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I don't know what I could possibly add to what has already been said, except if you are coming to Kauai, you MUST view the island by helicopter. The grand beauty of the island is best viewed by air. Today, we flew with pilot Shane and he is great. I want his job. I am lucky to be here visiting with my parents and sister's family and this will definitely be a highlight.

Worth every penny spent!  We were in the EcoStar and it was a very comfortable ride. Greg was our pilot and was super friendly. I was impressed that he remembered all of our names, too!  We were able to see great views of the lava and the waterfalls. I would definitely do another tour with Blue Hawaiian!

It's hard to compare companies as we only did 1 helicopter ride and it was our first ever. Since everyone we spoke with up front recommended Hawaiian Blue and since many news networks and National Geographic work with them a well, we also went with them. The reception staff is not the friendliest by the rest of the staff is great. To void reflection in the cockpit they recommend to wear dark clothes (blue/black) and my wife had brought nothing like that to hawaii. They gave her immediately a clean blue loaner shirt. No regrets of taking the investment in this tour, in contrary we had the most amazing once in a lifetime experience on the Big Island Great Spectacular 2hr tour. Professional staff, very safety oriented, great and highly experienced pilot (Shane), gorgeous 'Ecostar' helicopter with great views in each direction and at the highlights (so many highlights) the pilot ensures that all sides of the helicopter had great views of the sights. He explained a lot and answers all questions fired at him. I easily get air/car/seasick so I took medication for that and had no issues. The helicopter maneuvers smoothly and the little noise is filtered greatly due to. Noise canceling headphones. We were extremely lucky with the clear and calmest weather we had! Also the other 4 tourists who flew with us stated it was their best experience ever as they all had done helicopter flights before. The interaction between pilot and the tourists is phenomenal and the personalized DVD is a must. Very well organized and safe trip - one we will never forget. We recommend to do this experience early on during you vacation as it might alter the plans for the rest of the week as suddenly you understand the island much better and new highlight will be added to your further on ground experiences. Big Island-spectacular it is!!!

Our pilot, Steve, was awesome! He flew us over fresh magma spewing out of the active volcano and gave us interesting information of the Big Island. Our youngest child has a fear of heights but he put her next to the pilots seat for the duration of our 2 hour trip and she did well! So much to see on this beautiful island and there's no better way to see it than from a helicopter!!! It is worth every penny

AWESOME!  Our pilot Dale was the best and so full of knowledge and fun!  All 6 of us had our own Eco-Star helicopter and had a blast on the 2 hour tour of the volcano, lava flow and waterfalls.  Request Dale as your  pilot and tell him the family from Tennessee said hi! Aloha!

Big Island Spectacular tour on Eco-Star worth every penny!

I'm way overdue in posting this review. I guess that's what happens when you leave the oasis that is Kona and return to every day life. I first took a Blue Hawaiian tour two years ago while on a trip to Kona, Hawaii. It was simply spectacular. The tour was to Koala Falls, which were magnificent. I was really nervous, never having been in a helicopter, but the safety demonstration and confidence of the pilot quickly put me at ease. As soon as we started lifting off the ground I was in LOVE with it and knew I would do it again. This year, we booked on Blue Hawaiian again, and it was just as incredible for very different reasons... The weather was not great during our trip. Tours the previous day had been cancelled due to bad weather. Our tour was not cancelled, but we were given the heads up that if something changed while we were in the air, we would return to basecamp. Well... the winds shifted and the tour was cancelled while we were in flight. Our pilot, Tom, was super cool about it, explained the situation and started to turn the chopper. Then we saw the most magnificent thing--a pod of humpback whales, 7 of them--swimming in the ocean. One was swimming upside down (you could see the silver under-fins) and others were breaching the water. I was so excited I didn't even realize my camera lens was touching the window, which made the images blurry. That said, the memory of it will remain in my mind's eye forever... Bonus points to Tom and his sense of humor... as we were flying back he put on the theme to "Top Gun" followed by "Ride of the Valkyries" (Apocalypse Now). We laughed all the way back to the helipad.

This is the best way to see the Big Island. We flew in an Eco-Star helicopter and our pilot, Toshi, was amazing. From the volcanoes, waterfalls and seeing whales breaching... Wow!   We've been to the Big Island before but have never seen it like this. Highly recommend Blue Hawaiian Helicopter tour!

The flight over the big island was absolutely breathtaking! I had Scott as the pilot and he was very knowledgeable and really nice! He was willing to answer any questions and encouraged the passengers to have a pleasant conversation during the flight. It was truly unforgettable and a must if you visit the big island

We were glad to have booked our helicopter tour with Blue Hawaiian.  Their helicopters are modern, and our pilot, Tom, was awesome.  We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of the Kohala Coast.

Totally sweet ride!  The 2 hour tour is worth the $$$ if your lucky to have a clear day!

I'd recommend this tour. The big island has so much to offer but how can you bring it all in and not spend your time driving for a solid week? Simple answer is to book the 2 hour helicopter tour. Let's forget the beauty for a second and know you'll be getting a verbal history lesson on the island's people, villages and creation. They hook you up with head phones and a microphone, so ask away. Your pilot will answer or at least double talk his way through your questions regarding the island. What I saw and wanted see first of all was the hot lava. I'm not going to bullshit you it looked like a bunch of steam coming out of black rocks. I was good with that because that was as close to molten lava as I was going to get. Checked flying over active volcano off my bucket list. The big surprise was seeing Hilo and the surrounding area by air. We had driven into Hilo a couple days earlier and I thought the town was a dump, other than our stop at Akaka Falls. I guess we didn't know where to go because there are waterfalls and lush green valleys everywhere, as far as the eye could see. The trip is going to cost you some serious jack but when are you ever going to see nature from this perspective?

Fantastic. Worth every penny ... They run a tight well oiled business. Once we took off I became VERY anxious (claustrophobic).. Our pilot Brandt out me at ease and knocked it out of the park with a safe and exciting ride ... Highly recommend

This was the most awesome helicopter tour I've been on. You get to see beautiful water falls, flowing lava, gorgeous coastline, majestic mountains, fantastic foliage, and THE INSIDE OF A VOLCANO!!! Definitely worth the money if it's in your budget. Can't wait to do it again.

Scott gave us a fabulous tour of the big island. We had such a great time and definitely was the best adventure of our honeymoon!