For a guaranteed window seat, make sure to upgrade to the preferred seating option.
Highlights
- Open-door helicopter flight over a volcano from Hilo
- Spend 45-minutes in the air above magnificent Hawaiian sights
- Feel the heat radiating from the lava of an active volcano
- Get amazing views of the Big Island's lush forests and tropical waterfalls
- Descriptive commentary from your friendly pilot
Recent Photos of this Tour
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Steam ventThis steam vent is seen from the helicopter, you fly quite low over itPhoto by: Spanish travellerSpain, 04 2013 -
Steam plumes from helicopterThis is what you see when flying over the eruption site. You can see where the lava flows into the sea, but this is ...Photo by: Spanish travellerSpain, 04 2013 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...Great view!Photo by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...We flew all over the Big IslandPhoto by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...Flying over a volcanoPhoto by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...Awesome viewPhoto by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...You can feel the heat!Photo by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...Flying over a volcanoPhoto by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...Wow!Photo by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...Brock looking down at the volcanoPhoto by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes ...The helicopter!Photo by: Jules & Brock08 2012 -
Useful Information
50-Minute Open-Door Volcanoes Helicopter Flight
You’ll take off from Hilo International Airport in a four-passenger Hughes 500 Helicopter and spend almost an hour flying over this beautiful island. Soar above an active Hawaiian volcano and watch the lava flow to the ocean. Get up close and personal with volcanic lava, and feel its heat emanating from the crater, with nothing between you but air. This once-in-a-lifetime experience gets you as close as you'll ever want to be to a natural wonder so powerful and magnificent.
In addition to the volcano, you’ll fly over waterfalls and tropical rainforests. Listen to expert narration from your professional pilot on your two-way headset, and see great views of historic downtown Hilo on your return flight to the airport.
Reviewed by j_close, March 2013
What a wonderful experience with no doors, very exciting would thoroughly recommend the trip
Reviewed by Simon A, March 2013
If you're going to do one tour on the big island, do this. It's exceptional. It's a thrilling way of seeing one of the most amazing sights on this planet. Dress warm, it gets cold up there!
