narrating along the way, though it wasn't really a friendly two way chat session (in theory we had mics). The ride can be bumpy particularly when circling over something interesting, if you're a person who gets motion sick - definitely use a patch or down some dramamine. Fortunately, I read another yelper's review and took meds an hour before takeoff, saved my butt. I felt safe most of the time, though when we dipped into a ravine to check out some amazing waterfalls (see pic) the winds knocked us around. The pilot reassured us it was all good, and it obviously was (still here!)... but it's adrenaline pumping when cliff walls are a few hundred feet away. Glad I can finally check "helicopter ride" off my bucket list!

    Stephanie G.

    Yay this was a lot of fun! I did the coast tour which was a lot cheaper than the volcano tour, but it was still great. Although honestly I was starting to feel a little queasy towards the end (as did my boyfriend) so if you've never been on a helicopter before, you may want to consider the shorter tour to save money and save your stomach. Anyway, they did pick us up from our hotel, give us a rundown on what to expect and safety procedures (don't want to end up with guy from Indiana Jones!) and then you are off. Every seat seemed to have a good view. You go down in valleys, see waterfalls, see some plane crash remnants, fly over the water, and it's all very beautiful. If you've never done it before, a definite must do. If you have tried a helicopter one, step it up and do the more deluxe one. It's worth the money.

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    Paradise Helicopters

    4.5(147 reviews)
    24.8 mi

    We enjoyed our trip with Paradise helicopters and glad we chose them. The ground crew was extremely…read morehelpful and informative. The pilot was just playing awesome all the way around, great guy, that caught us up to speed with the cultural side and a great tour guide. Took his Time around Kilauea to make sure both sides of the helicopter got great shots. Flying over the entire island, experiencing the volcanoes, the rainforest, the ranchlands, over 30 waterfalls including some that are 1,000 and 2,000 foot waterfalls. The vantage point to see the entire island, beaches is one of the best things that has ever happened in our lives, this is truly a bucket list that you need to add to your trip. This is the ultimate way to see the island, and we did the big tour that was almost 2 hours. Check your photos and videos as you are taking them. FYI. Depending on the position of the helicopter, sun or overcast will affect on howmuch glare/reflection you get on videos and photos, so you will need to try to take photos from a few different spots and angles near the glass. Practice makes perfect. Add, the soundtrack that plays while he is giving you the history of different spots is a hoot!

    Paige was an exceptional pilot and all the folks at Paradise Helicopters (those answering phones…read moreand greeting you upon check-in) were helpful and professional. The booking process was easy and they kept you informed with all you needed to know for the tour leading up to it. As nervous as I was to go up, they made me feel safe and I had a great time. The flight was unreal and Paige really knew what he was talking about! I'd highly recommend taking a helicopter ride with Paradise to see the amazing sites of The Big Island from overhead! It's an unforgettable experience!

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    5.0(83 reviews)
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    Wow, what can I say other than fantastic? Maybe awe-inspiring, beautiful, fun, exhilarating,…read moreonce-in-a-lifetime, etc, and on and on! THAT'S what my wife and I experienced on this utterly stupendous helicopter flight!! From the moment I booked with Jana, who answered all our questions and briefed us before the flight, I knew this was the absolute best helicopter tour in Maui! And Nick with his 20,000 hours and 37 years of flying (20 years in Maui) was safe, professional, knowledgeable, friendly, and fun! I'm a retired Air Force pilot with 22 years of experience. He was absolutely outstanding and made my wife and I feel totally at ease! We saw waterfalls and valleys that are not accessible any other way than a helicopter. And having the doors off made it a premier experience and epitome of "free" flying. Thanks Jana and Nick - you made this flight a highlight of our travels!!

    We started our day off a little early because we wanted to be out in the air as the air was still…read morefresh. We had Nick as our pilot and boy what a treat. My son who is 10 opted to do doors off and Nick approved because of his maturity level. Doors off is absolutely the way to go but please come prepared in addition to wear in the flight suit it was pretty chilly up there. Being cold was just a small sacrifice to pay for the absolute beautiful creations you will see well up in the aircraft. We chose the road to Hana and what a treat! Don't forget to tip and bring your patience's!

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    4.6(489 reviews)
    73.7 mi

    My first time riding in a helicopter was with Air Maui Helicopter Tours and it was an amazing…read moreexperience. It went very smooth and there was no weird feeling since I am afraid of heights. The plane went up and landed smoothly without a stomach dropping feeling. We were instructed to wear headphones that blocked the helicopter sounds and listen to the tour guide. He explained and told us what we were looking at. We also had to share the helicopter with another couple. The helicopter had a front row for the pilot and assistant. Then after that there were two rows for tourists. I wished the tour was private and only for my group but then that would have been more money. The views were so cool! I got to see the floor and land shrinking and all the houses small like lines when I was up in the sky. The ocean looked so clean and blue! We also got to fly above mountains. There was so much grass everywhere. I got to take a lot of pictures. The bad thing was that the window of the plane had a reflection from the sun so my pictures got reflections. The whole tour was kind of short. We got to purchase a picture next to the helicopter as a memento. I had to pay for the picture and it was pricey. They framed the picture in a thick folding pcard

    My wife and I have been on four Hawaiian Island helicopter tours (Kauai, Oahu, the Big Island and…read morenow Maui) and all four were with different companies, and all were great in their own way. But on this Christmas trip, my wife, daughter, son-in-law and two grandkids selected Maui Air Helicopters for a private tour of West Maui and Molokai, and we are sure glad we did! The office staff was friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating. Our Pilot, Captain Kirk (you gotta love that!) was absolutely sensational. I'm a private pilot with a few hours of instruction in helicopters, so I told Kirk to give us a spirited ride. He provided just that, and it was awesome! Even the grandkids loved it! He took us deep into canyons laced with thousand foot waterfalls and verdant sheer walls, gave us a very detailed running history of everything he showed us, and when we sadly had to return to the airport, he set that bird down so gently it wouldn't have cracked an eggshell. A true professional! Just an outstanding experience in every way.

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