Reviews

If you do one thing on the island of Hawaii do this. It is totally worth every dollar (and every minute sweating it out at the timeshare presentation to get discount tickets...) pilot was great and the A Star helicopter was like new and very smooth.

They videotape the whole thing. Buy it!!!! We took our own photos too. Wish I had the go pro camera to put on my head. Simply the most amazing thing I have done in my life. Flew through the canyon. Saw numerous waterfalls. The blue water made my mouth water in awe and beauty and wanted to see more. We had a front seat pilot was from Memphis TN. Close to my hometown. He has the greatest job and best office view. He's right!!!!! I still wear my t shirt and think back to that ride and smile!!!!! It's a must do while in kauia. It will not disappoint!!!! I must go back soon!!!!

Our Blue Hawaiian Helicopter tour was the cadallac of all tours! Marty did an excellent job as pilot-tour guide. Not only did he fly the helicopter like you were sitting still but carried us in for very close views of several beautiful water falls and scenery. I was able to take many wonderful photos during the trip and would share them but they are not even downloaded yet. Would recommend this tour to everyone. Don't worry if you are afraid of flying or heights as we did not even feel it when we lifted off nor any sudden drops, etc that planes are famous for! Great ride!!!

We booked this tour through Discover Hawaii. We were really excited to see the volcano and maybe some lava! The tour itself was nice... very professional, very safe, fun. The pilot was good and friendly. Finding Blue Hawaiian was a bit tricky in the airport since other helicopter tours have larger signs, but you just park and go in and follow the signs to the actual counter. The tour was 50 minutes. We first flew to the volcano and it was awesome to see the smoke coming out of it and be near an active volcano. We got a lot of information about the island and lava flows too. The lava was flowing when we were there, but we only saw a small amount of it peaking through. It would have been awesome to see it flowing into the water, but that's obviously not the company's fault. We then flew to the waterfalls, which were awesome to see too. However, it was a long ride to the volcano, and then another long ride to the waterfalls. So it's a lot of down time just flying over land. It's cool to look around and get the aerial view, however the blue hawaiian tours on Kauai and Oahu have more to see during the actual tour, which we preferred.

Great flight, we were blessed with perfect weather seen volcano larva and larva entering the sea But highlight was the valley and waterfalls

With this tour you get to see parts of the island that is only visible by air. Their equipment is state of art with cameras music and a/c. It was my first helicopter tour and I must say we had a great time it was a smooth flight and our pilot instantly made us feel comfortable. He was very knowledgeable about the island and all the locations he showed us, and did a great job at circling the helicopter so everyone could get a good view. We saw so many waterfalls and beautiful coastlines. It was a little cloudy and misty that day but we still wound up with some great photos. We purchased the video of our tour which was a great memento to have, the quality was fantastic. They exceeded my expectations in all areas. I can’t wait to do this again the next time I am in Hawaii.

The windows give a really bad glare. Most of our pictures have our reflected faces in them. Go with a helicopter company that does the door less option.

This was by far our favorite activity of our trip to Kauai. The facility is top notch: air conditioned lobby, water and coffee refreshments, clean bathrooms, comfortable seating, and a small gift shop. The staff were very friendly and we appreciated how seriously they take their jobs. They strictly enforce their policy of no selfie sticks or go pro sticks, which we appreciated as people next to us wanted to use them. They give you loaner black shirts if you aren't wearing dark clothing. We flew in an EcoStar which provided fantastic views of the island. The pilot was very knowledgeable and provided a great flight. We purchased the thumb drive video of the flight for $40 afterwards. A few tips: it gets hot in the helicopter especially if seated in the sun so do not wear a sweatshirt or jacket. Also, I wish I wore those lightweight black gloves with touchscreen ability so my hands didn't show up in the reflection of a few of my pictures taken on my phone (one of the reasons we bought the video of the flight!). Highly recommend this with Blue Hawaiian - well worth the price!

Best thing to do on your first couple days on island. Especially if this is your first visit. Gives you a great overview of the entire island. We actually decided to not do the drive to the canyon this trip as the views we had from the helicopter were amazing. Felt safe and thoroughly educated about the island. Can't recommend this tour company higher.

This is the best way to really see the island of Kauai. It is spectacular and our pilot was wonderful and informative!

If there's anything that deserves a 6th star, it's Blue Hawaiian Helicopters. We took a 55 minute trip around the island. It was by far the most spectacular activity we've had on the island or perhaps anywhere for that matter. Marty was our pilot and he was outstanding. Be prepared to pay as this is an expensive trip, but do it as it was well worth the cost of admission. Highly recommended!

Our 7am departure on the Eco-Star for the 2 hour Big Island spectacular has been the highlight of our trip. Our pilot Shane was friendly and knowledgeable. He knew when to provide commentary and when to let the most spectacular scenery I have ever seen speak for itself. Not only were conditions perfect, we also had a great view of an active lava lake. Nothing could prepare us for the breathtaking scenery as we entered the majestic valleys with their waterfalls cascading 1km down the side. The soundtrack that accompanied the flight was perfectly selected by Shane and the evocative and transformative power of music added another dimension to our experience. Thanks to everyone at Blue Hawaiian for the highlight of our holiday.

This was very cool! Get up close to a volcano and we were able to view the lava! You fly over the island and it gives you an outstanding appreciation of the diverse nature of this young island and how it was formed and the growing rhat is still occuring. Sure it costs to use a chopper; if you want a holistic view big island with full commentary, get on this! Thanks to our pilot 'Jason'!

Very professional set up including pick up and airport transfer it offers a pleasant alternative to see the island in a spectacular way at reasonable prices. Friendly staff and knowledgable pilot who provided ongoing interesting comment about the sites and some history during the flight. Highly recommended. Includes a free DVD of all the islands from a helicopter perspective.

We booked the tour through Expedia and found the desk easily. Friendly and professional people there. Everything from briefing to handling was absolutely fine. We departed into southerly direction and flew over the active volcano which was really awesome. Our Pilot, Coleen, told us everything you need to know and was very entertaining. Thanks for this. What we soon realized was that our copter was always the one at the highest altitude of all. There were "Blue Hawaiian" helicoptes which were way lower than we've been all the time. When I asked Coleen if there would be a chance to proceed at a lower altitude to enable picture-taking closer to where the lava flows into the water, she said that's not possible. So I was a little disappointed cause I'd expected the flight to be close enough to the flowing lava to be able to take breathtaking pictures of the site. But at an altitude of 1600 ft above sea level wie were just too far away from that. I've used a 105mm zoom-objektive and in the end I can only estimate on the pics. Sorry, this was nothing.