Reviews

The 2 hour trip was simply amazing. It was very expensive, but it was an excursion that we won't forget. Great to see the diversity of the entire island. Our original day was cancelled due to rain, but they worked with us to reschedule for a different day.

Once in a lifetime experience. This was an up close and personal tour of the island. From the sunrise to the lava flow, everything was incredible. Our pilot Tom was the best, including the bad, but funny jokes he told along the way. He took the time to explain what we were seeing and indulge us by making sure everyone had a good view and photo opportunity of the sites. I would highly recommend this tour!!

Thank you for the great ride & allowing us to get such great shots :) Our Pilot was very knowledgeable & she was a great pilot- smooth flight!

We booked this through our cruise ship. From the time they picked us up at the pier until they dropped us off, it was a truly remarkable experience. Extremely friendly and accommodating. Although no one had told us in advance to wear something dark. They had shirts for you to put on. I think I would have preferred the Eco star helicopter because I think they are a little bigger. Thought that it was a tight fit with 7 of us (including pilot). But we all did fine. Our pilot was a young lady, Colleen. She was delightful. Very informative and loved her job! The ride was smooth, turns were great. The sites were fantastic. No, you didn't see lava gushing out, but you did see lava! I purchased the video and just watched it. Great video. You see the sites (not the best quality of pictures) but it was worth the $25!! Definitely one of the highlights of our trip.

Amazing Tour ! You can`t come to the islands and not fly with Blue Hawaiian . Pilot Scott , keep up the great work ! Will be back next trip ! Thank you from Wendy & Richard

We spent our 1 yr wedding anniversary, belated honeymoon and husbands birthday doing the big island spectacular... A lot of pressure for the company! Couldn't do the volcano tour due to weather but the company were amazing with offers of refund, reschedule or take us anyway but somewhere else! The pilot, Shane was awesome with his knowledge of the area and his ability to know 'when to speak'... We work in tourism in Australia and could not fault this company even if we tried! Oh, actually a second toilet in the facility would be good ;) Going to Hilo tomorrow and will probably try for a volcano flight. Great job guys- a well oiled machine and hats off to you!! Check out skydive oz (moruya NSW) if any of your staff are down under ;) we will be sure to give you a good deal!

we have had a great tour around Big Island. Our pilot John gave a lot of back ground information so we learned a lot about this beautiful nature. Thank you once again for this great experience! Roger & Family, Switzerland

We enjoyed two different Big Island Spectacular trips. Our 1st Pilot Scott was cut short because of weather. They rescheduled and we were able to go up again with John. Both pilots were very knowledgeable and had a good sense of humor. The 2+ hour trip went quickly. John made it a point to fly over the lava and other pts of interest so all could get a great view. We flew Blue Hawaiian during our vacation in Maui so we were familiar with their level of quality and very experienced pilots. For example Scott their lead pilot in Hawaii flew Black Hawks. John also flew while in the Army. It's a bit expensive but your paying for a trip you'll be talking about for yrs with quality pilots and staffs. It's well worth the investment. Our trip for 3 was $972 with the internet and Holo Holo discount card. Make sure you get the card because it entitles you to discounts with other tours / excursions / Luau's / massages etc. We got ours through the Hilton.

My husband and I took the Big Island Spectacular tour. We had an 'A' day with the weather cooperating everywhere including Hilo. The tour was really cool and our pilot very knowledgeable. I believer our pilot's name was Steve, but, I've since lost the paper I wrote it down on so I can't be sure. Regardless, he did a great job and shared a ton of information during the tour. He told us to let him know if we didn't get a good shot of something and he'd circle back if you missed it. We saw lava, got to see the flow consuming some trees which was my purpose in booking. Absolutely loved the part where we went into the Populu valley and got up close to several falls. It was amazing. I have only one thing I didn't like about this tour. I've been on other tours where, if there is a stop, they would rearrange the passengers to give those who were sitting in the middle back seats to go up front or at least on the sides. That didn't happen with this tour even though we did stop in Hilo for fuel and it was the perfect opportunity. Not sure why they don't follow this practice. The two sitting in the front definitely get the best seats and would have been good of the company to spread that around a bit since we all pay the same. Overall totally worth it and I would recommend this tour.

This is a must for anyone who goes to the Big Island. We started out the first day and it was to cloudy so they gave us the option to turn around and re-book it or do the rest of the tour except the volcano. Of course we wanted to see teh volcano and they were able to get us in the very next day in the morning. It was well worth waiting an extra day. We saw the lava in the crater, we saw lavaing flowing and we saw a bunch of waterfalls. I can know check some things off of my bucket list. I would totally recommend it to anyone. Thank you for the great experience. Joyce Davis

This helicopter tour was awesome! Ethan was our pilot and he was very knowledgable. We took the circle of fire tour. Lava ia not bright orange but smokey and silvery. Still it was very interesting and pilot made sure to circle so no matter which side you were seated on, you got a great view. We took the ecostar and even though I was seated in the middle of the back seat, I had a good view. We bought the DVD which is an exact recording of your tour, showing the passengers (cant see people in front seat though). Overall a great experience I would highly reccommend!

I really enjoy Blue Hawaiian Helicopters pilots. Great fliers; always entertaining; they do a great, professional job. The ground crew??? Pathetic. Dealing with the mediocre trained crews can come close to compromising the experience. Today we had to deal with a less than informative ground crew; "going through the motions" briefings; and less then strict schedules. Once Blue gets their ground crew better trained and in order, I'll be back to enjoy the great pilots. Until then, I'll go snorkeling instead.

Very slick operation from check in to take off, smooth and organized. The pilot did his best to find some active lava on the volcano and then proceeded to do a few loops around the site to share the view for all seats in the helicopter. Through out the flight the pilot was very informative and responsive to questions over the audio system for all to participate.

Awesome tour! Our pilot was very calm, friendly, professional and informative. Even though there was not much volcanic activity, it was an enjoyable experience and a great way to see Hilo!

My husband, daughter, and I booked the 2 hour tour of the Big Island and I have to say it was amazing! The ride was so smooth, and, after initial butterflies, I was perfectly comfortable. My husband and I were in the back, my daughter and 2 others, plus the pilot, were in front. We all had a great view! Shane was our pilot, and he was great! Very knowledgeable, and made sure we all got a good look at the sights. We got really lucky and a lava flow opened up as we flew over it! Shane was super excited, and flew over it for while so we could all see it and take pictures. Awesome! We saw a pod of dolphins by the valley, too, near Hilo. Then, the best part of all-the valleys! Absolutely the most beautiful part of Hawaii, that most people never get to see! Totally breathtaking! Yes, it is expensive. $1600 for the 3 of us, but we loved it! If you want to see what I would call the"real" Hawaii, then do this!