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I echo the compliments of the previous reviewers. Large portions of Kauai can only be seen from above. It is absolutely breath-taking. The helicopters are very comfortable. Two-way communication with the pilot is possible throughout the flight. And, for us, there was minimal turbulence -- and certainly nothing that brought-on motion sickness. Blue Hawaiian is a stream-lined, efficient service. The employees are courteous, pleasant, and responsive. Some tips: book a few weeks prior to arrival on the Islands, book your trip directly online at their website for better discounts (your credit card is charged at the time of booking), scheduling a morning flight limits cloud cover Recommend intensely!

We took the West Maui/Molokai tour with Blue Hawaiian in mid-May, 2007. We had a great pilot and loved every minute of the tour, from buzzing up the lush valleys to hovering by the waterfalls to taking in the Molokai cliffs to gliding over the Molokai shallows. Most expensive activity I've ever done on vacation, but well worth it!

We flew in a Blue Hawaiian helicopter over the big island, for my son's 12th birthday. He wants to be a helicopter pilot so this was the ideal gift! We flew over the volcano, craters, waterfalls only seen from the air, beautiful flight! Highly recommend!

We went with Blue Hawaiian on the Big Island for the volcano tour. As the Chain of Craters Road was closed due to massive earthquake activity in Volcanos National Park, this was the only way to see it that day. The tour company exceeded our expectations. The pilot was very informative and showed us many sites on the way to the area and back. We thouroughly enjoyed our trip with this company.

My kids and I took the Big Island Spectacular tour. It was simply amazing. Our pilot was Bob and he was excellent - very informative and pretty entertaining to boot. The views of the volcanoes and the waterfalls on the east side of the Big Island are simply unbelieveable - and the lava was not even flowing. We did fly directly over the lava pool and that is a sight you will not soon forget. I know it seems expensive when you look at taking the family but it was well worth every dime. We took the upper model helicopter and it was extremely comfortable and we all had excellent views. A little advice, if you have anyone that gets a little car sick have them take something before the flight. Its not bad at all but a couple of the manuevers when touring the cliffs can give some folks - like my daughter the quesy stomach. Blue Hawaiian is prepared for that as well. These guys run a great tour and it is highly recommended.

An excellent experience for my Maui vacation, but I doubt I'll do it again. For some people, I guess, helicopter tours just aren't the thing, and I suppose I am one of those people. If you're a fan of aerial tours, then I doubt you'll find better than Blue Hawaiian. Myself, I could have spent the extra hour snorkelling and been happier with my time spent.

My husband and I spent our honeymoon on Maui in late Aug - early Sept 2007. We booked the Haleakalal/Hana tour in the Eco-Star. We had a fantastic flight. The pilot was funny and very knowlegable about Maui. We felt very safe. The view of Hana and the rainforest from the air is incredible. You can see more waterfalls than you could ever imagine. We highly recommend Blue Hawaiian.

We were on Maui, the Big Island, and Kauai, and took a total of four flights. Had a great time on each. There are sights on each of the islands that just can't be seen without taking a helicoter tour - and there are also things that you find that you can go back to from the ground that you might not have known about otherwise. With the change recently in where the lava is on the Big Island you'd better take a helicopter flight if you want to see it. We took two flights on the Big Island so we could concentrate on the volcanoes area from the Hilo side and then the Kohala area from that side - worked out well. The folks at Blue Hawaiian were very courteous and the pilots were all great. My wife was anxious about helicopter flights although we'd taken one several years ago on Kauai - and each flight was smooth and had good safety briefings. Word of warning if you're taking a flight from the Hilo airport - Get there early. Parking is shared with everyone else for that airport (no separate heliport), and when we were there the airport parking was full. Fortunately we arrived ahead of time so when we ended up parking at the other end of the airport it still worked out. The DVD's are worth it, you can take some photos but leave the bulk of the effort at memories to the DVD and can concentrate on enjoying the scenery. Take the EcoStar where available - Definitely superior to the A-Star and worth the few extra bucks. Note: The pilots deserve to be tipped if they do a good job. B.H. tactfully has containers in each location where you can leave an envelope with comments and a tip - Not as overt as a hand out waiting for a tip - A very polite way of allowing you to show appreciation. A shame that many of the people we went with did not do so.

All I can say is WOW! Seeing Kauai by helicopter is fantastic! What a beautiful island! Our pilot was great, and he made sure to allow for good shots for us with our cameras and with the on-board video cameras (they sell a DVD of your trip for $25 in the office). From what I understand, Blue Hawaiian is the only company to use the Ecostar helicopters, which are quite comfy. I recommend this company highly for tours of Kauai.

Our pilot was very professional and cordial. Lots of information. Just a bunch of terrific scenery!!! We did the Maui Spectacular with the short stopoff on the mountain side. More great views from high above the Four Seasons...could see the other neighboring islands, downtown Kahului and other beaches. MUST DO!!!

We were very excited to take the "Complete Maui" helicopter tour. We have been on one other helicopter ride in Antigua and loved it. We read the reviews and it sounded like Blue Hawaiian was the best. This time however we both felt disappointed because: 1. The tour did not cover the whole island. I think the pilot turned back because of rain moving in. I'm not sure because he did not talk much. 2. The pilot did not talk much. He was very nice but we kept having to ask "where are we now?", "what's that?" 3. We didn't get very close to anything. It felt as if we were in a small plane. The price was close to $600. I feel like for this amount of money we should really be saying "WOW" not "Is that it?"

We had the West Maui tour booked, but due to weather and a booking glitch we got cancelled. When we showed up they quickly looked to see what they could do to fix the mistake for us. They ended up upgrading us to the 1 hour West Maui / Molokai tour. We went just after a heavy rain storm and there were waterfalls galore! The pilot said he only sees it that good one or two days a year. They were helpful, freindly and we got a great experience on an otherwise damp week.

We enjoyed our tour of Maui a great deal... the pilot was informative and the views were great. We especially liked landing at a plateau on the crater for some sightseeing and champagne. In general, the price was pricy. The good news is that I read the reviews and chose to spend more money on the entire island tour. I figured that if we were going to do the trip it didn't make sense to miss out on so many of the sites. Our tour was around an hour and a half. In addition, I did purchase the video but only half of it recorded. The company was apologetic and credited my account, so I wasn't unhappy, but it would be nice to see the other half of the ride. One tip that I do have is to go on the website and book your tour early... you can save some $$$ by doing so. Also, I would do this tour at the beginning of your stay on Maui... it will give you insight into what places you might want to visit.

My husband and I decided to do a helicoper ride in Kauai to see the beautiful island. I did lots of research about different companies. There were 2 or 3 crashes that happened before we went with other companies. I wanted to pick the company with the cleanest record. Safety was the most important thing to us. It didn't matter that Blue Hawaiian was a little more expensive. How can you put a price on safety? We loved our 50 minute flight. The helicopter had 3 seats in front (one was for the pilot) and 4 seats in the back. I was on the window side in the back and my husband was next to me in the middle. They seat you according to weight. We both had great view of everything. Our piliot was really informative and then sometimes he didn't say anything which was nice just to relax and take in the scenerey with the music. Our headphone allowed us to talk to the other passengers as well as cancel out the noise. I took them off at one point to see how loud it really was and it was VERY loud, so those headphones worked great. The had 4 cameras outside the helicopter to document the trip. The Napali Coast was AMAZING! We bought the video afterwards too to capture our wonderful experience. Toward the end of the flight we got a little nausious because we were moving to show the "wettest spot on earth" to both sides of the helicopter and that got us a little dizzy. But we were fine. The flight was safe and what an experience! It was probably the coolest thing I have ever done.

The only way to see 80% of Kauai and the largest helicopters on the island. The video is an extra $25 but it's your trip, not some canned trip with your voices and video of you in the helicopter asking questions, etc. Just don't pick your nose!