Reviews

We rode with Jeff on our 45 minute tour. He did a great job narrating the flight and showing us all the beautiful sights of Oahu. It was the most exciting thing my husband and I have ever done. I would highly recommend this excursion to anyone visiting the island.

I treated my mother-in-law (a helicopter lover) to this excursion. Though I discovered that a helicopter ride is not an adventure that I'll be repeating, that certainly does not reflect on the quality of service by Makani Kai. The pilot and other staff were very accommodating. We saw lots of great sites and thought this was an exciting way to get an overview of the island before exploring more on the ground. Unfortunately, some of us are just not built for comfortably enduring the motion of flight!

Much better than a land tour, we had both. Pilot narrated and we saw things we could not see by land. They provided transportation and we did nothing. We are in our 60's. This was much better than our other two tours. It was so good I told the owner I was going to put it on tripadvisor.

Highly recommend the helicopter tour of Hawaii with Makani Kai Helicopters. They picked my family up from our accommodation and dropped us back after the flight. We had Brodie as our pilot and his knowledge of the island was great. Views were amazing, staff was great. I would highly recommend this experience for anyone visiting Hawaii. Cheers, Greg

We took the 60 minute Sacred Falls tour and Brody was our pilot and tour guide. It was our first time on a chopper and I was afraid of them. I thought I may need a barf bag and valium, along with CPR. Only reason I agreed to it was because it was my son's Make-A-Wish trip. Turned out to be one of the highlights of my entire life! We both loved every moment of this flight, the beauty of Oahu, the mountains, beaches, rainforests, islands, vast blue Pacific. Dave sat in front with pilot, I was directly behind him. There was another couple on our flight, they sat behind the pilot. We had no problems seeing anything. Surely the best seats are in front, but we still had no trouble seeing. Next day, we took our car out all day to explore those cool things we had seen from above. We would definitely recommend this trip. Oh yeah, we both survived, without even getting sick or anxious! No need for worry.

Had a great flight with Brody. My husband hates flying but had to admit, after it was all said and done, that he had a great time.

Unser Pilot Brody war senstionell. Nach einer Sicherheitseinführung sind wir bei wunderschönem Wetter mit dem Soundtrack von Hawaii 50 gestartet. Brody zeigte uns zuerst den Strand von Waikiki und dann fllogen wir über den Krater vom Diamond Head. Die Strände auf der Nordseite waren atemberaubend. Weiter ging es über das Valley. Brody überzeugte mit detaillierten Informationen über die Hollywood Filme, die dort gedreht wurden und ebenso der Gechichte von Hawaii. Zum Schluss sahen wir Pearl Harbour. Insgesamt eine fantastische, sehr informative Tour, die das Geld auf alle Fälle wert war!

Our family took the 60 minute tour yesterday and it was magical. Our pilot, Brody, did a wonderful job. We highly recommend this experience

My first and hopefully not my last helicopter tour was pretty darn terrific. It was a well balanced tour of all the wonderful places this spectacular island has to offer. Our tour guide/pilot/owner, Richard Shuman, is a great story teller as well as knowledgable. The highlight of or vacation!!

We took the hour-long tour of Oahu. It was an awesome, sunny morning with very few high clouds, so we had good views of all of the mountain ranges and good lighting for pictures. Our pilot, Brodi, was a native of Hawaii and had excellent knowledge of everything. He was easy to understand and really friendly, and stayed around after the flight to answer questions. There were six passengers on the flight. The helicopter cabin was comfortable and the flight was smooth. Ground transportation from our hotel and back was provided, and was the best shuttle ride we had in our entire trip. All in all, we couldn't have asked for anything better. It was the memory that will last a life time.

Gran experiencia para ver la isla de Ohau y no quedarse con la visión limitada y menos interesante de waikiki beach. El personal es tremendamente agradable y atento, la sensación de seguridad es máxima, los pilotos grandes expertos con experiencia (si bien es cierto q a veces resulta un poco difícil entenderlos con el ruido del helicóptero y por el acento), las vistas son increíbles y la experiencia única. Altamente recomendable, hizo de mi viaje a la isla una experiencia inolvidable.

I was one of five adults who took a 45-minute helicopter ride around Oahu on 8/2/13. We all enjoyed it tremendously. Everything was handled smoothly and professionally. Our pilot/tour guide, Maggie, was excellent. She gave us great views of all the important sites, made sure we had time to take photographs, and provided a witty, informative description of what we were seeing. The price is a bit steep -- but for all of us, the experience was well worth it. It was a highlight of our week-long stay on the island.

Fantastic bird's eye view of the island. Our pilot was very informative and ground staff very friendly.

Taking a helicopter ride is an exhilarating experience, and I would highly recommend that everyone tries it somewhere, sometime. Our pilot did an excellent job of flying the aircraft and of maximizing the amazing view for all six passengers aboard, as well as making sure that the camera filming for the DVD (for sale) had a clear view of all of the sites. It was unfortunate that we understood 30% of what he said, at best. I don't know his name, but I was told by Jeff that he had 20 years of flying experience. That's nice, but he had a strong accent and spoke rapidly, and we understood very little. It would have been helpful if a map had been provided so that we could try to follow along by reading the names of the sites as we travelled. I hate to write a negative review, but the pilot did not speak English understandably. I purchased the DVD in hopes that if I watch it several times I will come to understand what the pilot said and how he identified each site.

45 minutes de vol pour faire le tour de l'ile d'Oahu : un souvenir exceptionnel tout d'abord, ils viennent vous chercher et ils vous ramènent à votre hôtel avec leur propre navette ... 100% confort ensuite, vous embarquez en toute sécurité avec un accompagnement très pro et après vous profitez du spectacle c'est la seule solution pour comprendre l'ile en un temps record. vous survolez Waikiki beach puis vous remontez par la cote est jusqu'au North Shore et ensuite vous rentrez par le plateau intérieur avant d'arriver sur Pearl Harbor et la zone de l'aéroport vous allez dans des endroits que vous ne verrez jamais autrement, c'est indescriptible donc je ne vais même pas essayer de traduire tout ce que j'ai vu. quelque chose qui a plu à toute la famille et que chacun gardera en mémoire toute sa vie.