Reviews

This is a late review as I am finally getting in all my reviews of all my exciting experiences on this beautiful island. Blue Hawaiian Helicopters did not disappoint. My boyfriend and I took an early morning flight on the Big Island Spectacular out of Waikoloa on the Eco Star Helicopter (if you can afford it, go with the Eco Star- bigger windows, bucket seating, and quieter ride). The island had just had quite a bit of rain when we went on our trip, so the waterfalls in Waimanu Valley were amazing...keep in mind that if you decide to go with the cheaper and shorter flight out of Hilo Airport, you do not get to see the beautiful valleys and waterfalls on the Hamakua Coastline. It was an experience I will never forget. The staff at Blue Hawaiian was awesome, from check in, to our pilot and smooth ride to the volcano, to our arrival back in Waikoloa, it was all awesome. I highly recommend this. If you are arriving during peak seasons, I recommend you book this activity before you arrival on the islands, as it does book up.

My husband and I took the Big Island Spectacular, on an early morning flight.....7:00...not too bad. I hadn't been in a helicopter and was semi-apprehensive about it, but our pilot, Greg, was great ! It was a very smooth ride, and short of the glare from the window, I got some good pictures. This was close to a 2 hour trip. We flew directly over the volcanos and then onto the canyons of waterfalls......which was amazing !! ?. I absolutely loved it, and looking forward to doing this, next year while on Kauai ;)

Prone to motion sickness, I was quite pleased how smooth the ride was. Great to be able to see the active part of the volcano and waterfalls we would never be able to have seen otherwise. My husband and son greatly enjoyed it too. Definitely recommend it to anyone! Thanks also to our pilot, Eric for making my son feel so comfortable he was able to ask a lot of questions. We bought the video as a keepsake. Will definitely consider doing another tour hopefully our next trip back will be Maui. 50 minute trip was perfect timing. Don't think I could have handled a longer trip. And I had one of the best seats, right beside the pilot!

We really enjoyed our helicopter ride. We opted for the newer, more expensive helicopter, and were glad we did, as we could see out below our feet, which was really interesting, as the lava was flowing while we were there. Colleen did a great job narrating the tour.

The helicopters are nice and have plenty of room. Our problems were that it took so long to get to the volcano area. There's not much to see on the way there. We couldn't get very low, and the views of the lava flow were pretty limited. It just seemed like there wasn't much to see. My wife and I were assigned to positions #5...right behind the pilot. The problem with that is that the pilot naturally flys for the majority of the passengers to be able to see things...when it came to our side of the chopper, we got less time and no explanations of what was going on. Overall it was disappointing. It pretty much ruined our time in Hilo...set a bad tone for the time there. There also just don't seem to be enough natural areas on the Big Island to make it an interesting flight. Having to pay for parking is just an extra annoyance...it wasn't much $$ though. Sorry to say it was disappointing. We expected better.

Greg gave us a great tour. Really enjoyed it.Would do it again. It was a rainy day and our flight was cut short but they believe in safety first. All the staff were professional and take their jobs seriously. We had a safety film and then a short safety talk before boarding and since it was my first time in a helicopter I really appreciated it. My husband and I will do this again next time we visit HAWAII. Another island, another Blue Hawaiian tour.

Great way to see the island. Volcano wasn't very active but we did see lava! Helicopter seats 6 & seats are based on weight, which isn't real helpful if you are the heavier passengers. Husband got one of the middle seats, I got a rear window so I could at least take photos. But beware! Although told to wear dark clothing the man in front wore a white shirt which reflected in most of my photos! Really disappointed. The couple of flights ahead of us staff gave passengers dark shirts to wear but no one bothered with us so it really was disappointing as husband didn't get a good view at all & hardly any photos to show him!

We did the 2 hour excursion from Kona. From sightseeing to bubbling lava to fantastic waterfalls this trip was superb from start to finish. The bonus for us was to have a fellow 'Kiwi' as our pilot which made it all the more personal. We will be back next year and will definitely use Blue Hawaiian Helicopters to tour the other islands.

My friends and I had the most amazing and beautiful experience got to see lava thanks Eric our pilot for being very informative would recommend doing a great way to see thing

While in Hawaii last month, I booked this spectacular tour to see the active volcano on Hilo. I haven't been in helicopter in many years and was so looking forward to this day. The weather was great for flying over the lava flow. Nathan, our pilot, was extremely knowledgable of the volcano and surrounding areas. I was able to get great photos to keep the memory alive for years to come.

We thoroughly enjoyed our flight over the amazing volcano and beautiful waterfalls, complete with wonderfully knowledgeable and unbiased political commentary from our guide Colleen. As a devout Christian, Republican and card carrying member of the NRA, I was thrilled to find out from Colleen that the carbon emissions of the entire US economy for a whole year are less than half of the emissions from the Kilauea volcano in a single day! Knowing that our emissions as a nation are only about 0.1% of those coming from a single volcano, we can be certain that "global warming" caused by human activity is merely Democratic propaganda. This can be confirmed by internet searches that claim that Kilauea's CO2 emissions are on the order of 10 million metric tonnes yearly, around half of the US economy's output for merely a single day. This is the exact opposite of the facts Colleen kindly presented, and obviously just propaganda from Al Gore, the Democratic nutbar who invented and controls the internet. Thanks so much to Colleen for being a rational an open-minded individual in a world trying to push global warming propaganda upon us!

Although not their fault, weather is always an issue out of Hilo. We were only able to fly not even halfway to the Puoho Vent, we did see fresh, current lava flow and a few small waterfalls next to Hilo. Seats are assigned according to weight, you may not get a window seat. Your mileage and fellow passengers may vary.

We decided to take a day trip today from Honolulu to Hilo just for the helicopter tour. I would NOT recommend doing that!! We got here just to be disappointed by cancelled tours. We were told that about 30 to 40% of tours get cancelled because of weather or cloud cover. The tour group were very sorry but it would have been nice to know the percentage of cancellations before we would have wasted a day of vacation just to sit in the Hilo airport.

I took the trip where the entire BIG ISLAND (Hawaii) was covered. It was tremendous ! Despite the fact that it was very windy, they had no problems getting us up and around to see everything. Our pilot, JOHN, was a hoot ! Terrific personality. A former US Army pilot, was very good at his job, flying, as well as knowledgeable about the island and all the volcanoes (some of which are extremely active). We took off from the heliport up near Waikola Village (near Kona) and made the entire trip in about 2 and a half hours. Highlights were, of course, the volcanoes AND flying into the valleys up in the northeastern part of the island. Well worth the effort and price.

We took the 50 minute Circle of Fire flight on the A-Star from Hilo. Our pilot, Nathan was a great guide. Terrific knowledge of the area and great recommendations of things to do on the Big Island. Aloha.