Reviews

Jeremy WAS SIMPlY "out of the ball park". I VALUE mOTHER nATURE MUCH MORE NOW....

This was a bucket list item for me! Blue Hawaiian Helicopters and our tour guide, Gardner, made it the best experience possible! The shuttle was timely, driver friendly and checking upon arrival was swift.  After a short video, the adventure began! Gardner was professional and made sure that we were all comfortable. He was very informative during the flight and interactive, even though we were so awestruck that we barely spoke. We felt very safe, secure and comfy during the flight. The entire staff was friendly and accommodating. We definitely recommend Blue Hawaiian!

My wife and I did this helicopter tour on Maui as a way to get from Hana back to Lahaina.* We took a tour that drove us to Hana (an interesting tour in itself, but it would have been a bit much to go both ways by road). The helicopter picked us up at the airstrip after flying other guests out to Hana. We met the pilot who gave us our safety briefing, then we climbed into our assigned seats, strapped in, and put on headphones so we could hear the pilot...and the music. Then we lifted gently off. Just before lift off, the pilot leaned forward and punched a button, and we had the Indiana Jones Theme playing in our headphones. He lifted off, went to about 50’ altitude, flew out to the runway, and headed down/over the runway for “take off.” The runway ends with a quick drop off into the sea, so this was a much more dramatic takeoff than just pulling pitch and climbing! Then we gradually climbed heading back inland. As we passed by some waterfalls, the music changed to Jurassic Park. The pilot reported that he didn’t see any dinosaurs, but that was typical because the dinosaurs usually went up to the crater at Haleakala by 10 each morning and this was 2:00 in the afternoon. We kept climbing passing through some wispy clouds until we could start to see inside the Haleakala crater. And, at this time, because Haleakala means “House of the Sun,” the music changed to The Beatles “Here Comes the Sun,” so I figured “everything was all right.” Anyway, the sight into Haleakala crater was clear, and you could see the many cinder cones from past eruptions very clearly. The last eruption was in the 1700s. From the air you could quite easily see where the old lava flow had been and could follow it all the way to the sea. After that we gradually descended and flew over the ocean looking for whales. All too soon, we headed inland and began our descent for landing. The pilot brought us into the heliport, held us at a smooth hover about 5’ off the ground, maneuvered us easily around three parked helicopters, and sat us gently and evenly down on our helipad. Yes, he was a good pilot!! This was a highly enjoyable trip run well by professionals. I have over 300 hours in helicopters courtesy of the US Army both in Vietnam and stateside. I felt very comfortable on this flight and plan on doing it again the next time we are on Maui. *NOTE: True, the helicopter only got us to the airport/heliport but a van provided by the helicopter service took us to Lahaina.

The Flight was amazing. Seeing the volcano and recent volcanic activity from the air was spell binding. Wesley was friendly, informative, and answered our questions with knowledge and humor. We smiled a lot on this flight; loved all the jokes and music. If you can clone Wesley, you should. It would be nice if headsets had volume control. Preflight information and directions should be GREATLY improved. We had to call twice to clarify where we were going. Additionally, on arrival, I was told white stripes on my shirt were not acceptable & would need to be covered (despite another guest with white stripes). Wish I had been told this ahead of time. Employees were friendly and helpful, but the support and communications ahead of time could markedly improve the experience.

great time 1st time to Hawaii and 1st time in a helicopter. Loved the flight and all the waterfalls. Very informative and beautiful!

It was so much more than we expected will tell our friends of your smiles and professional service.

First flight - great experience!

Julie was a great pilot! Very informative! Thanks!

Excellent tour and excellent commentary. Jermey really knows his stuff Thank you

Sara was an awesome pilot. We had a great time

Sarah was our pilot and she was extremely professional and very knowledgeable. Id she didn't tell us she was born in Hilo we would never have known. Asante Sana Sarah

Excellent pilot Julie.

Loved this tour. Saw gorgeous waterfalls, mountains, flew into valleys, saw whales playing below us. Checked off a bucket list item on my friend's lifetime goals. Only complaint is when you have to sit in the middle seat, you don't get very good photos. We bought the flash drive they had for sale of our trip.

This was my favorite tourist activity on the Big Island. We did the entire island sightseeing tour with a waterfall landing. So worth it! Gogo was our pilot. He would approach each attraction for both sides to ensure everyone was able to see it and take pictures. Seeing the devastation from Kīlauea, the steam vents, waterfalls, lush hills, cliffs. Just unbelievable sights you could only see by helicopter.

The experience was professional from start to finish. The weigh in is very discreet – you just stand on a mat at the counter and it just appears on the counter staff’s screen so no-one can see or hear your weight. You are provided lockers for your items and progress to a briefing area with video and personalised explanations of what will happen. The process for getting on the helicopter is streamlined and organised for safety. Our pilot Miguel engaged each of the 6 passengers (two in the front and four in the back). We had such great views of Kauai landscape the Na Pali cost and Waimea Canyon plus waterfalls. Just stunning and so different from the land view and sailing views we had done the previous day. The only negative was that some of the passengers had not followed the advice of wearing dark clothing. When taking photos through the glass it was difficult to avoid the reflection of their white shorts and bare legs and arms. Spoiled many of the photos. When getting off the flight staff took a photo of us in front of the helicopter which was nice.