Kauai, the Garden Isle, renowned for its classic beauty is Hawaii’s oldest inhabited island. A volcano that erupted from the floor of the sea six million years ago has been shaped by wind and precipitation ever since, into a lush island paradise of rough canyons and pure tropical beauty.
Kauai’s most inspirational features — the Na Pali Coast’s14 miles of ocean cliffs soaring vertically 3,000 feet over a pristine wilderness shoreline, and Waimea Canyon, the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific” as Mark Twain called it — are mostly unreachable from the ground. They can only be viewed and appreciated in their entirety from the air. Helicopter flights over Kauai enable visitors to explore these glorious hidden spots where no one has ever lived.
There are two companies in Kauai that offer helicopter flights; both of them have skilled pilots who are also certified tour guides. Their flights offer aerial journeying of many fantastic Kauai features such as: Hanapepe Valley; Mana Waiapuna (Jurassic Park Falls); Olokele and Waimea Canyons; the Na Pali Coast; Bali Hai Cliffs; Hanalei Bay; Princeville, and; Wailua Falls (Fantasy Island Waterfalls). On a dry day, you can fly into the wettest spot in the world (with over four hundred and fifty inches of precipitation per year) located in the center of the old volcano, Mt Waialeale!
Aboard its modern American Eurocopter ECO-Star, Blue Hawaiian Helicopters offers Kauai Helicopter tours from Lihue. With its large interior, expansive windows, and two-way radio with Boze headsets, this high-tech craft provides passengers with glorious sweeping views of Kauai’s natural beauty.
Offering flights from both Lihue and Princeville, Sunshine Helicopters and Will Squyres Helicopter Tours have combined their twenty years of practice into one company. To explore this island’s natural treasures, Sunshine gives passengers a choice of either FXStar or state-of-the-art WhisperStar Kauai helicopters, using David Clark stereo aviation headsets.
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